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this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026
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Work Reform
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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The worst part of my day, the worst part almost every single day, is when I have to unwrap myself from the arms of those who love me the most before getting in a vehicle and driving away from them at the maximum legal speed. All the nonsense at work I can mostly handle. I even have a job where I can be creative, I've got a job so cool that if I mentioned my job title, nobody would believe me.
But I really just want to be home with my wife.
Sorry, can't have that until you're 65-70. Then you'll just be sitting in hospitals with each other and figuring out how you'll pay for end-of-life care.
Yaaaay.
Sometimes we are disappointed to wake up and find that society hasn't collapsed.
Is it "CAD monkey," perchance?
That's part of what I do.
Ah, Projectwise admin...
I don't... think so?
Im sort of an emergency draftsman. Someone sends in some piece of machinery that is broken/worn out. Said machine is taken apart. Any parts that need to be replaced are dropped on my desk (if they are small enough) and im asked to figure out what this scrap metal used to look like, so I can make a 3D model and drawing of it. That drawing is given to someone who actually knows what they are doing, and they will replicate the part.
This leaves me with random downtime, I have used that time the last year or so to study and get my drone license.
And that's the cool part. I'm a drone pilot. Ten year old me is looking on with approval.
Dang, that is cool
You know CAD and are a drone pilot? Don't let surveyors find out.
They would have to pay me to make me listen.