CosmicCleric

CosmicCleric , 8 months ago to Work Reform in What the hell is this shit? Instead of pushing for the return to traditional pensions, capitalism is celebrating the idea that Millennials and Gen Z may simply never be able to stop working.

Generally the people being discussed in this article are not poor and underpaid

From the article, buried inside of it…

Additionally, inflation makes it harder for people to cover their expenses or save, Koehler said.

A report by Blackrock shows that in 2023, only 53% of workers believe they are on track to retire with the lifestyle they want. A lack of retirement income, worries over market volatility and high inflation were some of the reasons cited for a lack of confidence about retirement among workers.

I know the article insinuates it, but I don’t think we can assume that people can afford more but just don’t want to spend more, to protect their lifestyle.

I believe it’s more of people want a better lifestyle and they’re not getting paid enough for it, that they’re expecting the same lifestyle that the previous generations had, and are not being selfish and asking for more than others had.

CosmicCleric , 8 months ago to Work Reform in What the hell is this shit? Instead of pushing for the return to traditional pensions, capitalism is celebrating the idea that Millennials and Gen Z may simply never be able to stop working.

From the article…

According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Americans are saving less in 2023. The personal saving rate — the portion of disposable income one sets aside for savings — was significantly lower at 3.9% in August, compared to the 8.51% average in the past decade, according to data from Trading Economics which goes as far back as 1959.

Additionally, inflation makes it harder for people to cover their expenses or save, Koehler said.

A report by Blackrock shows that in 2023, only 53% of workers believe they are on track to retire with the lifestyle they want. A lack of retirement income, worries over market volatility and high inflation were some of the reasons cited for a lack of confidence about retirement among workers.

It really just is time for companies to pay more money to their employees, to share the wealth better, back like how we used to.

It’s wild to think that in the past only one person would have to work and a couple would be able to afford a house and raise a family. I can’t see how that can be done in today’s world.

Someone dig up FDR and ask him the redo the ‘New Deal’.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Unions work. That's why the corporations don't like them.

Which union?

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

Depends on the party. >;-)

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to Work Reform in 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

I’m not shilling, I’m not paid by them at all, but honestly, I’m a lifetime customer of theirs. I wish all companies were like them.

If you had actually gone back and read any of my posting history here and/or on YouTube comments, you wouldn’t say what you’re saying.

I am no fan of most corporations.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

While I’m one that normally would suspect such a thing myself, honestly, they wouldn’t need to, they already have such a great rep in the states where they’re located.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

Doing training in the corporate offices of a for-profit company is going to pay more than a school teacher. This shouldn’t be news to anyone.

And the first half of the article? When you keep describing again and again is the latter half.

The whole article is about somebody’s career profession change and advancement, not just change.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

The headline is really misleading. She now works for Costco corporate doing marketing training. The typical store employee is still around $18/hour.

Downvoting you, because you are mischaracterizing the article content.

The first half of it describes how she started there and the regular positions she had, before she moved up and into the teaching position she has at corporate office, which is similar to the teaching position she had before; both are of a teaching.

From the article…

At first, I made $18.50 an hour — a little less than what I earned as a teacher. I put in 40-hour workweeks, five days a week, and got a $1-per-hour raise when I hit 1,000 hours.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

It’s a nuanced debate.

Actually, I’m big on nuanced conversations, but I really don’t think it is in this case, I think what you been expressing is more strawmanning than actual real world scenarios.

In the military, housing on post is free, and those who chose to live off post receive a housing allowance. You could say this is a comparable arrangement. But the military also dictates where you live, and you don’t have quite the freedom as you do with a private employer.

I don’t think you can use this as a justification for the points you’ve been expressing, as a military and a corporation are two very different things, and the responsibilities of persons to each of them is very different, and not comparable.

Huh, just something else to think about.

Well, real conversations are always better than just attempts to redirect the narrative, that’s for sure.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

Maybe employees deserve compansation for commutes,

If companies charge to have their workers commute to work locations to do jobs for them, then yes, they should.

Basically the flip side of the coin of, for example, a plumber coming out to your house to fix a leaky pipe charging you for him to actually come out to the house regardless of any work done when he gets there.

and maybe a company changing their in-office policy should include compensation to make up for the impact to the employees lives.

Well a company should make sure compensation is satisfactory enough for the best talent to do the best work for them.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

Should an employees housing options be dictated by the employer?

Only if employees can dictate where employers have their offices at, to make their commuting life easier.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

On the other hand, should the distance a employment candidate lives from work be material to the companies employment decision?

I don’t think a company would want to restrict themselves by using that as a criteria, because someone who is much better for the position but lives farther away may be excluded for the person who lives closer who cannot do the job as well.

Cost to employer is calculated based on many factors, the capability of the worker doing the work is one of them.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay

Louis Rossman on YouTube hired a lobbying firm to help farmers to be able to repair their own tractors and won, so there’s proof right there it can be done.

If there’s grassroots lobbying of politicians by regular people, change can happen.

That’s what corpos are really afraid of, being out lobbied.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to Work Reform in Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay

As a quick follow-up, I wish Lemmy and other online services had a bot where you can type in a one-line command that takes your zip code and then it replies with the contact information for your Senators and your Representative.

CosmicCleric , 9 months ago to Work Reform in Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay

Do you all have the Congress app installed on your phone?

Can you name your House of Representative member?

Can you name your Senators?

This will go nowhere the same way that smart gun control went nowhere, despite the vast majority of the citizenship wanting it, despite even after a room full of elementary school kids were killed. Lobbying stops what the vast majority of the citizenship want.

The only way to affect change is to lobby Congress, that’s what the corporations do. Corporations lobby Congress, so you have to as well.

You need to get involved, you have to let your Representative and your Senators know that you want a four-day work week. You should even throw some donation money their way for their next election cycle.

Just commenting about it on an Internet forum isn’t enough. Just waiting for somebody else to do the work isn’t enough.

You are the citizen.