"No one wants to work anymore"

Idk, maybe if I didn't sell my soul working for 55k a year while my team got 10k more than me in a city where the minimum you can get by comfortably is 120k then maybe I'd be happy to suck up my ME/CFS and work

April 11, 2026 - 06:55 UTC

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As I always say, "Lots of people want to work. No one wants to put up with bullshit anymore."
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Where it is definitely worse for women and people of color, it seems that way all over. It really came to a head at the start of the pandemic and dropped through the floor since. So many would happily say they couldn't find people who wanted to work anymore because unemployment paid more.
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Rather than pay better, they wanted those who lost their jobs from no fault of their own, to get less in unemployment so they didn't need more to compete.
I am a white male. Been in IT for 25 years, and still making what I made 15 years ago. I try to find jobs now but everything I can do, including
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True story of how I was treated differently and paid inequally due to being the only woman in my team
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