• Alto@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This attitude is exactly why workers have continously been getting fucked more and more

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      1 year ago

      The attitude of being willing to compromise to get what I want, rather than waiting until my perfect conditions are met? I just don’t think it’s a reasonable expectation for people to stop thinking like that. I use compromise every day of my life - I used it ten minutes ago, to choose a slightly damaged monitor for less money over a brand-new, more expensive one.

      I am of the mind that the faster we can get a few companies offering a four-day week, the faster it will become standard - or at least common. We saw it happen with WFH: Companies now have to expect to compete with offers that include remote work, so they either have to provide it as well, or improve other parts of their offer.

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        1 year ago

        That’s not compromising, it’s groveling at their feet begging them to give you the slightest bit of respect, a tiny little crumb of the ever growing profits.

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          1 year ago

          What an outrageous take. I am making an exchange that makes me happier. I get something; they get something. Otherwise I sit and wait and fume and get nothing.

          I can want one thing and accept that my current reality won’t provide it to me without being an enemy of the cause. I’m genuinely shocked that such a hardline, absolutist mindset is the prevalent one in this community.

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              1 year ago

              I know what a union is. Unless you’re about start one, recruit people, and bargain collectively with your employer, I suggest you start somewhere more realistic.

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                1 year ago

                All im hearing is excuses as to why you won’t. You can admit you’re too lazy to, it’s ok

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                  1 year ago

                  It’s true, between my full-time job and home improvement projects, I would not be able found and run a union. I don’t think anyone who knows me would describe me as ‘lazy.’

                  You sound like a hormonal teenager. I hope for your sake that you actually are.

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                    1 year ago

                    Simply more excuses, and now name calling. That’s OK though, just don’t act like you don’t know why the average worker is getting railed.