asked for a raise (im the only employee at a small cosmetics company. i handle the manufacturing, labeling, packing, and shipping, as well as keeping up inventory and keeping the place in order. basically everything) and my boss responds by trying to gaslight me, pulling this “we’re a small business 🥺” bullshit

he just bought a 60,000 dollar car and is taking his second vacation of the year next week

he keeps trying to hold “a week of personal time” i had to go on strike by myself to earn, “paid winter break” etc over my head. all shit that the government forces you to give your employees in every other country on the planet. america is a shit hole with no workers rights and it allows the parasitic small business tyrant class feel like they’re doing something good by offering the bare minimum. literally “i treat my slaves nicely” shit

sorry yall just wanted to rant. fuck america and work under capitalism

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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

considering it. my fear is that i live in an at will employment state as it is, and in blompf’s america on top of that. im paranoid if i get fired the government is gonna suddenly decide the unemployed don’t need help (even the crumbs they’re getting now) and then im back out on the streets. i have a sibling which counts on me to collect a paycheck as well because we split bills so i dont want to risk putting them in a bad situation.

shit like this is how capitalism keeps workers oppressed. you’re not a free person. you live in a system that’s against you and you have to try and survive it which sadly means a lot of the time you cant do what you know you should (not work while your boss is on vacation)