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What kind of work do you do? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml to c/communism@lemmygrad.ml
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I don’t need to know exact companies, no need to unnecessarily expose yourself or anything, but as we are a workers rights instance of Lemmy, I safely assume we are all proletarians. I for example work at a unionized grocery and I work outside. I have many complaints but I try my best to work as little as possible while getting my paycheck. Customers are usually fine but occasionally just dumb af to the point where it’s annoying(I have millions of stories) managers are very kind, only ones who were dicks left(unfortunately they probably got promoted if I remember correctly) and my coworkers are eh. Some are great to confide in and joke with, while others are rude or annoying, some are very nice but have garbage politics (libertarians who don’t understand their benefits from being in a union/don’t care enough about the differences to advocate for it). I plan on becoming a firefighter, not only for the pay, job security and union benefits, but it’s also an essential job that doesn’t exist just to create capital (no judgement to those who work in corporate environments, I’ve never done it and can’t judge it). I like my job overall but Goddamn the weather. Edit: Kinda cool to see so many people who are in tech.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do software development, mostly working with full stack web apps.

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your telling me your not a cosmonaut?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

lol dress for the job you want :)

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Postal worker

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Postal workers are usually based and very present in the unions. It seems to be one of the few jobs in which people are still actively class conscious.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

They don't call it going postal for nothing.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a code monkey who works in fintech.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't have a job. I'm a programmer, and I had no problems working when a friend and me had a startup that did not earn any money. But then, when we were getting paid for work (for another company), I couldn't take it and quit after a week. I can't handle the having to work a certain amount of hours per week, when there is no work. What should I do, just sit there? Never, that's useless. Also the thing to work on was clearly useless. Everything I could get paid for is useless websites for useless companies.

[–] pyska@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

We live in a capitalistic society. I'm a programmer myself, and the way I see it, if we can game the system as workers, we should. The bosses do it. The investors do it. Why shouldn't we?

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The way I see it, better useless than harmful.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I cant really give too much detail into what my job actually involves but the simple version is I'm a tech writer for a pharmaceutical company but the kind of writing I do isn't super transferable to a lot of other areas, even within the pharma industry. Which had made job hunting a removed. I am kind of out in a rural area so remote working really opened me up to a lot of new possibilities and way better pay ranges compared to local. Now that remote work is dwindling though all those possibilities are crumbling away and I can't find shit local. I don't want to have to move for a job. It fucking sucks. All because some rich fucks need to boost their investments into corporate real estate by forcing people back into offices.

[–] Valbrandur@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Med student.

It's quite tiring.