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coming soon to a town near you: indentured servitude. hopefully they will at least have nice bunk beds in the corporate dorms.

• shiroiuma 8mo ago
  Nah, they can save money by buying larger beds and making employees share the beds. A single king-size bed can fit 4-5 employees.
  • georgemcbay 8mo ago
    > A single king-size bed can fit 4-5 employees. ... at a time. So if you also run three shifts that's 12-15 employees per bed!
    • shiroiuma 8mo ago
      Exactly right. On top of this, they're going to have mandatory bed position assignments. Just like you currently can't choose which desk you're going to sit at, and have to put up with the most annoying person on the team as your deskmate, in the near future you're going to have to cuddle with him/her at night too, whether you like it or not, and regardless of his/her bad hygiene, just because your manager decided to stick you two together.
      • c0balt 8mo ago
        > in the near future you're going to have to cuddle with him/her at night too, whether you like it or not A solid solution to reduce heating costs. Maybe one can go a step further and remove the bed though, a large mattress (or let's say rubber mat) should be enough.
        • c22 8mo ago
          It's most efficient if you can figure out how to get them to sleep standing up.
          • disqard 8mo ago
            Stand on Zanzibar
      • 1718627440 8mo ago
        This has already happened. During the industrial revolution sharing bed shifts was common. You just rediscovered the reason why worker protection laws have maximum working times and forbid employers from demanding outside of working hours.
        • shiroiuma 8mo ago
          Don't worry, the employers will make sure these worker protection laws are all rescinded, so we can go back to workers having to share beds. The workers are happily voting for this, because they believe regulations are bad.
  • dyauspitr 8mo ago
    The smart ones have to share a bed and start a family together so we can have better future employees.
• arethuza 8mo ago
  That reminds me of the grim lodging houses described in Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier.
• carlosjobim 8mo ago
  Soon? Most people pay taxes on their income and have a mortgage for their home, or even worse pay rent. Slaves used to have the option to purchase their freedom.