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I had the worst shift ever (for me)

I'm autistic. I work in people's homes. I got called in for a call out today. Never been there before. I can't do smokers I can't do dogs This guy smokes in his house. Cigars. Pipes. Whatever. Not the good smelling ones either. The vile stanking ones. I was exceedingly polite and made small talk while I cleaned. But omg I could hardly breathe. I did everything he needed but my god I thought I was going to pass out. I had to keep making excuses to go outside. Just to breathe. I started self harming to distract my self by digging my finger nails in my clavacle but it wasn't helping. He must have picked up on my discomfort even though I was trying not to show it. I tryed to be so polite. He sent me home early and I'll probably get in trouble but omg. I came…

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Exploitation? The Income Disparity Between Employees and Employers/Executives and What Should Be Done About It.

What kind of legislation or realistic measures do you think would help resolve the income disparity/exploitation issues? Also, what is your critique (or support) of the following argument? “Let’s say you paint houses on your own and you charge $15 an hour. A “capitalist” comes along and says, “Work for me and I’ll pay you $20 per hour to paint houses.” You sign on and he brings you to paint your first house in a rich neighborhood. You’re the only one working the job. You find out that he’s well known and has word of mouth recommendations in this rich neighborhood and is able to charge them $200 per hour. He doesn’t do any painting; all he does is shake hands with rich people who trust him and have them sign the dotted line. Are you being exploited? You’re better off than you were before. You entered into an agreement…

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Reform Education to reform business

We learn our work hierarchical relationships in school wherein the teacher (manager) tells a student (subordinate) what they are supposed to achieve, then tells the student once they have achieved it. Students learn to succeed they have to please the teacher but not necessarily learn, improve the curriculum, or the way the class is taught. It creates a system of “pleasing bosses and failing to improve the system that serves customers”. Deming, Dr. W. E., From Senge, P. M. (2006), p.xiii.

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CEO explaining why your company won’t be adopting the four-day workweek:

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Americans now say they will need $1.25 million to retire comfortably, survey finds –

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Create a production-level application for us within 24 hours of the email for a Junior position job interview

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So I saw something the other day…..

So I went to a certain retail chain where the workers wear red shirts and I saw the hygiene products all locked where workers had to unlock a glass case before I could take any of them. Only hygiene products though. That means that people are so poor that they need to steal toothpaste to live. We can all agree, people need to make enough money to NOT STEAL TOOTHPASTE.

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Companies can’t enforce silence in layoff packages, NLRB rules

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‘Overworked and underpaid’: University at Buffalo resident doctors and fellows launch union campaign

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An Original Thought. One Total Reset.

Imagine. If we all started again. From where we all are right now. We grow, make, create, trade etc from where we are right now. Just supplies. Share jobs. Share work load. Work on a farm for a few weeks, then break for a few. Go on holiday for a few weeks, come back, trade with someone else and do their job for a bit, couple weeks or so, then having a month off. Every one does this we can all be happy. Oh yeah! Socialism! Sounds terrible.