Robert ReichInstead of: no one wants to work anymore. Try: no one wants to be exploited anymore.
Amber D (Button Marie)@rbreich modern day labor exploitation is now embodied by the salaried office worker. Pay them a flat salary, then give them more work than can possibly be completed in a 40hr work week. Employees work 50hrs per week to be successful at their job and no one pays any overtime.
Gurtbeef Robe@AmberDennison @rbreich add 10-20 hours to that estimate. Nobody makes less than salaried employees. An employee who makes $60k salary, barely clears minimum wage per hour where I live. You are expected to work between 8-12hrs a day, often 6 days a week, and then be available by phone or email all night. Low level managers always quit bc it’s always a pay cut and your entire life becomes the company
@twitterreject @rbreich it's true. I should have specified 60hrs/wk but even at 50hrs/wk it's robbery. We created 40hr weeks to be humane, but companies have found their way around it and government isn't doing a damn thing.
@twitterreject @rbreich to top it off, most office workers think they're lucky (better conditions than other industries) so they don't complain about all the extra work, and minimize the extra time they actually put in (kind of like a victim minimizes abuse and make excuses for the abuser).
@AmberDennison @rbreich I’ve always had issues with gratitude. Some bc I’m the oldest child so I was spoiled lol but also bc it can be exploited and used to get people to accept shit conditions. I worked at Hilton’s top hotel and one of the 5 key principles for us posted right by the door was “we have no entitlement.” We were supposed to think this was a good thing to not be entitled to any level of decent treatment or working conditions. We learned our “place” quickly
@twitterreject @rbreich wow. That's some ultimate corporate brainwashing. Psychology is powerful and now corporations are not just using it for marketing to consumers anymore.