suffragette_citizen t1_iso8nkw wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:42 PM

I left an employer last year who loved this rhetoric, but they paid below market wages and were positively draconian when it came to how they treated workers. Believe it or not, paying people subsistence wages while treating them like kindergarteners isn't a great way to retain talent.

They even invited a bunch of us in to talk about how they could keep employees; when we talked about wages, they poo pooed us and implied we "only cared about money." Well, no shit, we aren't working for the greater advancement of (insert international manufacturer), we're working to support our families and build a life. Especially when the bonuses for the CEOs are public record. We aren't stupid, we know the money is there.

When I left weeks later, for a better paying job with a local small business that treats me incredibly well, they were all *shocked Pikachu face* and threatened me with never being hired there again. THE HORROR.

There are plenty of applicants for jobs that pay well and respect their workers as actual people with actual lives. It's not our problem that you/your employer/your family business thinks people should live in poverty for the privilege of working themselves to the bone.

MrHoonigan802 t1_isoovro wrote on October 17, 2022 at 3:44 PM

So employers here under pay and treat their people like poop?

suffragette_citizen t1_isorpqq wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Some do, and the Venn diagram of those employers and the ones claiming "no one wants to work" is pretty much a circle.

The companies losing employees right now are losing them to employers that pay better and/or treat them with more respect. You don't get unemployment if you quit a job, and the expanded benefits have expired anyway.

MrHoonigan802 t1_isota7r wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:15 PM

These are the answers that help me understand. I had a hard time finding a decent job and well took whatever I could so I could pay bills and buy food. I don't think my post translated well and reads like I'm poking fun at people as a whole. Guess I'm just a dummy and need to use bigger and better words 🤷‍♂️. It's just that I've seen 11 people come and go within months so maybe they continued to look for other jobs rather than focus on doing the one they have. Maybe I should look at other options and see what's out there.