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Obviously the way the general public perceives unions has become really negative. This has overall drove wages way down. Benefits have gotten worse, or in some cases become non-existent. First things first, the term union needs to die, and be replaced with something better. The first step is to unite republicans and democrats again. Second, let’s abolish or lower minimum wage. This whole discussion of a “minimum wage” has created a society of people who want to do the bare minimum, and just accept that’s all they will do. Pitiful, imagine if farmers had the same mindset and there was no excess. Food prices would not be just inflated (like they are now) but would literally be unaffordable Third, if you want good benefits YOU CAN WORK FOR IT YOU ENTITLED FUCKS. Do you really think Jeff bezos, bill gates, and Elon became so wealthy by doing nothing? No, they…

i want to see both sides of the argument

I'm asking this here because I know a lot of people work in the food service business in this sub, and I also wanted to get their perspective. So it's relevant. I like going to very reclusive, calm, spacious and peaceful restaurants. I don't like loud noises and I especially hate loud music in restaurants (I'm 26). If I go to a restaurant/cafe that has loud music, I always tell the waiter/manager to turn it down or preferably turn it off. Usually this request is met. But few times, waiters would just turn it down a little bit and then later turn it back up. Either because they enjoy the music or they think other customers “need” it. My view is that music isn't an essential part of the restaurant experience. Even if it were, if it's causing a negative physical impact on a customer, it's not the end of…

I unfortunately work at a public relations agency (although I’m leaving this job in two weeks). Anyway, we’re required to bill our time to clients. So basically we have a timesheet and each day I have to bill everything I’ve done for the day in the .25 increments, so like “.75 writing this op-ed for client A” “1.25 doing this research for client B” etc. and you have to get ur increments to add up to at least 40 hours per week to submit the timesheet and you have to have 90% of your time of the week be attributed to client work (as opposed to admin stuff like attending a company all staff meeting or something). Its so annoying bc I work really fast and so some shit just takes me a shorter time to get done! And while most jobs would love someone who works fast, its always…

There’s literally no point in diving our user base over the specifics of our long term goals. To abolish capitalism in favor of anarchy, shift to socialism, or whatever requires the same beginning steps. We’re most powerful together, so we should be focusing on the short term goals of better working environments, pay, etc.

This happened 5 months ago when I joined a big company as a seasonal employee , pay was about $2 more than I was being offered everywhere else in my area. My position was to oversee waste and provide a another set of eyes for production. When I joined I was told that I would have to learn the position quick and teach two others in about two weeks. My boss said depending how you do and with your degree I have a position opening up soon and you'd be a great candidate once you've gained work experienced directly here. So as the seasonal work continues, about half way through I do my first interview with said company for the position opening up. I felt pretty good about it despite being a fresh graduate with low work experience in my field . The boss told me to treat this job…

So I've been lurking on this subreddit for a while, and reading many of these posts make me very upset with this system we have in which there is no ethical consumption. On top of that, the current set up requires us to work for money that we need in order to take care of the basics in life. So what do you do when you earn more than enough to cover those basics? What do you do when you have the house, the spouse, the kid, the dogs, the life you dreamed of as a kid who grew up poor? What do you do when you know that you have “made it”… but you know your co-workers earn 150% of what you do, doing the same job, with a similar level of work experience? Am I greedy for wanting to be compensated in an equitable way because I know…