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Originally Posted by Samoht
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This is a line championed by the American "Republican" political party to demean and belittle the common worker. The people that parrot this line have no regard for the rights of others. The government's first responsibility is to take care of its people, whether they're poor, sick, old, or incapable of taking care of themselves. That doesn't mean they're lazy or needy.
Go read a book on philanthropy and stop trying to bleed profit out of a stone.
In the 2000's, I worked for five years for one of the wealthiest companies in the world - a true conglomerate. When I started, they were listed as one of the top companies in the world to work for. I got good ratings on my reviews, several raises and promotions as I watched them slowly cut benefits and raise costs of insurance. Stock options? Gone. Employee stock purchase program? Gone. 401k matching? Cut in half. Hiring was frozen. Morale was shot. They were no longer a top company to work for.
Yet they continued to flaunt record profits.
When the economy tanked, given their already tarnished reputation, they separated themselves from their workers as fast as possible. They moved many positions overseas (including mine) and bought their CEO's contract out for 12 million dollars. They immediately turned around and signed him on as a consultant with a 7 million dollars a year contract. How did that make any sense? This guy tanked the company and the value of its work ethic and he was getting rewarded while the common worker was left high and dry.
After that, I worked as a contractor at another conglomerate for 18 months before they were willing to offer me any kind of benefits.
Yet they continued to flaunt record profits.
How does any of that portray me as lazy or uneducated? This is how they treat their employees. There's no denying it. You're just spreading your own lies to try to make you feel better about your own agenda.
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Anyone can polish a turd. Is your profession expendable or unskilled? If so, live with your choice to work in that field. They outsourced? It's no surprise that a business is seeking higher profits no matter the location. It's a business. You work for it and not vice versa.
They are called benefits and not rights for a reason.
My overall argument to you, for this subject, is that you have choices. You can work where you want for what they offer. You are the only person that can decide how you want your value added to be compensated with for what is available to you at the time given your skills or lack thereof. Be thankful for that. It's not preferable to have to do away with things in your life that you have grown accustom to and have been lead to believe that it is your constitutional right to have. Yes, there are people who are corrupt and screw over the "common folk", but they do so right under your nose. You can stop it or mitigate its effects on you before it gets bad. Until peoples' quality of life is severely decreased, the "common folk" do nothing about it. This is what separates your line of thinking from mine. While you complain/whine/half-assed protest that you're getting screwed over in every way possible, I do whatever it takes to keep myself and my family fed, sheltered, and happy. Did I have to protest to demand what you call your basic rights? No, I spent my time wisely doing things I didn't want to do, living without things I wanted to have. Tough shit.
You are not entitled to anything. You are not special. You are the only one that can guarantee your own standard-of-living. I am 100% certain there are a range of things you can be doing to better your situation, but they require hard choices, and that is the problem.