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For the abolition of work. Yes really, abolish work! Not "reform work" but the destruction of work as a separate field of human activity.

To save the world, we're going to have to stop working! — David Graeber

A strange delusion possesses the working classes of the nations where capitalist civilization holds its sway. ...the love of work... Instead of opposing this mental aberration, the priests, the economists, and the moralists have cast a sacred halo over work. — Paul Lafargue

In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic. — Karl Marx

In the glorification of 'work', in the unwearied talk of the 'blessing of work', I see the same covert idea as in the praise of useful impersonal actions: that of fear of everything individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves. — Lane Kirkland

The bottom line is simple: all of us deserve to make the most of our potential as we see fit, to be the masters of our own destinies. Being forced to sell these things away to survive is tragic and humiliating. We don’t have to live like this. ― CrimethInc

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

provided it's the kind of job with sick time/vacation time.

And even if it isn't, what're they gonna do? Double-fire you?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Hah well no, but they also won't pay that last day. If you use PTO they have to pay you and might not even fire you that day because of HR rules about needing to be in person/with witnesses etc

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well, you'd lose your last day of paid employment, which is a big deal to most people with jobs that don't have paid time off.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh. Yeah, that's a good point. Guess I need to check my "living in a country with humane labor laws" privilege lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I assume they would use PTO for that day. But then I guess that means your PTO payout will be smaller, so still a net loss.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Not everywhere has guaranteed PTO payouts, so burn that shit while you can and use the time to get a new job.

Theres also the bullshit of "unlimited time off" where there's not a definitive payout in places that DO guarantee PTO payout.