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They think they own you. They think that you're their property. This is slavery with a lot of complicated language to convince Jeff Bezos otherwise.
by youarelabor 3y ago
They think they own you. They think that you're their property.
This is slavery with a lot of complicated language to convince Jeff Bezos otherwise.
- DoneWithAllThat 3y agoThis kind of hyperbole is silly.
- youarelabor 3y agoWake up: these organizations pay indentured servants from overseas less money and ruthlessly exploit the power of the fact that they can be deported if they lose their jobs.
- cj 3y ago> This is slavery Slavery in the sense that Amazon engineers are paid so much that they can't financially take a 50% pay cut to work at a small remote-first company. I think a better characterization would be that many people are a slave to the lifestyle they've been able to obtain through very high salaries at top 20 tech firms. That's a tough position to be in. But obviously not slavery by any stretch of the imagination (sell your $3m house, move to a cheaper neighborhood, get a cheaper car, and get a 100% remote job that pays 50% less). Or keep the lifestyle and drive to the office 3 times a week.
- youarelabor 3y agoAs I said, a lot of complicated language. Stay in denial, it's what they want.
- JohnFen 3y agoA slave can't leave. Employees can. I'm not saying that these relationships aren't unhealthy and unbalanced, but it's not slavery. I think that such hyperbole makes it easier for people to dismiss legitimate criticisms of employer-employee relations, so is counterproductive.
- youarelabor 3y agoWhereas your complicated language leaves you hopelessly confused.
- syndicatedjelly 3y ago> This is slavery Pretty amazing definition
- Gigachad 3y ago“Slavery is when you get paid to work at the work site”