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As long as there is significant unemployment, an employee will never feel safe to change these situations for the better. As long as the pay is low, they'll ne
by adwf 12y ago
As long as there is significant unemployment, an employee will never feel safe to change these situations for the better. As long as the pay is low, they'll never be able to just chuck a job on ethical principles - they can't afford to.
These problems aren't something that should be sucked up. They're abhorrent and I'm surprised that you're trying to defend it. It's not like it's difficult to not be sexist/racist/homophobic...
- smsm42 12y agoUnemployment level for high school graduates is now about 5.3%. [1] Maybe I'm living in a bubble but I think it's hard to believe that there's literally one single job available for a person asking for a low pay and if that person doesn't take that job they would have literally no options. Especially for something like phone support job - it's not really an uncommon field (2% of US workforce, over 2 mil. employed [2]) [1] http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/05/sept-unemployment-rates-education/16657397/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/05/sept... [2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=customer+service+workers+in+the+US http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=customer+service+worker...