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they think slave labor shouldn't complain
May 27, 2022 11:07 AM
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Godryc
"I had to suffer so you will have to suffer as well in the name of fairness and equality!" /s
JinxRocks
They want people to work unlimited hours for slave wages and be happy about it.
AnonamooseUser
they think slave labor shouldn't complain
Vallete
The same reason health insurance is tied to employment, America things if you can't/won't work (at whatever job/wage) you shouldn't live.
upsidedownheadcat
I preferred to stick around to challenge that system rather than running away because it was too much work.
faphappyscreencappy
The idea of being able to manage adversity, I think. Problem is we'd been indoctrinated to accept work as "work" and as adverse by nature.
forestfart
I recently asked for a salary raise. I got it. It covers the 10℅ inflation rate. I got more than i expected. Im gonna work my ass off happy
Shoutrr
this happens when you can't make the difference between grit and submissiveness
secretoaster
Everytime they celebrate 40 years at job, I remember how many of them got fired or laid off year before retirement.
trouble4you
Getting food on table for ur kids through a job that require boot licking requires courage. Dont undermine ppl who work and go through 1/2
Vallete
Same reason health insurance is tied to your job 'you won't take whatever shitty job, you and your kids shouldn't live'
trouble4you
Difficult situations. Yes, there is a need for higher wages but until then some of us cant leave just like that.
Rogahar
Because they did it, and never had the balls to stand up for better, and refuse to admit they were wrong. Ergo; you're doing it >
Rogahar
> differently, so YOU must be wrong while THEY clearly picked the manlier, tougher, hardier, insert-adjective-of-choice-ier option.
MajorSession
Can I pick "stupid" for "stupider?"
Noismute
I'm a new boss/owner and the incompetence ive seen is staggering. Friggin eagle scouts refusing to mop or plunge a toilet, or WIPE TABLES
astrangehop
So you're terrible at hiring. You got a plan to find better people?
Noismute
Back in my day, eagle Scout meant something. And I'm 29 so that wasn't that long ago... You shouldn't defend them unless you're one of them
DrSchlepenstein
As well being happy that you work over 40 hours each week. Acting proud that you worked 60-100 hours a week isn't a flex, it's sad.
astrangehop
If you work overtime all the time.. your company regularly pays you .66 of what you're worth.
squidiom
We interrupted a coworker humblebragging about working long hours to tell the new hires not to follow their example. It's not impressive.
squidiom
Killing yourself for a job isn't admirable; it's unhealthy and tragic. And it rarely translates to improved results imo.
Mithi
Jip.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
There is absolutely no reason for any of us to be working 40 hours, let alone more, especially for the money they pay these days. We've 1/
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Got more than enough people and more than enough resources. It's fucking stupid.
notthatkaren
There is a TV add running that says, "picking up extra shifts so you can support your family...that's success!" The irony is unintended. 1/
notthatkaren
The ad* is for a for online classes. It p*sses me off too much to ever catch the name of the college.
BootsDusty
gonergoner22
We have been betrayed by everyone who claimed to know better. Fuck debt, fuck corporations, fuck every last rich asshole.
eathotdog
But the boomers told me I'd be conservative when I'm older
SuperfluousMeh
Because they wanted to conserve what they had while stealing from us
Arenlor
Was the gig economy ever presented as being anything but a supplement, or did the news just make that up and run with it?
thewiggins
the corps and the news sell it as a supplement, but in many cases it's just a way to get the same job done on the cheap
Forobviousreasons
For my understanding, gig economy is based on like music shows and such correct? I’ve never heard of those
Arenlor
It refers to things like Task Rabbit, Uber, and GrubHub style things in this context.
Forobviousreasons
Ah understood. Thanks
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Ikwilstroopwaffels
Gen X here. LMFAO.
dickblack12
I am GenX. The boomers killed our union. They voted to keep benifits for the "old hires" if they agreed to screw the "new hires".
dickblack12
May be obvious, but I forgot to say. The old hires outumbered the new hires by about 80/20.
TalkingSnake
That happened at my grandmas job. Her union and benefits survived three or four total company buyouts and then cutoff millennials.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Fucking UAW. Pay now caps at where it used to start and the retirement benefits are eviscerated. But the olds got to keep theirs so fuck em.
shetouchedmybuttholesteve
You know unions died under gen-x faster than ever before, right? They're now the 40-60 year olds fighting them entirely.
forResearchPurposesOnly
Unions weren’t an option. US jobs already went overseas. Active union memberships had been falling since the 60’s. Death kneel in the 80’s.
TalkingSnake
“Would” but did not.
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TalkingSnake
US Gen X slid into the middle management spot as they could use computers before the boomers and millennials were too young to be respected.
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
In Australia until recently you had to be older than 45 to have ever experienced a recession so millennials learnt to swap not fix.
rk57957
In the US the oldest millennial would have experienced 5 recessions not counting Covid.
TalkingSnake
So they have quietly benefited from the tail end of all the unions and things here.