The thought occurred while I was scouring indeed trying to find a pay increase from my current position. Seeing the same ads in a different suit over and over. The only things that differentiated them were +-$2.00/hr and the blazing red flags (“We are a family”, “work hard, play hard”, etc..).
What if we mirror a part of their game. The best way to beat an impossible “boss” is to lose to it as many times as it takes to know all of it's tricks. I feel like collectively, we know the playbook and the strategies.
My point is, why don't we all start applying for jobs we know don't pay what they should, crush the interview, get the offer and spit it in their face? It would be rain drops in the ocean at first, but if millions of us at the bottom started pushing, eventually we would make some swells they couldn't ignore. Keep documentation of offers and refusals. Get a way for us to upload all of these so we have concrete proof/data. Show EVERYONE who will listen, including media outlets/social media. Target the worst companies first and force their hand for once. Unity is the one thing that has always worked out in deforming a corrupt system. What a perfect opportunity for a snowball revolution, imo.
I'm not the brightest by any means, so I'm sure this is filled with errors and stupidity. I really just wanted to share an idea. Isn't that how these things start?