It was once an idea that if you got into retail sales, you could work your way to rasises, bonuses, and promotions that would make you a considerable amount of money, as well as being able to stay a while at the job. Now? The pay sucks, the work is nowhere carries no glamour or bonuses, and anybody who can last more than a year or two is in danger of being laid off.

Are there any other jobs that went in that route? What are your experiences?

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[–] 53 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Programmer. In the 2000s Google had a moto « don’t do evil » they change it in 2016 (IIRC) because they could shit on their workforce now

Same thing for Facebook, they laid off a bunch of their workforce because of AI and quietly rehire them with less pay because fuck workers.

When unions say « unionize now » that’s why

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    When unions say « unionize now »

    They mean "we're not going to grow unions as a concept; figure this shit out like our guys did".

    The 00s left wings absolutely fucked us by not spreading unions to emerging careers like programming.

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  • That’s not my lecture of the 00s

    High tech job were in high demands and companies were happy to give everything the workers asked for … in the hope that they will not form an union.

    The left cried and cried to unionize but people choose to not listen

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    I wanted a union because of the shit that happened in the marketing companies I worked at, but nobody else i worked with cared. They either went on to “better” tech jobs at the bigger companies, or dropped out and became farmers, printers or cooks. Or a few got lucky as stay at home moms or dads.

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