Using "cynical" in looking at the job market when compared to potential abuses is a very boomerish thing.
Us millenials and zoomers see how this society is played out. You work hard for a company - you get more work for same pay.
They demand 2 weeks notice but have no issue in hauling your ass out with no severance on a term.
Managers promise increases and you get 2% , or 1/3 of inflation.
Companies' recruiters target their own employees for their own jobs at $20k more than they're making. And new people (without experience) get more than the experienced ones.
Health insurance costs more and more each year, all the while covering less and less.
And the harassment. Damn, the harassment.
And you, individually, cannot do much of anything regarding the company when negotiating grievances. Unions can, but tech people have this poisonous mindset that they can somehow do better than a union.
So yes, I am /r/antiwork . I've lived through enough of stupid shit. And we're done with it.
I'm not anti-work. I'm just anti-work for exploitive jerks. I have no problem working hard for myself (projects, chores, improvements, etc).
I think we both just realize that the rewards are simply not commensurate with effort in most cases. Executive and management pay goes up, yet they are just overhead, not production. So essentially they have to take advantage of the value produced by their worker for themselves. We recognize this and are unmotivated.
Us millenials and zoomers see how this society is played out. You work hard for a company - you get more work for same pay.
They demand 2 weeks notice but have no issue in hauling your ass out with no severance on a term.
Managers promise increases and you get 2% , or 1/3 of inflation.
Companies' recruiters target their own employees for their own jobs at $20k more than they're making. And new people (without experience) get more than the experienced ones.
Health insurance costs more and more each year, all the while covering less and less.
And the harassment. Damn, the harassment.
And you, individually, cannot do much of anything regarding the company when negotiating grievances. Unions can, but tech people have this poisonous mindset that they can somehow do better than a union.
So yes, I am /r/antiwork . I've lived through enough of stupid shit. And we're done with it.