I didn't do that exactly... but when my boss told me to do overtime during end-of-quarter crunch on a Saturday night shift (Sat 22:00 to Sun 10:00, factory jobs are fun), the next person I spoke to was my family doctor. She put me on a two-week compulsory medical leave with full pay and straight up told me to get a new job. Unfortunately I couldn't help the company meet their quarterly growth targets. The next time I saw my boss, I handed him my resignation papers.

Sure feels nice to live in a country with real labour laws.

I enjoyed the work itself. It was very autism-friendly. Unfortunately some absolute boneheaded decisions by the middle management wankers during the pandemic resulted in a huge backlog of orders, a shortage of parts, and a constant state of short-staffing.

Oh boy, do I have just the idea for that!

bevolking

Ok, I see that these letters are next to each other on the keyboard, but ... damn.

Thats Tighten from the movie Megamind.

Megamind

What proffession do you work in, if I may ask?

I'm staying for the same reason. I have jumped around a bit but I found a position that doesn't pay as well but there really isn't stress, no real fear of losing my job, etc. Still at the far low end for my position and years in the industry. But with less stress I guess it is worth it. Still can't retire, still can't afford to go on vacations. But at least I don't want to die anymore.

Same. I get to work on shit I like, my boss is chill, I get 30 vacation days plus overtime compensation, mostly reasonable deadlines, nobody really looks at when I come and go as long as things get done, and this side of a complete collapse I should have decent job security. Oh, and most people around me have sane opinions on politics, AI and priorities in life. I do get paid less with a MSc degree than some of my peers got with a fresh bachelor, but I wouldn't want to swap.

My Little Pony if it was more realistic:

I have a friend who went voluntarily homeless. You can't really even do that anymore. You have to go some where shitty where theres lots of blm land, and then you lose out on resources you'd get from pan handling.

Hes charismatic and doesnt do drugs. Hes more a drinker and spends a lot of time at bars getting free drinks and food. He's train jumped and went to a few communes and it sounds like constant work just to do basic shit like take a shit.

Like all this mall cop security shit gets fed into palantir and local law enforcement you can't even sleep in a parking lot in your car anymore without getting a knock on your window. Its just hard to be homeless, and he tells me he tried one of those homeless assistant camps and he said it felt like a prison or a interment camp. They had barbwire to keep them IN lol. It doesnt sound too far off from that deep space nine episode about the bell riots. I think we are in the same year the Bell riots take place too ironically.

or just have family pay your bills for you.

Many people are these days. Many families with children. But only make line go up, no human compassion.

Everyone is temporarily housed. Nothing is permanent. You can lose it all, and then youre joining in the fun with the rest of us.

Name one that I can get tomorrow. Boring and unexciting but pays well and has benefits is exactly what I'm looking for. If there are plenty, where are they?

I wish I could find a job. As an adult college student, it's brutal trying to find part time work. Places won't even consider me once they see I'm a student.

... we need a better economic system?

some people will agree with a capitalist hellscape before they agree with anyone on 4chan

The jobs that fit me don't pay enough

I can't find any reference to that book. Do you have a link?

EDIT ( Linda Gale, also You're):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1113362.Discover_What_You_re_Best_At

But what if my non union shop has better wages, pay increases, benefits and PTO than comparable positions in union shops? I know that unions are a good thing but I feel like I'm not in a position where I would benefit from one.

Finding a job is a game of roulette. You spin and you hope for the best.

I've got to say, I've done better every time I changed jobs. But I also turned down a fair number of offers once I realized what the business was actually doing.

Sometimes you get a job just to be closer to where you want to work, so you can keep applying for the better job until you land it.