“Talk rather than pay” came with MBA-style management in the 1980s along with thing like calling employees “human resources”.
There was a period not that long ago when this kind of stuff was very visible as ridiculously over-inflated job titles (but not pay) in Tech Companies and I did know quite a lot of people when I was in Startups who had job titles which were way above their actual responsabilities or simply ridiculous (whilst I, as a freelancer, just got paid very well and didn’t really had a job title).
This is 100% true. At my last position, they hired a head winemaker at a cheaper than market rate. He had accepted because they let him choose his own title... Wine Overlord.
The fact that you're right does not mean that this theory is flawed... But is a depressing fact for the state our global society is in.
Do you know of any society where this would not be the case?
I mean, it makes complete sense that they’re fighting this hard once you realize their business models are only remotely viable because they exploit the fuck out of their workers.
“How are we supposed to pay slave wages if you force us to treat our employees independent contractors with a minimum level of decency? Think of the venture capital that could be lost if we don’t become profitable!”
Glad to see these companies are flailing. If you can’t afford to pay a minimum wage that keeps up with inflation then your company shouldn’t exist.
Yeah, fuck those companies. Though I did love back when Grubhub was constantly cranking out these ridiculous offers to lure customers in. That was kinda nice…
Wow this is big news, and great for the guild. 💪 p.s. is there a way to cross post or would I have to just copy paste this link? There’s a new animation instance on lemmy.film it would be great to x-post to
Yes, it is a system of slavery with wages. I refuse to work to make the rich even richer still, which eliminates most job prospects. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery
It can be remedied by introducing democracy and profit-sharing in the workplace in the form of employee ownership. A well-known business of this form is Bob’s Red Mill. www.bobsredmill.com/employee-owned
Agreed. Billionaires should not exist (100% wealth tax above 9,999,999), and all companies should be owned by the employees so everyone gets an equal share of the profits.
California’s Great America theme park in Santa Clara, CA, USA - but the comic strip is from “Peanuts” and dates back to 1991 as far as I can tell: www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1991/02/07
The original author / cartoonist, Charles M. Schultz, did the comic himself from 1950 - 2000 with no assistants - so I guess this one is authentic. Maybe if he were alive today he’d be a fan of this community! Or maybe he’s just expressing a child’s point of view.
That message is spot on. It is one of the dumbest ideas capitalism brings you. Remember in the 50’s they post articles in magazines how the future was going be all relaxation and robots doing all the work.
But between Baby Boomers and conservatives along with the nature of capitalism we get this hellscape instead.
We actually have most states going backwards on child labor laws anything other than raise wages and fix this horrible economy that favors only the super wealthy.
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