Re:Panic at the Job Market
by xyzniels on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @06:18PM
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The easy answer is stop being such a 'servant' and work on per project basis. I'm yet to understand why people are so prone to being slaves of corporations. It's the most degrading experience with zero motivation on the job. Just retake your dignity.
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Apologies for the following assumption: You must be based in Europe.
I assumed that because in certain countries in the EU, such as Germany, Belgium, Poland, Ireland, companies are quite used to working with independent contractors. I am not sure that’s the case in the US.
It's also a lot easier to make contract work work when you live somewhere where your taxes pay for your routine (and not-so-routine) healthcare and your education.
In places that don't have that sort of system, it's rough as fuck to create the safety net required to catch you when you work dries up, and at least as rough to watch the net burn as it was to create it.