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This is not a Navy recruiting ad, this is an ad to recruit shipbuilders. The vast majority of those jobs are civilian. If this author had spent about 5 minutes

This is not a Navy recruiting ad, this is an ad to recruit shipbuilders. The vast majority of those jobs are civilian. If this author had spent about 5 minutes of research, they would have discovered this. If you're skilled enough to work on a nuclear submarine, you're probably skilled enough to be employed in a variety of different industries and make good money. And I don't see how it's the Navy's responsibility to make sure that Gig jobs don't suck. So often people see one segment of the US government (the teeny, tiny bureaucracy that it is.) doing something, and think that portion of the Federal government has the power to decided and change the rules for another entirely different part of the government. This may be one of the worst cases of this I've seen in quite a while. Shockingly, the US Navy doesn't actually write legislation pertaining to gig work. I try not to cast aspersions on opinion pieces, but this was absolute garbage. Do better.

dartharva 2y ago
It appears you missed the opening and last paragraphs. Have you read the article? > The gig economy is obviously not the Navy’s direct responsibility. But it is quite striking that instead of trying to improve the state of gig work run by multi-billion dollar corporations that actively oppose measures to improve their workers’ lives, the government has simply opted to agree that it is bad, and use those working conditions to recruit for the military.
- DangitBobby 2y ago
  If they agree it's not the Navy's fault, there's not much point in writing the article at all. As the parent pointed out, the Navy is not "the government", the Navy is "the Navy" and has absolutely nothing to do with how gig work sucks.
2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
I've found that almost all of my political/US govt outrage disappeared after taking a single course on it in college. There's a method to the madness.
fred_is_fred 2y ago
The world would be both more and less efficient if the US Navy got to write most federal regulation. “Prep the mess deck. Yeoman Jones is 7 knots ENE with your UberEats order”.
more_corn 2y ago
I deeply love that your sharp criticism ends with a forward looking suggestion that the author do better. That’s the nicest criticism I’ve seen today.

dartharva 2y ago

It appears you missed the opening and last paragraphs. Have you read the article? > The gig economy is obviously not the Navy’s direct responsibility. But it is quite striking that instead of trying to improve the state of gig work run by multi-billion dollar corporations that actively oppose measures to improve their workers’ lives, the government has simply opted to agree that it is bad, and use those working conditions to recruit for the military.

DangitBobby 2y ago
If they agree it's not the Navy's fault, there's not much point in writing the article at all. As the parent pointed out, the Navy is not "the government", the Navy is "the Navy" and has absolutely nothing to do with how gig work sucks.

2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago

I've found that almost all of my political/US govt outrage disappeared after taking a single course on it in college. There's a method to the madness.

fred_is_fred 2y ago

The world would be both more and less efficient if the US Navy got to write most federal regulation. “Prep the mess deck. Yeoman Jones is 7 knots ENE with your UberEats order”.

more_corn 2y ago

I deeply love that your sharp criticism ends with a forward looking suggestion that the author do better. That’s the nicest criticism I’ve seen today.