Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Gen Z job seekers should be willing to work for free, long hours, ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I just started calling companies and asking

Immediately I don't trust whatever advice she's dispensing. You can't just "call places" or "walk in with a resume" anymore. The phone numbers are all automated systems that will never put you in front of people who can hire you. You need a badge to get in anywhere that'll give you an internship which you can't get if you don't work there, and if you did somehow talk to someone they'd just shrug and say "I don't know how that works, just go to our website and apply there"

Even ignoring the "let them eat cake attitude" it's obvious she doesn't even realize how hiring works at her own company. I guarantee you that her advice would not work at Squarespace

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago

Yep, it was her generation that quickly pulled up the ladder behind them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I imagine it's something along the lines of calling people at companies who her family knows. I just assume when rich people say nonsense like that, it's just networking or nepotism that normal people don't have access to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Ya, and when rich people get an internship, they are not expected to actually do work. But they somehow believe that they are actually doing work and they believe they did hard work.