DeadWorld@lemm.eeM to BrainWorms@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoWaffle House pays less than $3/hour for non-tipped work. Employees not allowed to file class action because of contractwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWaffle House pays less than $3/hour for non-tipped work. Employees not allowed to file class action because of contractwww.axios.comDeadWorld@lemm.eeM to BrainWorms@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoA desperate person is choosing between that and nothing.
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBut you still inevitably end up starving on the streets with a salary like that. Why bother wasting time at a shitty job for it?
minus-squareDoom@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBecause the choice is that or nothing I can either eat or not. Most people choose to eat
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAnd hence the point I was making. The fact that these jobs still mind-blowingly exist despite reason shows how badly we can’t rely on self regulation. This level of exploitation is downright slavery.
A desperate person is choosing between that and nothing.
But you still inevitably end up starving on the streets with a salary like that. Why bother wasting time at a shitty job for it?
Because the choice is that or nothing I can either eat or not. Most people choose to eat
And hence the point I was making.
The fact that these jobs still mind-blowingly exist despite reason shows how badly we can’t rely on self regulation. This level of exploitation is downright slavery.