=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Paying your employees more *makes them better workers*. An extra 2$ per hour might mean they can eat out an extra night, they might be able to afford a car, and they might be able to focus just a bit more without crying in their sleep about an unexpected bill. With less stress, employees perform better. They are more loyal. They work harder. Pay your employees more. They are your greatest resource. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/577 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Hiring managers don't want to hire the best employees, they want to hire the candidates who will make their job easier. So it goes for 90% of capitalism. Everyone just wants less stress in their life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/715 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-541 dear corporations: your employees are your greatest resource. with them, you can change the world. without them, you die. if you mistreat them, they resent you. if you abuse them, they leave you. if they leave you, you die. if you teach them... they grow. if you care for them, they care for you. if they care, you are whole. if you connect them, and give them the freedom and liberty to accomplish their own ends using the resources that "the social construct you are" provides... they build for you. your employees are your greatest resource, cherish them and hold on. Or one day they might end you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2709 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── the minimum wage should be salaried, not per hour. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4288 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ "I'm not paid enough to care" is a symptom of capitalism. Why would you not care? Because you're paid not to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4981 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ It's not a corporation, it's a company of workers. And together, they can do anything they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/374 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── @user-278 kinda makes me think it'd be nice if we had some way to quantify the amount that employers taxed their employees? If people saw 50-70% of their paycheck going straight toward executive bonuses and stock buybacks or whatever... maybe then we'd fix things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 messages/444 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Like, you COULD work instead, but like why would you when you could go bowling or watch a movie. Works best I think if the days cycle through the week too so your employees can't make permanent obligations during the weekdays. If you're so concerned that they'll start working for another company or start a grassroots political movement, just make it so that they can't reliably have empty spots in their schedule. Maybe two days, one cycles forward the other back. So like, Monday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday, then Wednesday and friday, then Monday and thursday, then Tuesday and wednesday, then Friday and Wednesday, then Monday and thursday, etc etc. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1822 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── we should reward frugality as much as value-creation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1800 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── good companies turn bad when all the good people leave, and all the work they done can be used by the bad. good people leave when they are told, by the higher-ups who can't afford to justify their existence any longer. Kinda wish I owed my ability to live to my government, rather than a corporation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse_boost/236 --- ◀═╦═══════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════───────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ i love capitalism bc everywhere is understaffed and none of my friends │ │ ║ │ can find jobs │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #11 fediverse/1047 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays if you budget for 50% of what you're making then the other 50% could double your headcount EDIT: also that it's opposite day ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 messages/441 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Do you remember stores with floor-to-ceiling goods? The kind that didn't go bad, so you could afford to have lots of inventory. Not like it's being replaced and thrown out as soon as the executives with their profit margins decide that its no longer worthwhile. Here's an idea - how about executives are paid by the employees to manage their company? And if things aren't going right, they can get a new team. Like, if every team had control of their manager, I wonder what dynamics would emerge? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 messages/217 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── The point isn't to make solutions. You're too hung up on the question of "what could be better than capitalism" Make something better when it's time. For now, just get people on your side. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5202 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: price-of-lunch-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ "there's no such thing as a free lunch" okay but what if we economy-of-scale'd until it cost pennies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #15 notes/why-I-never-get-hired --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ because I solve problems permanently and can't do repeated work. they just want to waste time. a solved problem is one less worker to hire. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #16 fediverse/1313 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-economics │ └────────────────────────┘ if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our problems and they just can't have that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 messages/160 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── Capitalism has nothing to do with money ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1827 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── point is, you should take good companies at their word and bad companies for their goals. Surely, you can't blame the organism for seeking food. So clearly you can't blame an organization built to pursue profit to pursue profit. Maybe we should cut-out the middle-man and use efficiency evaluation methods defined by our common understanding of ethics and virtues instead of currency to determine the relative importance of continual investment in particular structural capabilities that companies provide to a nation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3644 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ remote jobs are less common these days because they're realizing which parts can be either automated or are extraneous. the entire capitalist machine runs on like, 50,000% more labor than it needs. It's not that complicated, it's not very revolutionary, just a lot of duplicated effort and meaningless communicational transactions. I'm kind of glad they're getting rid of all the jobs. Maybe it'll free up people to do something productive, for once, if only we had the capital to start. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 messages/218 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── Capitalism pays developers massive salaries because it doesn't want them developing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/4032 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── unions can't be the only solution because they're fundamentally comprised of one group of people in your life - specifically, your workplace environment. there needs to be community outside of the workplace as well. a fact that most literature writers took as a given, considering church attendance was pretty close to heaven before these no-good do-gooders came around. ... there have always been grifters, don't act like they're some new hidden sport there are always rubes, who are punished for their ignorance by the cunning and the crude. crowd dynamics at play, when considering the personalities and histories of each attendant ... *Ms. Menardi, you're fucking crazy* thank you little timmy, now go back and sit down with your peers, I have a lesson to teach [it's okay to be afraid of witches, sometimes we can't control ourselves] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/3522 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned-capitalism-decays-before-it-dies │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if you want to commit regicide, you talk to the butler. managers are workers too - they just are positioned a bit closer to power than you. different skillsets sure, but work is work. a manager didn't take your freedom, an investment banker did. similarly, an immigrant didn't take your job, a capitalist did. ... though just as some immigrants would be more than happy to take your job, so too are some managers more than happy to oppress you. find the ones that fight on your side. they've gaslit themselves into believing they are opposed to you, but it's just not true. we are all liberated at once, or not at all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/3928 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ the only people who believe in "good jobs" and "poor jobs" are people who │ ║ would rather pay less │ ║ │ ║ and, like, yeah pay should correspond to effort. that way if someone like, │ ║ doesn't try at all, then they shouldn't be paid very much. │ ║ │ ║ and yeah sure neurodivergence plays a role, but that's totally │ ║ accountable-for. [it's a solvable problem she means] │ ║ │ ║ but people deserve to be treated equally. we are all created in kind, after │ ║ all (perhaps "equitably" would be better) │ ║ │ ║ and right now... the cheapest jobs, AKA the ones who are hiring (sometimes) │ ║ are being taken over by people who are WAY overqualified. │ ║ │ ║ we need to use our highly skilled labor force, not leave it to rot. But │ ║ there's money to be made in monopolizing, hence starbucks and walmarts and │ ║ target (red walmart) and all of the others, including amazon and greenpeace. │ ║ │ ║ ... what does greenpeace have to do - shut up you'll see (what? you're getting │ ║ off track) [and burning characters, too] right uh the more high skilled people │ ║ in low wage positions, the less profit │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/4061 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ the biggest problem with capitalism is that you aren't allowed to invest in things that aren't designed to make money. The best part of capitalism is that they'll never figure out how to charge you for friendship or love. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/2457 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── if your job won't let you strike for a week, *they don't want you*. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/1790 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-883 The USPS is a model for how our economic system should be run, in my honest opinion. At least the logistical parts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/2744 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 ah but you see when "maximizing profit" and "maximizing value" sound like the same thing to those directing the corporation (as is the case anytime they have greedy shareholders) then "maximizing profit" doesn't have to be very efficient at all, as long as it's extracting the most "value" for the stakeholders (which to greedy shareholders is the same thing as profit) and honestly, who would invest in a company that isn't eternally growing as fast as possible? that's just bad business acumen, gotta pump those numbers up! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 messages/538 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There are strategic goals and top down goals. Strategy is the domain of the execs. They must be as general as possible and justify their existence. They are the glue, the connectors, the people who know who to talk to in order to get things done. Tactics are the realm of the workers. They must be capable, dependable, honest and fair. They must diligently realize the goals of the strategic plan using whatever means they deem fit to address the tactical situation at hand. The more freedom they have, the more effective they are. These two forces are pitted in contest under capitalism. Under socialism, they are orthogonal to one another. Not a pyramid, but a cylinder on its side, growing from its base on one end to its zenith at the other. They are allies. They are similar, but distinct. Their roles may overlap at times, or perhaps not if they should not desire it. A person should be able to work wherever they like. They are the best judges of their capabilities. There are only so many resources, and if we vote on their distribution we'll give enough for everyone to share. And then we'll run out. Unless, of course, we *demand* sustainablity. Long-term, and ignoring profit but rather seeking to build capability. That is the only way to [ramp/snowball/scale]. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 messages/80 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── "Capitalism doesn't hurt me, so it's fine!" - most of America ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/3156 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ our economy is not tuned to how much we can work, but rather to the minimum we need to recover. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/3955 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ a congregation of nerds is like... a gift of all of your most brightest, in │ ║ the same room, ready to work on problems that they can see │ ║ │ ║ just throw money and institutional capabilities at them and they'll hire │ ║ people to do their projects and handle all of the deliverables and all that │ ║ junk │ ║ │ ║ only works though if people care about what they're working on. hence why you │ ║ should give the creatives more freedom to apply themselves. │ ║ │ ║ they'll make useful things I swear just give them resources and aid and │ ║ manpower you don't have to choose projects based on a profit-oriented-approach │ ║ there is a better way that can make more money in the long run │ ║ │ ║ trust me, supporting workers is like investing in bitcoin in 2012. if you play │ ║ the long game, you can become fabulously wealthy, beyond what anyone would │ ║ want or need. │ ║ │ ║ like, we get it, you want to be an oligarch, sure-yeah-fine-whatever. We'll │ ║ shower you in gold and champagne if you just hand us the keys to the kingdom. │ ║ you're drunk, you can't drive a nation state, sleep here │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 messages/588 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── The reason teachers are paid so little is so that only those who care will do it. Too bad they're burnt out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 messages/8 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/n5g17c/remote_revolution/gx1itp0?utm _source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |