I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Days a Week

Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by phreack on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:00PM (#27869174)

I thought so as well, but then I started offering jobs to people I knew hated their jobs and also worked unpaid overtime constantly, with the smallest salaries. But for some reason, when offered a 6x salary freelancing, for less hours, with guidance, and the road paved as much as possible, everyone refuses.

Turns out there are people who take shitty jobs on purpose, out of a sense of... I don't know, fear, embarrassment, impostor syndrome, or a combination of them.

*This is not in the US.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by mertd on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:09PM (#27869220)

Maybe they think the offer is too good to be true. In some countries it is default to assume everyone is out to scam you until proven otherwise.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by ipaddr on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:04PM (#27869194)

They want something stable. Freelancing is not.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by diordiderot on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:20PM (#27869286)

Kids, car, rent, healthcare = Need something stable

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by heavyset_go on Saturday July 17, 2021 @08:15PM (#27869815)

How many of these people had all of the necessary funds to fall back on should their foray into freelancing not go as planned?

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by phreack on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:54PM (#27870475)

Replying here to sibling posts' concerns as well.

All of them in this case did, with no families or major expenses to support, and not a weird scam or pyramid scheme, just standard contract development work where in two or three contractually secured months they'd make what they currently do in over a year. The reason is basically geographical, working for clients abroad is just ridiculously more profitable (think Venezuela).

The risk in this case is extremely low, I wasn't looking for referrals either (I'd offered to give it to them if there were any), just genuinely wanted my friends to earn more and work less.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by pryelluw on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:54PM (#27869741)

Freelancing is how I broke out of the shit job loop. But freelancing is not widely available and I consider myself extremely lucky and blessed to have been able to do it.

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