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>>your employees don't even realize they're being ripped off. >Careful with your terminology there. To be "ripped off" requires... >It is not possible for an
by xiaoma 10y ago
>>your employees don't even realize they're being ripped off.
>Careful with your terminology there. To be "ripped off" requires...
>It is not possible for an engineer contemplating accepting a job offer from Facebook to be "ripped off". He's in intelligent businessperson
For someone telling people to be careful with their terminology, the word "businessperson" sure is an odd way to describe a W2 employee taking on a full time job.
- throwanem 10y agoThe regulatory framework around it doesn't change the fact that it's a negotiated sale of labor.
- xiaoma 10y agoIf you redefine the word "businessperson" to include everyone who has ever taken or pursued work as an employee, the meaning is both at odds with common English usage and so broad as to be nearly meaningless.