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Technology is not always the solution. If your employer asks you to affirm something, and you do that, and then cheat (because, let's say, cheating is technolog
by credit_guy 5y ago
Technology is not always the solution. If your employer asks you to affirm something, and you do that, and then cheat (because, let's say, cheating is technologically trivial), then you take a huge risk. A lot of people will not take that risk. It's enough to make example of 1 or 2 people who are caught, and the rest will fall in line in no time.
- netizen-936824 5y agoIs my opinion, the company is cheating the employee by paying them less for the same work just because they live somewhere else.
- jkljkljkl1 5y agoNo one forces employees to accept the terms offered edit: it's not cheating because the game is still of negotiation until it's in agreement, if you break an agreement, I see that as a cheat. No one made you accept the job or the pay.
- netizen-936824 5y ago'Nobody forced them into slavery, why didn't they just go somewhere else?'
- xyzzyz 5y agoPeople actually were forced into slavery, and actually are not forced to work for Facebook. Do you often exploit slaves as a rhetorical tool?
- netizen-936824 5y agoHave you heard of the concept of 'wage slavery'? People at the lowest paid tiers of society do not have a choice
- HideousKojima 5y agoSlavery, by its very definition, involves force. From Merriam-Webster's dictionary: Someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay
- netizen-936824 5y agoThat's the point I was trying to make. Generally employees do not actually have much of a choice, if any. Especially if they have families to provide for so the distinction is rather moot
- HideousKojima 5y agoEmployees can find another job. Or they can choose to have no job, and potentially starve to death etc. But the latter is the default of the human condition, and has little to do with the whims of corporations.
- netizen-936824 5y agoAh yes they can just choose to starve to death! Couldn't slaves make the choice to be beaten to death or executed for not working? Thank you for proving my point
- HideousKojima 5y agoIf you're suggesting that human beings are "slaves" to the natural condition, yes. Work or starve has been the default state of humanity (and all forms of life on Earth) since the dawn of time. It's not "slavery" or "capitalism" or anything else, it's the default state of being.
- netizen-936824 5y agoOh my apologies, I guess that excuses paying people so little that they can't survive off the wages and need food assistance from the government. Capitalism truly has all the answers! Companies were in a race to the bottom for wages, and many still are. People working these jobs sure maybe they can get an education, or get a foot in somewhere else. What about the next person to fill the shitty role they left? It's a continuous cycle of shitting on the lowest paid people in society and it needs to stop
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoIt has never worked differently. If you want to average out the pay you'll be paid much more closer to Bangladeshi pay than to SV one.
- Gigachad 5y agoOne side fully presented the terms at the start. The other lied. If you don't like the terms, don't accept them. It isn't like facebook is the only employer.
- alasdair_ 5y agoIt’s more a legal thing. Companies have to follow the local labor laws and pay taxes to the appropriate states.
- refurb 5y agoNot sure the courts will really care about your opinion when there was an employment contract in place?