I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I am going out on my own

Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by MountainMan1312 on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:57PM (#35395867)

Did I read this correctly? The way I understood, the author realized how evil wage-slavery is, so they went and formed their own company and hired their own wage slave? How could someone miss their own point that hard? I was hoping I was about to read that the author formed a nice co-op or something that actually reflects the lessons they learned. It seems they just said "being a wage slave sucks, so I'll be one of the masters".

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by gsibble on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:58PM (#35395877)

Ha. He's paid a percentage (the vast majority) of all the revenue he generates both for himself and anyone else at the company. Much more like a partner. No one I ever hire will just have a "wage".

edit: Updated the article to make that clear. I have no intention of hiring wage slaves, taking advantage of workers, or creating a toxic work environment. We've already had a lot of discussions about creating the best work environment for engineers ever.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by v0idzer0 on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:20PM (#35396007)

Everyone has those discussions and then they wake up and have to run their business again. It’s okay to admit that you want to be the one with all the upside this time. You should and you shouldn’t feel bad about that or feel you have to lie about it on the internet

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by gsibble on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:27PM (#35396067)

I think there's a healthy balance. I get a percentage of what he makes and he's fine with that. It's a much more honest relationship.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by UncleEntity on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:20PM (#35396008)

Devil’s advocate:

So his wage is directly tied to how well you can manage contracts and how fast he can churn out the work?

Theoretically, on a slow week he can take home zero dollars.

My job is paid like that (sort of) and if I don’t work for whatever reason it costs me $0.38 and that’s just because I have health insurance through the VA.

Fuck, dude, I’d love to be a “wage slave” and get paid to do nothing for three weeks.

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Not $0.38 for health insurance but not having that cost because socialism. Be a couple hundred to pay even if I didn’t earn a dime otherwise.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by gsibble on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:26PM (#35396060)

How well we both manage contracts. It's both our jobs to source work. We're essentially business partners.

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Re:I'm done being an underpaid and mistreated wage slave. I ... by lylejantzi3rd on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:52AM (#35400304)

Good luck! I hope it works out for you. I did the same thing (contract work with a business partner) a few years back. Our biggest problem was finding work. He's good at business management and I'm good at the tech, but neither of us are good at marketing or sales.

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