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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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Wrong on both counts.
Weren't you all lying to us printing article after article about how the economy was actually doing fine when Biden was still on the ticket? Shameless.
The economy is recovering according to common markers used to measure the trend of the economy. But that usually takes a few years before it is felt in working class homes. And yes this is a factor that serves to generate a vibe of disconnect between administations and the public.
But the disconnect is real and complicated according to HMW. Workers have gotten used to gig economics, expecting their current position will not lead to promotions or even adequate raises. Furthermore, everyone wants to hire trained, experienced workers, but no one wants to do the work in leveling them up. So workers now fluff their résumés and fake it till they make it, all the while looking for their next job.
When people switch jobs from current employment, their salary increase is three times as much on average as raises and promotions within.
Also, workers are slacking off at their current job and focusing effort on finding and selling themselves to a competing business.
Which is all to say, the companies fucked themselves over by not looking out for their own workers. No one expects to keep their current job anyway, so why not just look busy and do the bare minimum?
You want hard workers? Treat them like human beings who have families and health concerns. Otherwise watch them slip though your fingers like crude oil.
This times a thousand. When I was looking to get into being a Linux Sysadmin, every entry level position required 3-5y experience. I kept thinking, "how am I supposed to get that when you're gatekeeping me from starting out."
Actually getting training is also a joke. I have worked for a dozen companies at this point, everything from small contracting companies to Fortune 500.They all pay lip service to training but very few of them actually follow through and pay for (or even partially subsidize) your continued professional development.
I paid for 100% of a job-related Master degree while working, and the employer did not pay for any of it, nor provide any time off to work on it, etc. They also declined a pay raise of any kind once I finished and had the credential. Needless to say I peaced out and got a different job immediately.
I've always had to eat the full cost of my professional development and I only got "paid" for it by jumping ship to a new job for more money.