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Corporate greed and capitalism

I am currently unemployed because the company I worked for was acquired by another and that company severed all customer service positions, opting instead to use automation. I was paid severance and took a couple of months off for the holidays, as my husband was working and had paid holidays. I have been looking for a job since early January and have not had much luck. Today, I was invited to complete a text interview and told that the pay was $12 per hour plus commission. They asked if I was comfortable with this. I told them it was far too low and ended the interview. I just looked up their net worth and this is what I found: [Company] has a market cap or net worth of $30.37 billion. The enterprise value is $34.47 billion. Fuck capitalism and corporate greed. I was making $18 per hour without any need to…


I am currently unemployed because the company I worked for was acquired by another and that company severed all customer service positions, opting instead to use automation. I was paid severance and took a couple of months off for the holidays, as my husband was working and had paid holidays. I have been looking for a job since early January and have not had much luck.
Today, I was invited to complete a text interview and told that the pay was $12 per hour plus commission. They asked if I was comfortable with this. I told them it was far too low and ended the interview. I just looked up their net worth and this is what I found:
[Company] has a market cap or net worth of $30.37 billion. The enterprise value is $34.47 billion. Fuck capitalism and corporate greed. I was making $18 per hour without any need to upsell and I will not settle for anything less.

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