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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 170 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TODAY: The dam has never been more profitable, now that we've fired all the folks with their fingers in the little cracks.

THIS TIME NEXT YEAR: Oh no! The dam has failed! Please help us, we need bailouts!

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 97 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"If only we had workers that cared! It's all their fault for not wanting to go the extra mile!"

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 25 points 2 years ago

"What monsters would just abandon their family like this??"

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 143 points 2 years ago (27 children)

I hate feeling like an expendable human resource. When I was laid off it was completely without advanced notice, they're never considerate enough to notify you two weeks in advance (like we are supposed to do).

It's not like the executive types are known for their empathy. I've seen the Chairman of the Board throw full on temper tantrums (and throwing stuff) at his subordinates. They have zero qualms laying us off if it means it increases this quarter's bottom line.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s why I quit recently with no notice. They asked and I said β€œyou didn’t give one the last 4 rounds of layoffs, so why should I?”

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I live in a country where the company or you need to notify the other 2-6 months in advance. You can only quiet earlier if it is mutual.

I recommend joining a Union so you can also have the safety benefits that we do.

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 83 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Yup. Post-COVID, the rich were scared by the newly empowered worker who had just finally begun to understand their worth and power, and have declared war on the working class in retaliation. There's plenty of evidence for this by now; the pattern is obvious.

So real talk time, what are doing about it?

Why aren't the remaining workers walking out in protest? Why aren't sympathetic industries and collectives talking to all of these recently released labor force members and collectively organizing marches and strikes, encouraging workers to refuse to do labor until executives take massive paycuts?

What do we have to do, and why aren't we doing it?

And if you are somebody out there doing it, what do people like me have to do to get involved?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 30 points 2 years ago

Yes! My thoughts exactly!

During the pandemic when this was all happening, it was a bright spot of optimism that things could finally begin to get better as people realized how much nonsense wasn't necessary.

But the propaganda machines were in full force pushing fabricated tales of people who "missed the energy of the office", and everything was about "getting back to normal" instead of making a new, better normal!

Heck I even saw edgy righties on places like iFunny getting all based saying "I can't believe we're being exploited like this! Jobs are such a scam."

It was beautiful.

Where did it go?! Why do we so easily forget??

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Why aren't the remaining workers walking out in protest?

I fear homelessness.

[–] PizzaMane@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What do we have to do, and why aren’t we doing it?

The list of worker protections needed for that kind of solidarity would take a book series to properly explain. The majority of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they can't walk out without losing everything. They would pretty much instantly lose their jobs, which is a huge deterance.

And culturally, the situation is fucked. The U.S. has a much workers solidarity as La Croix has taste. Nobody wants to be the first to stick their neck out for a general strike. Nobody takes the ideal of a general strike seriously. A third of the population is republicans, whom vehemently oppose unions and worker protections.

The culture, values, and worker protections of this country need to dramatically change. And I wish I had solutions.

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[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unionization is the ~~only possible answer.~~ first step towards abolishing capitalism

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

100%! First step to organize the required worker solidarity for further change.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)
  • First step: majority of workplaces unionized
  • Second step: all workplaces unionized
  • Third step: majority of companies worker-owned co-ops
  • Fourth step: all companies worker-owned co-ops
  • 5: Ethically profit
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[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You misspelled "guillotines"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

WhyNotBoth.jpg

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The worst part is seeing all these people getting mad at their computers. Call me when y'all are ready to drag them out of their houses and roast them, I'll wait for you to catch up.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 years ago

Says someone, mad at their computer, also not doing anything about it.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not a solution. If I had to stop using every scummy corpo stuff, I'd have to live in a forest. We need reforms and laws. And abolish the wall street.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am not condoning violence.

That being said, it is becoming less and less likely that solutions which benefit the population at large are reached peacefully. The exact same people benefitting from the current situation are the ones in control of those reforms and laws.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So what have you done so far?

[–] diffcalculus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Write a witty Lemmy msg

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Didn’t Microsoft just report massive profits after reporting they played off tons of people? Maybe it was in reverse order, but they knew they had massive profits at the same time they were laying off tons of people.

[–] stjobe@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Laying off a lot of people does wonders for the end of year report...

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Yes, and also months after Bobby Kotick left, taking a $300M severance package with him.

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[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago

This is basically why the French Revolution happened

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's pretty crazy how much they can raise employees salary by getting rid of ceo pay.

If the company had 1000 workers, they could each get a 30k raise.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nvidia gave their engineers stock options that would years later net them millions. That caused a lot of their senior and experienced staff to either retire early or just stop putting in extra hours and now people are writing articles like "is paying your employees well a bad thing?"

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[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Ain't capitalism grand?

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