We are constantly hearing about how we are dealing with the Great Resignation, and apparently, a lot of employees are taking out their work frustrations online.
On Reddit, an “antiwork” subreddit has been continuously rising in popularity since the pandemic began, now boasting over 1.6 million users, a jump from 180,000 in October 2020. On the forum, folks share texts and emails about quitting their jobs, while others, known as “idlers,” post ways in which they are getting away with doing as little as possible while still getting paid.
“Everyone has hit their limit with COVID, overwork, their mortgages, rent payments and so many things with capitalism,” Doreen Ford, one of the page’s moderators tells “New York Post." “There’s nothing wrong with wanting to take a break from that and do less of it.”
Examples of such “idlers” include one user who claims they bring in $80K a year but answer just one or two calls a week, while one IT professional claims they still bring in $90K a year but basically figured out how to automate their gig at a law firm.
Other posts have folks boasting about taking a stand to empower themselves to improve conditions at their job. For example, one person shared how they offered up a proposal at their gig asking for a 10% pay raise, five extra days off a year, and optional Mondays for those ahead on their tasks, and actually got it.
Source:New York Post
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