Lesley Carhart Nov 21, 2022

“Lesley, seriously? I wish you were my boss! That’s a ridiculously over the top way to advocate for your employee!”

No, it’s not ridiculous, people should be treated equitably and well like humans by companies, and their wellbeing and future success is heavily my responsibility… #management

Show threadLesley Carhart Nov 21, 2022
It drives me crazy how poorly a lot of US companies treat their people and how we are so desensitized to it that just suggesting doing things differently shocks people.
Show threadJippi 🇩🇰

@hacks4pancakes As someone born and living in Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark), it's always so puzzling and sad to see how my peers are treated in the US.

Salaries in the US are probably 2x Denmark, but the cost of having that difference is zero/almost no worker rights, dehumanised, mocked (looking at you Elon), mistreated and living in constant fear of being one accident or termination away from bankruptcy :(

Nov 21, 2022 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadLesley Carhart Nov 21, 2022
@jippi the 2x money means less when we are all one cancer diagnosis from being homeless
Show threadJippi 🇩🇰Nov 21, 2022

@hacks4pancakes I totally agree - my point was more that y'all probably would happily exchange the 2x for a 1x to get the same social stability and rights as we have in (most) of Europe - and in particularly in Scandinavia.

Our total cost are roughly the same, the main difference I think is you're expected to pay it yourself when needing it (and no uncapped cost), where we pay it up front and has no additional costs if our "spend" exceeds "savings" (taxes)