XCR1250 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Working was pointless at best and 'degrading, humiliating and exploitative' at worst, says Reddit moderator behind the influential 'antiwork' Stephen Jones Mon, January 10, 2022, 9:34 AM The reasons driving the Great Resignation transcend much more than simply a desire to work less.SrdjanPav/Getty Images The moderator of a viral, "anti-work" Reddit thread said most work is pointless, and humiliating. Doreen Ford is a moderator of r/antiwork, which has gained 1.4 million users since October 2020. "There's a lot of positions that just don't make any sense," Ford told the FT. A moderator of a viral "anti-work" Reddit thread has said she left traditional employment because much of her work was "degrading, humiliating and exploitative." The thread – r/antiwork – has nearly 1.6 million members and is part of a movement towards the "antiwork" rejection of the traditional idea of a nine-to-five job in favor of more leisure and fulfilment. "I think there's a lot of positions that just don't make any sense, that do not have to exist," Doreen Ford, a moderator of the channel, told the FT. "You're just pushing around papers for no good reason. It doesn't really help anybody," she said. Ford, 30, spent 10 years working in retail, but left her job in 2017 after her grandmother advised her to follow her passion for dogs. She now walks dogs part time and has never been happier, she told the FT. "Usually, at best, [working was] pointless," said Ford. "And at worst it was degrading, humiliating and exploitative." She added: "Most of us are just normal people. We have jobs that we don't like, which is the whole point of why we're in the movement to begin with." The thread, whose the full name is "Antiwork: Unemployment for all, not just the rich!", was started in 2013. For years its membership numbered in the low thousands, before growing exponentially since the onset of the pandemic, which fueled a reassessment of work and its value and prompted a "Great Resignation" of resignations. The Reddit thread now receives an average of 1,500 posts a day, in which members – so-called "Idlers" – share accounts of bad bosses and encourage each other to quit, similar to the Tang ping movement in China. Membership of r/antiwork has grown exponentially since the beginning of the pandemic.Subreddit Stats Insider's Hilary Hoffower reported how Gen Z and millennial workers were leading the way by trading in bad jobs for careers that offer greater purpose and meaning — while many older workers are choosing to switch to self-employment or early retirement. A record 4.5 million Americans quit their job in November. The reasons driving the great resignation transcend much more than simply a desire to work less. Kentuckians, whose state is at the epicenter of America's Great Resignation, outlined fears over the Omicron variant, a dearth of accessible childcare and social inequalities as among the reasons to Insider's Juliana Kaplan, Hillary Hoffower, and Madison Hoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Work was “degrading and humiliating”. SMH. Government welfare, less so. Unreal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 "Antiwork: Unemployment for all, not just the rich!" Most of the middle class people I know with a decent lifestyle, some would call rich, have never been unemployed. Most in fact have worked very hard for what they have. Zam is correct, it is the dog whistle for the welfare state and the great reset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Voodoo said: "Antiwork: Unemployment for all, not just the rich!" Most of the middle class people I know with a decent lifestyle, some would call rich, have never been unemployed. Most in fact have worked very hard for what they have. Zam is correct, it is the dog whistle for the welfare state and the great reset. It’s amazing what some are calling “rich” now. A decent little house and a couple of late model cars, a toy or two and BAM….You are rich!!!! It’s all relative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted January 11, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted January 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Zambroski said: It’s amazing what some are calling “rich” now. A decent little house and a couple of late model cars, a toy or two and BAM….You are rich!!!! It’s all relative. Probably racist, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 spend some time on antiwork, bunch of losers making excuses why they are failures in Life SMH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 You guys have no clue what dog walkers earn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 15 hours ago, Zambroski said: Work was “degrading and humiliating”. SMH. Government welfare, less so. Unreal. go back to paper monopoly money for food stamps and see how quick it becomes degrading. welfare and food stamps was to be a short-term help for those struggling. not a career choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You guys have no clue what dog walkers earn. You are just so fucking dumb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted January 11, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, Zambroski said: You are just so fucking dumb. Just trolling for a reaction...any reaction. Very SnowRider'esque 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Mainecat said: You guys have no clue what dog walkers earn. Yes I do in fact know what they earn,lots of cash. Most earn cash and their do not do taxes so they cannot borrow anything to get a car or buy a home. Most don't have a retirement plan or put anything in social security never mind a bank account. If it wasn't for Obama care they would have no insurance and everything is society's fault. Edited January 11, 2022 by Doomxz600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Angry ginger said: spend some time on antiwork, bunch of losers making excuses why they are failures in Life SMH Thanks for the cliffnotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 2:23 PM, Skidooski said: Just trolling for a reaction...any reaction. Very SnowRider'esque I'm your huckleberry.. On 1/11/2022 at 1:56 PM, Mainecat said: You guys have no clue what dog walkers earn. Unionized dog walkers, in a single source environment? Way too much. In a free market, where we can all become dog walkers? The market will go up and down based on the supply of dog walkers and the number of dogs wanting walks. Until the government gets involved, limiting the supplier and number of leashes available etc. Simple enough to understand I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted January 14, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 14, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 32 minutes ago, Voodoo said: I'm your huckleberry.. Unionized dog walkers, in a single source environment? Way too much. In a free market, where we can all become dog walkers? The market will go up and down based on the supply of dog walkers and the number of dogs wanting walks. Until the government gets involved, limiting the supplier and number of leashes available etc. Simple enough to understand I think. you van only walk three because the other guy/gal cannot control four, that would be a unfair competitive advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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