[aynsof]

It really saddens me that so many people are getting let down by their jobs like this. It must take a huge amount of provocation to make reasonable people quit on the spot. Many of these people presumably depend on their salary to survive, and they're still pushed to breaking point.

The examples included in the article are just egregious: forcing someone to come to work who has just lost their parent in a car accident, threatening a worker with firing for sitting on the job.

I'd like to think there's a move towards management respecting and appreciating their staff more, but I fear that's only happening in tech (and even then it's still very dependent on the management team).

[schwartzworld]

Having worked food service for a decade and retail for a couple years before that, these stories sound pretty typical. The jobs that pay the least come with the most abuse.

[therockspush]

If you read enough of the examples on antiwork you see most of those "texts from the boss" posts are fake.

They usually follow a formula. Boss: I need you to do something ridiculous.

Employee: I quit.

Boss: oh bother, I done goofed. What can we do to get you to stay.

Employee: fuck you

It's sad what people will make up for internet pats on the back