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Deaths of Despair on the Rise in the United States, but not in other wealthy countries

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Question: Should we all start sharing salaries on our LinkedIn Feed

Seeing how much your connections make could be one way to push forward pay transparency. Of course, Twitter is another way….. https://preview.redd.it/nf3efbk8lgg81.jpg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65a199266f3129878ccadd1c3196030bd67c7ce5

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This message needs to be heard by the whole working class. We have the numbers, we have the power if we rise up. Time to unionize.

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Oversee all IT functions. Pay starts at $500/month

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School just teaches you to be a worker. Not to be independent and free. I learned more in life from games then school itself.

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They are capping wages to stop us from asking what our labor is worth. They are starting with nurses, but it it works they will come for the rest of us as well.

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The illusion to think that real change is possible in our current system.

Some may be familiar with the idea of in-system versus out-system activism. In-system activism utilizes existing avenues of political, legal, and economic influence seeking, ultimately, policy change. In-system activism doesn't see the structure of the system itself as a problem or at least it doesn't act like it does. There is no shortage of activists out there writing books, making media, and holding events surrounding the idea of system level change, talked about all the time. But if you look closely, that's not actually what they're proposing. What they call system change is just the add-on of more regulatory patches or policies. In fact, the very term has become a terrible misnomer thrown around with no distinction, even here on this subreddit. Everyone likes to drop statements about how this “system” we have is corrupt, or incompatible, or wrong, or inhumane yet virtually no mainstream activists that say these things…

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Need some advice

So I plan on quitting my job, because the department I work at is such a mess and the pay “raises” they offer are truly insulting. Would anyone be able to provide some resources to find another job. I have a BS in accounting with 4 years experience in Revenue Cycle Management. I know this doesn’t exactly fit this sub, but I do enjoy working, but my organization is so terrible that they have robbed me of my enjoyment. Any advice would be helpful

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Egg freezing could be a fertility benefit at your workplace, but who is it really helping?

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Not worked for Ten years after being forced to work in a cemetery in 2008 as a 21 year old I decided that after ten years of working terrible jobs for low pay that I was going to commit my time on this planet living free I haven’t worked for the past ten years and won’t work again !!