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Or, instead of the government dictating those kinds of company decisions, put in place a system so that you're ok if you do get laid off, like a real health car
by davidw 3y ago
Or, instead of the government dictating those kinds of company decisions, put in place a system so that you're ok if you do get laid off, like a real health care system that is not linked to your place of employment.
- Barrin92 3y ago>put in place a system so that you're ok if you do get laid off the being laid off part itself takes a huge mental toll, regardless of material circumstances. There's a reason the mental health of phd candidates and a good chunk of white collar workers in nominally lucrative professions is in the gutter. The hire and fire hamster wheel is in itself completely pathological. The industry just has done a really fantastic job of marketing permanent insecurity and precarity as individual choice.
- fwip 3y agoSure, but the threat of losing your house, and the ability to feed, clothe, and care for your family, is also a pretty big stressor.
- davidw 3y agoYeah, you have a point... it's trickier to figure out a good way to create stability without also creating genuinely harmful rigidity too, though. I lived in Italy for a long while and you do see a lot of negative effects. People stay in jobs they hate because they have landed a permanent position. Companies reticent to hire because they're stuck with you. I agree that a lot of US companies have behaved very poorly and casually with people's lives. I guess I just see stuff like health care as easy wins. The rest of it is trickier.