Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions
by isolli on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:02AM
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No, it's market forces. If the world was overflowing with employment opportunities, then unskilled labor would leave unpleasant jobs, and employers would have to pay them as much as it takes for someone to put up with the unpleasantness.
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Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions
by sneak on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:29AM
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US unemployment rates are lower than they have been in more than a decade. There are more jobs than applicants.
It could be people prefer working at a desk and a screen in an air conditioned office to, say, schlepping boxes in a warehouse.
Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions
by eswat on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:25PM
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> It could be people prefer working at a desk and a screen in an air conditioned office to, say, schlepping boxes in a warehouse.
And judging from the article, agencies hiring content moderators are going to do more to paint the work more colourful and being a career-builder, by outright lying about what contractors will actually do day-to-day.
Of course that’s going to look more attractive at face-value than being pitched a warehouse job by the foreman.
Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions
by sneak on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:55PM
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There is no penalty to quitting if the workers are unhappy with the work or feel it was misrepresented to them, and the warehouse jobs are still there waiting.
Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions
by jschwartzi on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @07:42PM
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The penalty is the amount of time you have to spend looking for a new job, and doing it while you're still working your soul-sucking current job.