Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by micromacrofoot on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:54PM
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If jobs being automated or outsourced away explained it then you'd expect to see a similarly dramatic reduction in workers... but instead people are employed at a similar rate, are more productive, and are being paid less... so who's benefiting from automating and outsourcing exactly?
Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:55PM
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> It will drive companies to innovate away your job.
This drive exists all the time, just like people like to save money when they go shopping.
Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by wyre on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:09PM
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> drive companies to innovate away your job
Good. We need less bullshit jobs.
>Why?
Because workers have the right to negotiate wages and asking for increased pay is a very fair negotiation during a labor shortage caused by low wages.
>I am not a socialist.
It’s very easy to tell by your complete lack of support of worker’s rights.
Sure. However that won't last forever. It will drive companies to innovate away your job. I go for a McDonalds breakfast after my bike ride on a Saturday and the checkout staff are basically non-existent now. They instead have self service touch screens.
> Demand a doubling of pay to match productivity increases. The power is in our collective hands.
Why? The productivity increases might be for other reasons. Automation (many jobs have effectively been automated away), outsourcing to other countries.
Also I am not a socialist so don't include me in that nonsense thankyou.