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Also violence happens all over the place, but it does not make it ok. Extremes and provocative-examples aside, the problem I see is not with exchanging life-obl
by borroka 5y ago
Also violence happens all over the place, but it does not make it ok. Extremes and provocative-examples aside, the problem I see is not with exchanging life-obliterating work for money, but with signing for normal-ish work and getting brutal 24/7 instead.
We can think that they are free to go elsewhere like we can think that those in abusive situations can simply go elsewhere, but there are financial considerations, gas-lighting, just-another-month syndrome that leads to burn-out. Life is just in theory pack-your-bags-and-go easy.
- awillen 5y agoYour violence comment is totally irrelevant. If you thought going to work at Uber was going to be normal-ish, then you just didn't do your homework. That's on you. No reason we should make policy to protect people who won't do basic research. You cite financial considerations, but again, these people are getting paid huge amounts of money. Unless you consider golden handcuffs to be a financial consideration that would prevent someone from leaving, that just doesn't apply here. That's the point - the tradeoff they're making enables them to leave whenever they want.
- borroka 5y agoFirst, take a deep breath. This knee-jerk reactions do not help the conversation. I wrote "Extremes and provocative-examples aside". People do not leave abusive situations for a variety of reasons, some of which I cite in my comment. I did not work for Uber, despite receiving a decent offer (a 4-yr package that given the current Uber valuation would have been worth between 1.5 and 2 million USD) 3 years ago.