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“ From Russia With Love ” Shocked About Working Conditions In The USA Person Lists What It’ s Like In Russia
Rokas Laurinavičius and
Ilona Baliūnaitė
r/AntiWork introduces itself as a subreddit for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, or simply want more information on anti-work ideas and personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles. It was created in 2013 but has become especially popular in recent months during the Great Resignation. We at Bored Panda have also covered some of its posts that touch upon important topics such as salary negotiation or getting overworked. Just a few days ago, a member of this online community who goes by the nickname u/SlowFlash420, came forward saying that reading these stories made them think that even their "mafia-run" and "kleptocratic" home country has better working conditions than in many places in the US. Here's why. Image credits: Bernie Almanzar (not the actual photo) Americans aren't psyched about things in their country too. Only 32 percent of workers polled in August 2021 said they were "completely satisfied" with the amount of on-the-job stress they face, down from 35 percent who reported feeling totally fine with their levels of stress in 2020, according to a survey by Gallup. Other factors like promotion opportunities and salaries also received lower marks than in the recent past. Only 42 percent of workers expressed "complete satisfaction" with their career opportunities and only 38 percent were satisfied by their pay. Less than 50 percent of workers were also completely satisfied with the health insurance offered by their employers. Interestingly, the data shows that time off and workplace safety did not contribute to workplace stress in a meaningful way. In other words, you can't just throw vacation time at employees and expect them to be happy. The Labor Department reported that 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September. That number surpassed August's roughly 4.3 million and hiked the quits rate as a percentage of the labor force to 3%, also a record. All this job movement has employers scrambling to respond to the rapidly evolving expectations of their workers. They say they're listening and, in many cases, are offering employees vastly different ways of working. But at the same time, many executives are running their companies with the quiet hope that things will eventually go back to some version of the way they were pre-pandemic. People appreciated the input
But some folks reminded that Russia is very far from perfect as well
Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Share on Facebook Rokas Laurinavičius Rokas Laurinavičius Writer, BoredPanda staff Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 235 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to. Read more » Ilona Baliūnaitė Ilona Baliūnaitė Author, BoredPanda staff Ilona is a photo editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Communication Of Creative Society. Before Bored Panda, she worked as a social media manager and freelance graphic designer. When she is not photoshopping or searching for the most interesting photos for stories, she is usually watching good movies and says that The Godfather is the best. 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Some call it US bashing, some call it rubbing faces in cold hard facts. It's just sad that the US citizens who really want changes for the better are held back by idiots who will claim that this is just Russian propaganda because socialism is BAD, communism is even worse and America is the GREATEST nation in the world. You just have to work hard and stop indulging yourself with Vanilla Lattes, Avocado on toast and candlelit dinners at fancy restaurants and you'll be successful and rich too. 34 34points reply Biba Little Biba Little Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I live in poor, mostly hated country who is also "mafia run" and kleptocratic, and salaries are not great let me tell you. But we mostly do have 20 to 25 working days of Vacation a year, a mostly women are allowed to get 1 year after birth to be with child, although some employers find the way to make them lose their jobs but that shouldn't happen. Still, this country is a mess. As for USA I have no idea, I know only what I see on tv. Very high rents, medical bills up to the sky, low number of vacation days per year, and a large number of overtime hours. If that is not true, why is it shown in every tv show or movie? It's like they teach people they should live for and on work and coworkers are "family". Work is a must, but you need to have personal life too. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago US citizen here. That is accurate. 0 0points reply SxS SxS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Women in Russia must retire at age 55. They get no pension or Social Security, or such. I'm not arguing, just stating facts. Let the debates continue! 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Socialism is bad, communism is even worse, but it does not mean sick paid days or basic workers privlidges are bad -1 -1point reply Azizualh Shaloon Azizualh Shaloon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I get paid over 90$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) ===))> ???.???????.??? -21 -21points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Eff the eff off, bidge! -2 -2points reply Pat Bond Pat Bond Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. You look very different to your facebook profile! Which part of Afghanistan or Pakistan are you posing for your selfie? -4 -4points reply Rez Fidel Rez Fidel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago "Everybody thinks they are temporarily embaressed millionaires" THIS! This is where a lot of americans get hardcore brainwashed into. What a living dystopia. 29 29points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago No, we don't. But that idea certainly seems pervasive. As if it really is "that easy". it's a fun way for the 1% to convince the rest that really, the 1% is on their side. Which is utter BS, but for some reason, magical thinking tends to be difficult to dislodge. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... Rez Fidel Rez Fidel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Indeed.. thx for the inside. 0 0points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's not what happened. It's true that there was and continues to be an avalanche of anti-"red" propaganda and misinformation here, but that's not all. Civil unrest during the 20th century was ruthlessly dealt with. Socialists and communists were blacklisted and shunned, framed, jailed, and even outright killed by the FBI. And a staggering number of our civil rights leaders were assassinated. Including a president. 2 2points reply Ivana Ivana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Americans have been brainwashed into sheer terror. To fight for any labor rights is communism and result in all jobs vanishing off the face of the Earth. But if you work hard enough for long enough you might one day get treated as human. I am sick of this argument that low regulations and workers rights protect jobs. What kind of jobs are we protecting! Jobs that can't feed us, don't shelter us, don't provide health insurance? Jobs that we then say are for teenagers and not meant for working adults. America needs to demand jobs with dignity because we all see the wealth in America and we all know that it doesn't trickle down. If Bezos can go to space, he can afford to let people have real bathroom breaks and vacation. 15 15points reply Load More Comments POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago There's not much left to be said. Some call it US bashing, some call it rubbing faces in cold hard facts. It's just sad that the US citizens who really want changes for the better are held back by idiots who will claim that this is just Russian propaganda because socialism is BAD, communism is even worse and America is the GREATEST nation in the world. You just have to work hard and stop indulging yourself with Vanilla Lattes, Avocado on toast and candlelit dinners at fancy restaurants and you'll be successful and rich too. 34 34points reply Biba Little Biba Little Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I live in poor, mostly hated country who is also "mafia run" and kleptocratic, and salaries are not great let me tell you. But we mostly do have 20 to 25 working days of Vacation a year, a mostly women are allowed to get 1 year after birth to be with child, although some employers find the way to make them lose their jobs but that shouldn't happen. Still, this country is a mess. As for USA I have no idea, I know only what I see on tv. Very high rents, medical bills up to the sky, low number of vacation days per year, and a large number of overtime hours. If that is not true, why is it shown in every tv show or movie? It's like they teach people they should live for and on work and coworkers are "family". Work is a must, but you need to have personal life too. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago US citizen here. That is accurate. 0 0points reply SxS SxS Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Women in Russia must retire at age 55. They get no pension or Social Security, or such. I'm not arguing, just stating facts. Let the debates continue! 0 0points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Socialism is bad, communism is even worse, but it does not mean sick paid days or basic workers privlidges are bad -1 -1point reply Azizualh Shaloon Azizualh Shaloon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I get paid over 90$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) ===))> ???.???????.??? -21 -21points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Eff the eff off, bidge! -2 -2points reply Pat Bond Pat Bond Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. You look very different to your facebook profile! Which part of Afghanistan or Pakistan are you posing for your selfie? -4 -4points reply Rez Fidel Rez Fidel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago "Everybody thinks they are temporarily embaressed millionaires" THIS! This is where a lot of americans get hardcore brainwashed into. What a living dystopia. 29 29points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago No, we don't. But that idea certainly seems pervasive. As if it really is "that easy". it's a fun way for the 1% to convince the rest that really, the 1% is on their side. Which is utter BS, but for some reason, magical thinking tends to be difficult to dislodge. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... Rez Fidel Rez Fidel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Indeed.. thx for the inside. 0 0points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's not what happened. It's true that there was and continues to be an avalanche of anti-"red" propaganda and misinformation here, but that's not all. Civil unrest during the 20th century was ruthlessly dealt with. Socialists and communists were blacklisted and shunned, framed, jailed, and even outright killed by the FBI. And a staggering number of our civil rights leaders were assassinated. Including a president. 2 2points reply Ivana Ivana Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Americans have been brainwashed into sheer terror. To fight for any labor rights is communism and result in all jobs vanishing off the face of the Earth. But if you work hard enough for long enough you might one day get treated as human. I am sick of this argument that low regulations and workers rights protect jobs. What kind of jobs are we protecting! Jobs that can't feed us, don't shelter us, don't provide health insurance? Jobs that we then say are for teenagers and not meant for working adults. America needs to demand jobs with dignity because we all see the wealth in America and we all know that it doesn't trickle down. If Bezos can go to space, he can afford to let people have real bathroom breaks and vacation. 15 15points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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