antiwork
Against employment culture
Antiwork describes opposition to conventional employment culture, particularly the expectation that work should dominate one's life.
The term gained traction in online communities where people share frustrations about exploitative jobs, low wages, and poor treatment: The antiwork movement isn't about laziness—it's about refusing to be exploited.
It ranges from mild critique of hustle culture to radical rejection of wage labor itself.
Opposition to market economies
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
- decommodificationWithdrawing from market exchange
- quiet quittingWorking without exceeding requirements
- lying flatPositioned horizontally, not upright
opt-out · dropout · counterculture · radical · dissent · liberation · emancipation · precarity
Lacking paid employment
- layoffTermination without cause
- furloughGranted absence from work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- underemploymentInsufficient use of labor capacity
downsizing · displaced · welfare · benefits · poverty · hardship · precarity · insecurity
Unscheduled personal hours
- restCessation of activity
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- hobbiesLeisure activities for pleasure
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
downtime · idleness · repose · siesta · play · fulfillment · creativity · self-care
Joint worker-employer talks
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
overtime pay · sick leave · maternity leave · benefits · pensions · job security · employment law · labor standards
Guaranteed payments to all
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
job displacement · redundancy · deskilling · surveillance capitalism
Forceful impact or stoppage
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- picketPointed fence stake
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
rally · march · sit-in · civil disobedience · solidarity · wildcat strike · slowdown · general strike
anticapitalism
Opposition to market economies
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
- decommodificationWithdrawing from market exchange
- quiet quittingWorking without exceeding requirements
lying flat · opt-out · dropout · counterculture · radical · dissent · liberation · emancipation · precarity · wage slavery
jobless
Lacking paid employment
- layoffTermination without cause
- furloughGranted absence from work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
underemployment · downsizing · displaced · welfare · benefits · poverty · hardship · precarity · insecurity · burnout
free time
Unscheduled personal hours
- restCessation of activity
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- hobbiesLeisure activities for pleasure
sabbatical · downtime · idleness · repose · siesta · play · fulfillment · creativity · self-care · slow living
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
minimum wage · overtime pay · sick leave · maternity leave · benefits · pensions · job security · employment law · labor standards · occupational health
universal basic income
Guaranteed payments to all
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
machine learning · job displacement · redundancy · deskilling · surveillance capitalism
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
demonstration · rally · march · sit-in · civil disobedience · solidarity · wildcat strike · slowdown · general strike · labor dispute
antiworkhustle culture
Celebrating relentless career ambition
workaholism · rise and grind · work ethic · Protestant work ethic · workaholic
antiworkworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
busy · productive · industrious · diligent · hardworking
antiworkcapitalism
Private profit-based economy
corporatism · careerism · entrepreneurialism · bootstrapping · meritocracy
work, worker, workers, working, worked, workable, unworkable, workman, workmen