Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
by tbran on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:49AM
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I find this to be empowering, not offensive. Seems like it's mostly telling you that some things are in your control and some aren't, and that you're responsible for the stuff that's in your control. Frankly, this would be great for an entrepreneur.
I've had plenty of crappy jobs/bosses, but I can't think of one job where being bitter, entitled, or negative would have helped me.
Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
by Bakary on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:50AM
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It can be empowering if you take it at face value. The obvious subtext is that it is something used to discourage the worker from seeking collective action or improving their working conditions. If you applied these ideas in real life we'd still be living with Victorian-style working conditions, and we'd be unable to do anything at all against structural economic problems that determine livelihoods way more than any personal responsibility or gumption.
Heck even the part about showing up early etc. to distinguish yourself is naïve even in the best light when you've spent time at a job.
Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
by ElfinTrousers on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:17AM
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"I believe that I have won the greatest lottery of all time...I live in America." And this is the point where my bullshit detector overheated and exploded.
Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
by mbrodersen on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:17PM
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You have to understand that most Americans are indoctrinated to believe that America is “the best” from the moment they are born. I have lived and worked in the US, Europe, and Australia and can truthfully say that you have won the lottery if you are born in any of the rich western democratic country. And I personally don’t put the US as #1 on that list.
Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
by ElfinTrousers on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:34PM
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Oh I've lived here my whole life, and trust me, I know the score.
Uh huh. Here's his "worker's pledge." It is literally "be a good little peasant worker drone" bullshit: