How To Even…Take Advantage of Your Workplace Without Getting Arrested

By Michael Gushue & CL Bledsoe

All labor for pay is exploitation, it’s just a question of how much you’re willing to take. Of course, most of us don’t have a lot of choice. Every aspect of our lives is tied to our work. Healthcare, housing, food, the doing of sex, all of these will cease to become available if you lose your job. That means we have to take quite a bit. Sure, we can try to look for a different job, but that takes time and effort, and is often prohibitive, since your current employer probably won’t be too thrilled if they discover you’re job hunting. Once they find out, especially once you find another job, there’s a decent chance they’re going to take their annoyance out on you. Then, you’ve got to deal with that liminal space between your last paycheck at your old job and the first one at the new job, the disruption in health insurance, probably a restart on your deductible, parking costs, zombie attacks, etc., etc.

So changing jobs is a major hassle most people only do when they absolutely have to. That means you’ve probably just got to put up with the “bullshit” as it’s flung. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make up for being exploited in other ways. We, your How To Even…Lifestyle Coordinators, are here to give you some suggestions on stealing back a little bit of that dignity rich…