Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)

Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by bko on Thursday August 22, 2019 @08:27AM (#20767258)

It’s the opposite. Low wage workers leave much more often than get fired. Consider Uber where drivers earn a very low net wage. Only 4% remain after a year. Maybe some are fired but I suspect he overwhelming majority just move on.

Amazon has the highest turnover of any Fortune 500 company in 2013. That’s because their workers quit. They have options even at a low wage. That’s why they recently raised wages.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/20/only-4-percent-of-uber-drive...

https://www.ibtimes.com/amazoncom-has-second-highest-employe...

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by lovich on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:51AM (#20768713)

If it's like when I worked menial jobs then the bosses just do something to make you quit like scheduling you for only 1 hour a week, assign you to only do the shit work that was previously spread out, etc. I think that muddies the water a bit in terms of those stats

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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009) by monocasa on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:46AM (#20769369)

Yeah, they do that so you can't claim unemployment like you could have if they fired you.

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