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The problem is that people are dependent on employment by a single party and finding a new employer is not automatic, which creates a huge non-diversified risk
by devit 6y ago
The problem is that people are dependent on employment by a single party and finding a new employer is not automatic, which creates a huge non-diversified risk and creates abusive dynamics.
The solution is to make it easy, normal and automatic to either find new jobs, be a contractor for many parties, or be unemployed, living on UBI/rent/self-production and not dependent on finding work.
Monogamous relationships have the same problems and the same solutions (easy serial monogamy, non-monogamy, or being content being in a relationship with oneself).
- nickthemagicman 6y agoI think you're more correct than this article. I read the first few sentences of the article and thought .. if employment was not at will,job interviews would be next to impossible.
- theelous3 6y agoFunny, because it's essentially unique to the US, and everywhere else functions perfectly and interviews are the same.
- dgellow 6y agoThe US is the outlier here, every single European country I'm aware of has the level of protection suggested by the article. And job interviews aren't an issue.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoMaybe it's why most businesses come to the U.S. lol
- manicdee 6y agoMaybe it’s why so much business left the US for China and India.
- manicdee 6y agoWhy would job interviews be “impossible” when employment is not easily terminated?
- swiley 6y agoOr just find a decent person to be in a monogamous relationship that doesn’t abuse you by threatening to leave? If you feel the same way about your partner and your boss you need to find someone else.
- devit 6y agoThe implicit possibility of "leaving" is always present because doing something together in a way that is desirable for everyone requires an agreement/meeting of minds/consciousnesses, and without it interaction is not possible, and without any interaction there is effectively no relationship. Since people and organizations are always changing, there is no guarantee that there will be any such agreement and thus any relationship in the future (whether it is of an intimate or professional nature).
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoit IS easy to find jobs or be a contractor, that's what the gig economy is about, that's what McJobs are about. But those are shameful. They are a product of the free market, capitalist system with NO worker protections. This is why people end up working three jobs and still live under the poverty line, this is why people with degrees end up working at Starbucks. Workers do not feel valued because they have been reduced to statistics, and the pandemic has made it blatantly obvious; ten MILLION people have lost their jobs in a span of weeks. The country will go into economic and social decline, while the 1% laughs all the way to the bank because the stock markets are doing just fine.