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Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions by eswat on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:25PM (#20225235)
> 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.

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Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions by sneak on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:55PM (#20226741)
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.
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Re:Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions by jschwartzi on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @07:42PM (#20228451)
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.
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