Getting personal for a minute:
If a company describes itself as "a family"

RUN! It's a huge red flag.

I'm 54 and am of the generation told to go to college, land a good job, work your way up "the ladder," and remain until you retire.

I quickly discovered that is capitalist propaganda.

During my 20-year corporate career, I experienced overt and subtle racism, and denial of career advancement opportunities.

I witnessed inexperienced and untrained individuals be hired and promoted due to nepotism. I've witnessed folk sleep their way to being promoted. I've dealt with toxic bosses, inane office politics, and shifty business practices.

Several years before the pandemic, I began working for myself, remotely. BEST decision I've ever made. My intent is to never work in a corporate office again.

Companies do not care about you. Period.

#capitalism #anticapitalist #remotework

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But What can we do???

@Ishigami Last summer gave us a great answer: we workers need to either unionize - or unify and speak with one voice.

There's power in unity.

The visual effects industry is one of the most exploited. Now, they are unionizing.

Employers hate that because they know if we all stood together - no matter the industry or profession, we would have the power. CEOs + shareholders can't run businesses by themselves.

Think about it, the tech industry needed a union.

But with the high pay and prestige of working for Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc. tech workers thought they were exempt from layoffs. Now they know different. NO ONE is exempt.

Workers everywhere that aren't under a union or collective bargaining agreement need to get one. Period.