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I would have given two weeks notice as soon as they tried to pull this off. If they escorted me out the door as soon as I gave notice, so be it. In America, the
by hwstar 11y ago
I would have given two weeks notice as soon as they tried to pull this off. If they escorted me out the door as soon as I gave notice, so be it. In America, the land of "employment at will", the only way to stack the deck in your favor is to have "fuck you" money in the bank. This counters the effects of employment at will and turns it to your advantage.
- mcguire 11y agoI saw an article on Reddit yesterday claiming that 47% of Americans would have to sell something or seek a loan to pay $400 in unexpected expenses. (I didn't actually read it, of course, so I'm not sure if "loan" is a credit card.)
- hwstar 11y agoYou have just described the weakness of the American populace. They deliberately don't teach people in public schools to work towards financial independence, that would be bad for the oligarchy.
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- jonlucc 11y agoFor that article, credit cards counted so long as they weren't paid at the end of the month.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoMore effective would be to stage a mass walkout with as many coworkers as possible to make the retraining process untenable for those left behind.
- hwstar 11y agoThat is wonderful, but regrettable it would never happen. There are too many employees living paycheck to paycheck.
- hga 11y agoStrike funds are one of the few good in theory concepts about unions. (Flip side is that they can be used to ease the pain of strikes called for e.g. internal political struggle reasons, like a not too long ago UPS strike, and they can be raided like any other union piggy bank.)