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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.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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The trap where the thing you're saying is totally valid and accurate but it's not the thing to be talking about. I don't know where this thinking comes from or what it's called, but I notice it within conservative groups (probably because I'm critical by default of those ideas). It reminds me of BLM protests and how Ben Shapiro was talking about damage to property and business owners when the actual issue and discussion to be had is entirely different. It just serves to support the problematic behaviour that people are trying to change.
So yes, there was a surge in demand and they over-hired and letting people go is the right choice, but the whole situation is fucked and the optics of this kind of raise is dogshit.