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Why is it stupid? It happened to my aunt about ~3 years ago. She was making about $12.50/h doing phone ordering (very senior, trained everyone, etc.); the com
by clarkevans 15y ago
Why is it stupid? It happened to my aunt about ~3 years ago. She was making about $12.50/h doing phone ordering (very senior, trained everyone, etc.); the company was sold/acquired and she was offered her old job at $9.25/h during a fairly large layoff. Since she lives in Michigan where the unemployment rate is well over 15%, she decided not to roll her dice at job hunting. She took the 26% pay cut and went to work for the same supervisor the next day. At least her house is mostly paid off, although it's worth half what she bought it for ~15 years ago -- this was her retirement savings.
I think the point of the game is that many people just can't comprehend how easy it is to have bad things happen in a very substantial way... with very little notice and being mostly powerless to do anything about it.
- StavrosK 15y agoBecause no matter what you do, you get screwed. At most, it should inform you of the choices.
- gcp 15y agoIt informs you of the choices. It doesn't inform you of the unforeseen consequences. For all the flaws in this propaganda game, that isn't one of them. Neither is the "screwed no matter what" part.
- StavrosK 15y agoIt didn't tell me how much I would be making with either choice. I would at least know how many parts per day I produced, and it would be easy to calculate the daily rate from that. Not to mention that, in real life, you would probably be able to switch after having had your rate cut in half, or the supervisor would tell you "do you want to keep half your hourly rate, or switch to a per-part rate?". There's nothing unforeseen about that.
- hnal943 15y agoWhy are "keeping the job I have" and "job hunting" mutually exclusive decisions? Keep your job and apply other places.
- zasz 15y agoIf she's getting paid by the hour, every time she takes time off for a job interview costs her over $30. In a state with 15% unemployment, she'd have to roll the dice multiple times, and the likelihood of finding a higher-paying job isn't great; the likelihood of finding a higher-paying job in only a few shots is very low.