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But that's not the real scenario. Monstruous companies aren't the only jobs around. There's a bajillion smaller and more ethical companies that hire the same kind of profiles as Meta.
Also the mega-corporations tend to not poach small fish from each other. Sure they'll go after each other's top performers but there's a tacit agreement that "normal workers" are not fair game.
Clearly you have not been looking for a job lately. I've known people with experience and degrees that have been searching for like 6 months. It's bad out there, especially for the tech industry.
Idk why you want to fight the worker and not the corporations
If that is the case then Meta probably won't touch their resume with a 10-ft pole.
Right so now you've taken 2 steps back. It's not more moral to work for any other corporation that meta is poaching either.
Is it more moral to work for Amazon? Microsoft? Walmart?
Not really. The worker should try to improve their material condition since that's the position we've all been put in.
You suggest everyone go work for a "small buisness" when those jobs simply don't exist.
I don't know why you are trying to shame the worker for trying to survive in the system.
Fun fact btw Walmart and Amazon are the 2 largest employers in the US. I suppose all their workers should quit and go work for Bob's Bait & Tackle down the road. I'm sure he has about 3 million jobs just lying around
Are you under the impression that only Amazon, Microsoft & Walmart are hiring ? Did every software company suddenly vanish while i was napping ? Sorry but there are a million companies hiring the same kind of profiles as Meta, which are not evil monopolistic mega-corporations.
Also what's Walmart got to do with this ? You think greeters and cashiers are hired from the same pool as Meta product owners ?
Right so now if we once again go back 2 comments you can remember my comment on the poor state of the current job market.
See you missed the point there. Walmart has and continues to do irreprepable harm to the economy, workers, and the planet. By the logic you proposed the workers are responsible for that. Just like the workers for meta are responsible.
Honestly it doesn't matter if you make 300k a year at Meta or $12 an hour at Walmart. At the end of the day when compared to the billionaires exploiting the labor of both the difference between these workers is about a billion dollars
It absolutely does. If you can make 300K at Meta you can make 250K someplace else. Missing out on those extra 50K is nowhere near an existential threat to you.
If you make 12$/h at Walmart i am not blaming you for taking what you can and making a living of it. If you work for a Meta subcontractor in Kenya doing 300$ a month i am not blaming you.
But if you choose to work for an objectively evil company while you have other options (which you definitely have if EvilCorp is even considering your resume), and you make that choice just to maximize your discretionary spending... then you can't play the solidarity card.