• teppa@piefed.ca
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    2 days ago

    Theyre literally paid out of the profits. You’re spouting nonsense.

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      Revenue and profits are not the same thing. If you’re going to abrasively assert stuff, at least don’t be wrong.

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      Found the manager. Businesses pay employees as little as is legally possible in many cases while raking in huge profits.

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      You receive a miniscule percentage of the value you create for your employer. The employer needs profits to increase constantly in order to provide value to the shareholders. When the total value of the company increases you at best receive the same cut of the value your produce. Usually though, your percentage cut decreases relative to total value so that the employer can extract greater value as demanded by shareholders. You aren’t paid out of the profits, they take a cut of the value you produce by virtue of owning the company. This is why wages do not increase proportionally to productivity. I am not spouting nonsense, you just aren’t equipped to understand what I am saying.