Obviously this is just one snapshot of labor at my Starbucks, but I did the math on our revenue/labor. That’s on a Thursday, not even a busy day for us. We used 90 hours of labor to rake in $8760 sales. I know there is about a 30% profit margin. So 30% of 8760 divided by 90. For every hour of my labor they make about $29 off of me. They pay me $12/hr. They pay me less than half of what my labor is worth. Not in a position to quit, but fuck.
That’s it. Stop buying useless shit. It will make a lot of these pointless companies obsolete and it’s better for the world.
I genuinely don’t think I am built for work. Not that I’m lazy, and don’t want to do anything at all. Just that I don’t think I’m cut out to work the same job, day in, day out, x number of days a week. Its soul numbing, its killing me slowly. I’m so deeply unhappy with working and switching jobs hasn’t helped. I’m in what people would consider a reasonably good position, with a role that’ll always have me employed on comfortable money, but its SO boring. What if I want to wake up one day and just study something that I’m interested in? Or spend the day at the park with a book? Or volunteer at the local shelter or soup kitchen? Or run an educational programme at the zoo? Or volunteer on a project in costa rica? I can’t do ANY of that whilst I’m trapped in a…
So I'm in Canada Ontario, but I'm wondering why all of North America hasn't moved to less working hours and less days by now. What's holding the U.S. and Mexico back? In Canada it's because we technically follow the US literally. We're willing to abolish day light savings time but won't make the move unless the US does. (Not looking forward to losing sleep this year). But seriously what's holding us back from getting a living wage at 4 days 30 hours (NOT 40!!!) I know the answer is most likely. “Capitalism” or “baby boomers raised the way they are” But reality is there are millennials who also believe there is nothing to do in life except work. I'm sick and tired of holding out for a miracle and convincing myself it's OK to want to play video games, my guitar and have other hobbies that really aren't feasible because…
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