Permanently Temporary: The Truth About Temp Labor (Full Length)

Temp labor is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. Increasingly, temp workers are part of a business strategy to keep costs down and profits high. From mega-retailers to mom-and-pop shops, temps are hired to do some of the hardest and most dangerous jobs. While more and more of the American workforce is comprised of temporary workers, they're largely hidden from public view. Many of these workers stay silent, often having their livelihoods threatened if they speak out.
Wanting to get a glimpse of this invisible workforce, VICE News traveled across the country, scouring warehouses, temp agencies, and temp towns in search of the people, who make our world of same day delivery possible.
For more from VICE News on the plight of temp labor in the US, read "A Modern Day Harvest of Shame" here: news.vice.com/articles/the-mo...
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[@mr_mingo_county2802]

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[@jamescalderon289]

Hey, can we get the full footage? The edits on the interviews seem abrupt and cuts off people. Also, can we hear what the translator asked the person in Spanish, they seem to be answering different questions in Spanish

[@Beamshipcaptain]

@OPERATIONS (AZ)(TX) Which bolsters the case for a Guaranteed Personal Income.

[@Theresaspiritchannel]

Temporary work is cheap labor hardly any promise of permanent, and you are more disposable then permanent employees , you got a be a good ass kisser. . No benefits. I'm with Kelly they pay ok but once your year is up it's done

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

You should do a video on the Lumper service companies that major warehouses and distribution centers use. Also the "fulltime/partime" phrase that Fedx and Ups use to keep workers in a "partime" status for years.

[@Desperado665]

One man’s slavery is another billionaire man’s “maximization of shareholder equity”

[@ashleybarloweNC]

Worded perfectly.

[@MrWells-km5cp]

They're getting paid though.. so not slavery plus they're free when they go home.

[@ashleybarloweNC]

Mr. Wells STUPID!!!!

[@willn8664]

@@ashleybarloweNC he's stupid but you don't know the actual definition of slavery? Makes total sense.

[@ashleybarloweNC]

The Hollanesian Yes, I do. But I consider someone working full time to never break the poverty line in AMERICA!!!, to be modern day slavery. I couldn’t care less who agrees with me.

[@JohnNovakovich]

This was released over 5 and a half years ago, and I doubt anything's gotten better since

[@danielmartucci9632]

Even Obama didn't give a #$%^

[@JohnNovakovich]

@@danielmartucci9632 Yep. Obama and Trump don't care at all. Bernie and Yang are the only ones who would

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...LABOR-FORCE-&-LABOR-*READY-JUST GOT BiGGER...along with Greedy-ass-MANPOWER''''

[@memberofthelambily1340]

John Novakovich I hope we get warren

[@boutiquebitcoin809]

It hasn't

[@MP-xl6mz]

It’s incredible how the working class has lost all their benefits because of the greediness of the CEOS. Now we have sweats shop all over USA and the staffing agencies are in charge to hired the employees!!!

[@jaiyadragan6779]

The thing is this doesn't just effect "unskilled workers" it also effects those in the trades welders, mechanics, carpenters etc ive worked at a company where they said they would "transition" you to a full employee in 6 months but I knew people that had been there a year and a half. They did this because if things slow down they could lay us off with out having to tell the shareholders and limit pay for those that where temp workers.

[@daniellehayes8649]

This is the same in software development. While the pay is no where near this oppressive, the company doesn’t have to provide benefits and can drop you whenever they feel like it. A family member worked for 6 yrs in SD for Wells Fargo (surprise, I know) that always promised full time at the end of THIS contract. He left and they just hired more perma temps.

[@99999myk]

I was a temp in Seattle. There were other 'temps' who were at my place of employment for 7 years. That is 7 years without a single day off with pay, no benefits and half the salary of the real employees. And we were treated as 'less than' the entire time.

[@boerbol9422]

Micheal McConnell I feel you. Been through the same here in Europe. I wouldn't have believed it existed if I wouldn't have experienced it myself. Keep spreading the word, make people aware.

[@maryshaffer8474]

Car manufacturers figured that out in the 90's.

[@99999myk]

@@nomaderic Read my post again. There were OTHER temps. I got the hell out after just 6 weeks. My salary was too low.

[@roshelltannen9698]

@@nomaderic Big Tex, I was thinking the same thing. I've been a temp and used it to get a better/permanent job in the same field. Matter of fact, my last temp assignment, I was laid off. I did such a good job one my managers referred me to a competitor she had connections with and I got the job. Some of these workers are temps because they do not better themselves and act like temps on the job.

[@nomaderic]

@@roshelltannen9698 yea i have a couple friends who started off as temps but now have a permanent way better paying job in the same field. I remember when I was younger and I knew alot of ppl in my neighborhood who would go to catch the temp vans at 430am. As you would guess many of the dont last.

[@zigzagbigbag]

It's not to keep prices down for consumers. It's about increased margins for greedy companies. Nothing has changed in the last 100 years.

[@dabearsbriggs55]

I'm sure things weren't this bad 100 years ago

[@dabearsbriggs55]

Analogous to Tower 7: Ameaning what's it about...?

[@kyebean]

+iRuiz FiftyFive holy shit you're wrong, you could fly to the moon on that much wrong.

[@themadlibrarian2933]

"The Jungle" is about meat packing. It got the Pure Food and Drug Act passed.

[@burtonl7239]

Eaxactly. Because if those companies weren't greedy, they wouldn't be delivering our shit. Thank god they're greedy af.

[@kristopherchandler8034]

I worked for a temp agency for several years and they promised that once I was at a job for a certain amount of time I would become permanent. Well it was 3 years and the company would give me a small raise or let me take time off with no penalty but I still wasn’t permanent nor did I have full worker benefits. I complained for a long time with other fellow temp workers and one day my then supervisor said “they’re not forcing you to come in here to work…. If you know they’re treating you bad then leave and find something that will better help you financially”. Well I listened to him and left and got a permanent job with benefits. If your able to find another job that gives you more benefits and works better for you then please do it! These rich folks don’t care about us. We have to care about ourselves.

[@DaveE99]

“I came here with a lot of hope, but what I found was a lot of abuse”. My god, that’s horrible, to find it on both sides of the border.

[@hmos9145]

So she free to leave.. bye !

[@Smoug]

@@hmos9145 what is your problem?

[@mariaramos5704]

@@hmos9145 remember Karma and Death are watching you, show some respect youre going to get yourself hurt

[@balzarinemythus50]

@@mariaramos5704 Respect is earned, not given. Your parents are at fault if you were never taught that.

[@mariaramos5704]

@@balzarinemythus50 and how do you earn respect? Let me help you answer that, you earn respect by giving respect

[@TheWhitehorseman1]

"They call it the American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it!"

[@timmoss5756]

i miss George to

[@mylyfeforreal6213]

Pipe dream

[@Simba______]

Wylliam Reichart - American Nightmare.

[@heavyhittersgaming3759]

Well lets get rid of the illegal immigration problem first as this will have a massive impact on wages and the temp industry. Even this vid reports that other races are skipped over for illegals thus demonstrating that illegals damage our economy greatly.

[@photobyDavidS]

Ahhh, Goergo Carlin was a genius....

[@senoritaaurora5123]

This makes me understand why people sell drugs.

[@lordblazer]

yea most of the legit economy makes it hard to make ends meet.

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

People sell drugs because there are 22,000,000 DOPEHEADS in America. The Government is complicit in the transportation, distribution and sales of drugs. Americans need to get up off their a&&es, stop BSing in HS and get their $417 together. I have an AA Degree BUT I'm in the top 25% of earners in the USA. Most of the stuff I do at work I've been doing since High School.

[@purplegirl8036]

That's exactly what I said in the last video.

[@purplegirl8036]

​@@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO The ones who can will. I've got all kinds of education but have rerouted my life to pick up a trade because I now realize thats where the money is. I still don't condone that most of us have been lied to and led astray. This temporary work isn't just for poor Mexicans. There are also white collar jobs that have been turned into temporary work or intern work. The pay is better but it's still arguable how sustainable that is especially if you desire to have a family. If the pay is too much then you won't even get hired. They will just outsource the job. At some point big greedy business has to be held accountable.

[@actionsspeaklouderthanword537]

Someone smart has to do it!

[@Viper-py4pg]

This guy at the end has me crying I hope and pray that he’s okay and doing slightly better all of these people deserve to make more than a shitty $8 💔 I’m sure it’s even worse now in 2020 but I genuinely want them to just feel okay that’s the minimal human right work should provide. Have a heart.

[@grouchyotter07]

This has taken an even darker turn since 2020-21

[@DumbassPlumber]

Pay them enough to stay, don't pay them enough to leave Modern day slavery

[@monteblackwell4652]

You are a slave to cocaine. Modern day stupidity.

[@charlesballiet7074]

@@monteblackwell4652 what kind of drugs are you on for a comment like that?

[@monteblackwell4652]

Charles Balliet if it isn’t obvious to you or it doesn’t jump out at you then you probably shouldn’t stick your nose in someone else’s discussion Charlie boy. Stay in your lane.

[@scottpepper7028]

@@monteblackwell4652 you can't beat a good session on the Colombian.

[@kcufeht5795]

Damn, now that's a cocaine use impression.

[@Max-ik7lb]

There is something about that frail old man in the end that makes me sad, he seems like such a friendly and kind-hearted person.

[@josephmonrroy1877]

Seeing where he lived an where he slept makes me sad

[@lasvegasnevada7514]

I’m currently In college and is hard (nursing) but I always remind myself that living in a survival mode is even harder.

[@liighterspoppow5152]

Imagine graduating and it never stopped 😅 the best and worst decision I ever made. I missed out on personal growth and development, real connections with ppl and a healthy family balance

[@katherinepoltoratzky6068]

@@liighterspoppow5152 What was the worst decision?

[@liighterspoppow5152]

@@katherinepoltoratzky6068 going to college…yes I found myself…..only to realize that I have no skills and can’t make money to survive

[@Yandel21ableify]

College graduates are working service jobs too...lol

[@creatorofgods1668]

Become a Respiratory Therapist it is better than Registered Nurse.

[@joehoward9905]

I am in the process of leaving the " temp industry" . I have worked temp jobs all over the nation for 20+ years . During that time period. I struggled hard and got an education in finance & economics. Three years ago I started a growing business called " Pirate Global Options" . My company is well known in Monaco and Indonesia. I was even interviewed by the ' Wall Street Journal " . Once these temp companies find out how good a worker you are . It's hard for these companies to let you go . I still have old temp companies calling me up to see if I'm coming in . I'm like hell nah are you serious 😂

[@mr5elfde5truct]

Well that was depressing as fuck.

[@joncotn]

mr5elfde5truct - I agree

[@suburbia8831]

No shit the USA sucks & the America dream is gone 😪

[@AussieGriffin]

This is why some countries are pushing for a law that says if you work at a place for a certain amount of time you must be offered full-time employment. A.G.

[@LarsPetter2k3]

We have that law in Norway , they just let you go when the time limit is right around the corner. (4 years.) usualy they change them out after 2-3,5 years. we also call it perm temp.

[@freedomordeath89]

they did that law here in Italy. The result? Companies just fire Temps when they should be fully hired by law (after 1-2 years as a temp to the same company)..then take another temp in his place for another 1-2 years...and so on. At least here in italy we have full pension and insurance even if Temp. But the situation will only get worse. Its neoliberlaism. Free global market is a TRAP.

[@AussieGriffin]

@@freedomordeath89 Hey, at least you prove you can hold down a job for an entire year. To a prospective employer that's a better than the three months you get here. A.G.

[@cool_cat007smoove3]

AussieGriffin They have this in Sweden, but companies here are finding loop holes in the law.

[@cool_cat007smoove3]

Gunblade Same in Sweden

[@banjoist123]

This phenomenon is not restricted to low income manual labor. After the tech bubble burst of 2001 and then the recession of 2008, nearly all IT work has either gone overseas or has become contract temp work. I retired from this field. Where once you could get permanent work with benefits, now you get 6 month contracts if you're lucky. And if you're really lucky you won't have any gaps between contracts. I finally gave up and am living on a small salary at a church and my music and social security income. I know corporate accountants who are now diving school buses just to get regular work and benefits.

[@artparty222murphy9]

I was a temp worker, trained by "Maximus" company for 3 + months and let go for ostensibly being rude to customer on phone. It was a way for the company to let 25 out of 30 workers go, and not pay unemployment. I took them to court, challenged the company, and won my unemployment case. They train, make u work a few months, promise permanent employment and then let 25 of 30 go. I think maybe this is a way to fulfill equal employment laws regarding hiring. In other words, hiring older, or minority workers and then pushing them out by around 6 mos, when benefits have to kick in,P.S. New York State has now used temp workers to avoid paying benefits. Shame on them.

[@brentyocum4824]

PA government uses temps and contractors as well.

[@the-kilted-trucker59]

So does New Jersey, and Maryland.

[@lalabearmuhammad4526]

I really feel temp agencies should be illegal.

[@merlinious01]

I think they have a place as agencies where lots of employees can be hired quickly, but they HAVE to be the most expensive type of employee. They need full protections, and preferably the business would be taxed per temp worker. If a business has a huge unexpected rush, they might need a lot of employees fast. Temp workers, as they are organized by an agency, could provide short term relief while they hire permanent workers.

[@aayonce4]

I disagree i worked for a temp agency when i was between jobs and they pay came in handy and it was every week pay . . just long hours

[@tompain2751]

HELL NO!!!!

[@elzoog]

@@merlinious01 You realize that the fact that hiring employees was expensive in the first place was one of the main reasons why companies went to hiring temp workers. So, your proposal is to make temp workers expensive, which means that companies would then have a monetary incentive to look into automation.

[@elzoog]

@Zebra Lady75 They would have nothing at all if the guy in this documentary had his way. It's possible that a few of them got fired simply because he was harassing the raiteros to the point they were trying to avoid him. This means that the raitero wasn't there to pick up the worker, causing him to miss work (which would mean he was probably fired).

[@angelloya6035]

Temp agencies didn't hired the black dude because he knows his rights.

[@patd6370]

@@manuelvaldez4592 You ignore the fact that he's trying to get a job. Because you like them are ignorant racists which is why he was not hired.

[@manuelvaldez4592]

Actually I'm not racist against black people just white people if you read carefully I said they aka to them being Black= lazy etcetera. Now I know this might be hard to believe but I too have gone to job agencies and was told they didn't have work for me but at the same time they were putting Mexicans to work I'm Chicano does that mean they were being racist against me wait oh I remember Mexican is not a race it's a nationality so they probably hate me because I was born in the U.S. no that can't be the staff at the agency was all Chicano too, I think I figured it out I just wasn't qualified for the job or maybe over qualified either way that's life move on instead of thinking every time you don't get your way that someone is being racist

[@moisezinho831]

All black men that had work with me always get fired within a month cause of absences or drug/alcohol related issues This happens in central California

[@patd6370]

@@moisezinho831 Yet, Mexico & Latin America are sh*thole countries despite having such great workers. They should abide by USA laws, stop being Illegal, return and make their countries as great as they are.

[@patd6370]

@bruh Manuel gave a back-handed insult. My stmt. substituting insult & Chicano was to help him see that. Black guy simply wanted a job. It means a lot, he wasn't deterred by it being low level that mainly hire illegal aliens. He wouldn't appreciate Stereotypes tossed his way, well-meaning or not. Look at his character.

[@OJA-jf7bp]

This makes me so grateful for my job which isn't anything prestigious on any level.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

This I can understand. My job isn't superprestigious either (working the service desk at a regional television station, fixing camera's or calling in a servicing request when we can't fix it ourselves) but when I was getting signals people were appreciating it for the simple fact that the sets were now complete and not broken at times, that meant the world to me and that made it so much better. I do have to add it's not work I downright hate, but it's a huge step forward in knowing that it's appreciated what you do.

[@leahmarshall1593]

This is so horrifying to me. When that woman looked at her 3 kids who are still in Mexico my heart broke. I wish so badly that I could save every person that is suffering Breaking up the unions was one of the biggest mistakes made in America

[@ShawnRitch]

Ditto, I had to stop the video as I broke up in absolute sadness crying because of her struggles.

[@tentwentyone2199]

Amazing. What a kind and generous heart you have Leah Marshall. Most people only care about themselves and money. They could care less about anyone that is suffering. To find someone who wishes they could ease the suffering of others is truly remarkable. This world would be such a better place if more people had an attitude like yours.

[@mikeboothe]

Reagan broke up the unions beginning with the air traffic controllers-Susan

[@leahmarshall1593]

@@mikeboothe I know that dipshit... but thanks for trying! NEXT

[@renwilson2056]

Thanks for exposing this back in 2014, I can tell you that now in 2019 it hasn't gotten better since....

[@shesaknitter]

It's gotten worse.

[@jew_world_order]

@@jasonyoung7557 In America you don't need skills when we can just all watch and play football forever instead of learn

[@lioneltsinajinnie4623]

Exboyfriend? So always a bridesmaid and never the bride? Hence the name.

[@juanramirez891]

It's gotten better in 2019? Bull fucking shit! It's better for amazon, E-bay, Walmart and many other stores, as for the workers, they can't afford to pay their bills on a 40 hr. Per wok job now they have work 2 other jobs just to get by and they still don't have enough to pay the bills it's really pretty bad!

[@Saturn890]

Almost 2020 and it’s still horrible..

[@scottyfever9036]

I wish this was just happening in retail. I worked at AT&T as a Software Engineer and almost all of us there were temp employees. Out of a team of almost 30 people only about 3 of those actually worked for AT&T. There were people on my team that had worked there for around 10 years and were still considered temp employees. It kept them from having to offer any time of insurance, retirement, or any other benefits. It's very disturbing.

[@nia6849]

It happened to 3D Systems Corporation and Intel as well. Most employees were temp.

[@Ayplus]

I worked at GE in Canada for over a year. Same thing there.

[@freethebirds3578]

Black & Decker did this in the 80's in MD. The plant shut down, and all pensions evaporated. A few years later, they plant reopened, none of the laid-off employees were brought back, and most workers were temps. The difference was that there were few illegals in MD at that time, so temps were just poor. I was blessed enough to be a college student, so I really was a temp.

[@Stephanie-bn5xw]

This happened to NIKE WHQ, worked there for a little over a year as a contract worker. The number of temp jobs to employees was about 10-1. There where people in my department that lost all there benefits and where forced to be a contract worker, some being there for 15 years! Made me lose all respect for that company, to see the way they treated workers.

[@arthas640]

It's a huge problem in construction too. I've seen companies use 90% temps for positions that require a special license for a construction trade and I've seen companies who use almost all temps to run their company and they rarely hang on to the same person for more than 3-6 months.

[@jackofalltrades4844]

I stopped supporting Amazon and Walmart a long time ago. Consumers truly don’t care to research the company they give their money to, they just care about getting the product the cheapest. It’s sad to see. The fact that large companies can produce and ship products so cheaply is also destroying many small business. There’s no way small businesses can compete.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Exactly. Agreed

[@jcarpenter3328]

1 person getting full time employment out of 50 isn’t something I’d brag about lol but that dude was very proud of that statistic for some reason

[@MrRush240]

I was thinking the same thing lmao 1 out of 50? ..Okay boss lmao the speach he was ging out earlier made me more depressed then motivated

[@stefanhoimes]

Because he'd sound even less credible if he had said "2%".

[@robertmclean6629]

This is my whole life. It’s depressing. It’s disposable. It’s not sustainable in any level. It collapses communities and societies. It fosters the loss of talents, trades, and knowledge. It destroys morale; it kills silently and slowly.

[@rtothes936]

It's going on everywhere.

[@sebp400]

and what about getting hired by those same companies? I don't know how it is in the States. But in Canada, people will do that instead. I guess the companies won't hire people that show up to fill employment forms.

[@hectorvega621]

@@sebp400 Well here in the State's you can apply, but if your young and inexperienced. Good luck getting hired. They rather hire an old inexperienced person before they hire a young one, and even if you get lucky. They'll just fire in a Month or two.

[@TheAntzh]

exactly this is happening in england, UK too. I know hundreds, and see thousands of people that live this life. This is a product of globalism.

[@detskaduskitai3488]

It fosters the loss of... knowledge. Not really. It just fucks you for profit

[@ShangZilla]

How to spot a toxic abusive boss: He has I am the boss mug on his table.

[@bitTorrenter]

Maybe's he sick of people not giving him respect. Because everyone who's a boss just lands there without lifting a finger.

[@RK-ve4xp]

Exactly....

[@yaqar1361]

Right, looks like a straight DEMON

[@alexjones4president]

Hahaha...right??

[@richarddavid5462]

Shang Zilla I literally read this comment as this scene pops up 😂

[@arielm1374]

I was a temp worker a few years ago to get some money right out of high school and I can't imagine having to do that to provide for your family. The hours were long and the conditions weren't the best. If these billionaire companies weren't so greedy, I think many of these workers could get the money they deserve. working in these conditions is hard and definitely never paid enough.

[@wakeup6759]

exactly on point. Such as Jeff Bezos using/stealing the money that belongs to Amazon workers for his own pleasure and gain.

[@EM-mw6et]

Where do you work at now?

[@arielm1374]

@@EM-mw6et I'm a manager at a wholesale club. Full-time with benefits.

[@EM-mw6et]

@@arielm1374 wholesale club ? You’re a manager, wow that’s so cool ! My cousin is also planning on working there for while so she can save up. Any advice for her:)

[@Coltboy00]

I’m a temp that is about to be rolled over to permanant forklift driver in a production facility, I worked hard and learned fast and also connected on a personal level with everyone I met so it would be harder for them to just dispose of me. It’s just insane how much pushing my boss had to do to the plant manager to hire me.

[@xxalmightyxx2304]

Your white,thats why.

[@thomasellis7782]

Did they give you a permanent position?

[@andromedazen]

Since I was 18 I've been working through temp agencies, and I'm 31 now. I regret that it took me this long to finally realize that temp agencies are just gateways to slave factories. The easily replaceable mentality is real, when you work through a temp agency you really are easily replaceable, it's like you're nothing and you don't matter and they know that people need to work to survive so they take advantage of those who are struggling. Temp agencies really have not changed much since this video was made.

[@jr75848]

Sounds like I should be glad that none of the temp agencies I applied to never called me back 😂

[@christianbr6963]

I turned 21 the other day got put on in a temp agency when i was 17 they legally can only hire of age ppl they knew this but they profit off it since its kind of off the books. I got payed cash so i couldnt even start doin taxes till i got a real job.

[@khoihuynh9308]

Some advice for temp workers (as I was a temp worker myself). Don't dedicate yourself to the company. They are using you as you should be using them - making easy money. Don't stress over the given job. just do it at your own pace. DO NOT work faster or harder than you feel it deserves. If you finish the work faster, they will get rid of you and you lose your potential hours. Take control of what you can, empower yourself. You will find a full time position soon as your resume and character builds. Temp jobs are the best for meeting people and learning different industries to see where you truly belong. edit: I just got to the part about injured workers. Again, they're using you as you should be using them. If it's dangerous, don't do it. You don't give a shit about them and they don't give a shit about you. You're just a temp worker to them lol.

[@davidrhame1235]

Great comment! Im currently in a "temp" position and it seems everyone in this office is a temp. Everyone looks unhappy and talks about leaving, but no one does. At $16 an hour this is the most i've made. I want to leave, but its hard finding another job paying the same or better. And they just extended our Temporary contract "Indefinitely". So pretty much, when they're done with our help, we'll be fired.

[@adifferentpolitics5129]

Khoi Huynh spot on if I may add since I’m a temp myself by choice I really don’t fit the typical employee mold so this fits me if the work becomes to arduous or the people are pricks I always reserve the right to leave them high and dry and if you are temping use it as a means to an end don’t plan on working for no one forever and if you have to temp get a trade they pay better then most trade companies now since the companies have all types of insurance to pay company trucks and so much overhead that they can only pay the tradesman so much but they can pay the temp service a premium wage to Entice workers for a short term project while the tradesman who works directly for the company gets screwed but still it’s means to an end do t get comfortable you are just a temp

[@hubcitytony2734]

Sometimes its good to work slow if you want more hours, but ima tell you my work history i have always work through agency's a friend told me let's work fast and finish the work early sometimes we will work 3 or 4 hours a day we will work 3 days out off the week. But 2 months later the supervisor of the company told me and my friend we have notice that you guys are good fast workers so we want to start giving you more days of work and more hours and we are going to give you a dollar raise. So we started working 6 days a week 12 hours everyday. My paycheck was 783 a week. So my advice to all people is to work fast so they can see that you are a good worker and if 7 months later nothing have changed i suggest looking for a new job. Never give up and you'll fine a good job

[@MsDragonbal776]

This shit is gold

[@MsDragonbal776]

@@hubcitytony2734 7 months later?? That's some fucking bullshit my friend. You shouldn't have to grind your body into the dust that long for you know where you stand in a company. The original commenter had it right. YOU just lucked out and found a group of people who actually value laborers

[@thirteenthchildofgod]

I live in Chicago, unfortunately. The neighborhood where he was literally harassing the temp workers in the van is extremely gang affiliated. Vice news should do more research before sending a reporter out like that Lol

[@jamonwydunbar5545]

Screw dem dusty mexie dirty racist ppl

[@blaisetelfer8499]

Why are the raiteros so scared of talking to people? Why not just say "yeah I work for the agency and my job is to give the workers a ride because none of them have a car."

[@rainynight8385]

@@blaisetelfer8499 As soon as the company finds out they will get fired

[@jackoalltrades5510]

"Growth". Everytime that word is uttered in a shareholders meeting, a lot of innocents fall into the cracks.

[@ktucker147]

This is the rare type of documentary that you’ll only find on VICE.

[@justinkassel4000]

This and anything against the right, guns, etc.

[@fry5544]

Guns terminate human existence, and are therefore not things that should be liked.

[@Mc007-]

ktucker147 this is why illegals come to Black communities because it’s easy to take those temp jobs from Black people. Yet, Black politicians shut Black people up with pandering

[@blake102989]

@@fry5544 So does cars, alcohol, cigarettes, knives, and many other things I could go on about and we like those so does that mean we shouldn't like having a car that gets us places we need to be even though they kill more people than guns do? Think about the broader perspective before you speak upon things

[@blake102989]

ktucker147 you need to watch CBC or john stossel if you believe shit ball vice is the only one.

[@Benstyping]

I remember working at Amazon, it was literally eat sleep work repeat, except sleep got smaller and smaller until I got fired

[@DaInfamous0ne]

This is why i quit. I ended up in the hospital for 8 days.

[@samiak112]

I heard working for them is a pain in the ass... Good thing all the positions were filled when I was set to apply. No matter how shitty they treat us, they know we need jobs... Smh

[@paulsuprono7225]

As that grand phrase continues its' everpresent life - 'The more things change, the more they remain the same !' Many participants will be injured, or, pass on as a senior . . . with no retirement. Pensions, retirement . . . will become nothing more than words of yesterday/year . . . as extinct as the dinosaurs that roamed the earth, millions of years ago. Incentive will be enframed with that grand capitolistic concept - profit motive . . . and, such phrases as family fulfillment or life enhancement, as nothing more than bottomless phases that have no legitimate, real time meaning. We've all become . . . whether we realize it or not, prisoners of our world's success . . . without any 'rainy day fund' saved, 'for tomorrow' ! Live . . . for today, there may be no tomorrow. 😱 🎭 😭 😨 😒

[@terrylunsford352]

Why did you get fired ?

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

..BUt i GOt ONe inside ...scoop on that ...company ...just DRIVE-TRACTOR-TRAILER- ...for Those PACKING-COMPANIES...starting-pay...was...$ 12.50-Per/HR. their starting pay was ...$ 7.25-Per/HR. you DO The ...math'''''

[@christo0187]

I work as a temp up here in Canada and after watching this I'm so glad that my country has employment laws

[@Dopeears]

This effects construction contractors too. I used to sub contract for a big box retail, and I watched them crush small businesses all over the place. Often they would have to bid very low to take the project, and then would get added fees and costs up front and the retailer would put them out of business, and just hire the next low bid. There's no loyalty or leniency. And it leads to low quality work in general. Corporatism is destroying everything.

[@AgentSmith911]

The idea of a big corporation not even calling 911 for you when you have an accident at work is incredibly scary.

[@ItsJoshHarlow]

I worked for temp agencies for about 3 months one year during a rough patch in my life. The experience was horrible. We, as temps, were lied to about what our jobs were and paid low wages for jobs that were complex enough to warrant a healthy amount of training. Speaking out against mistreatment meant being fired on the spot as I experienced. This type of employment is only going to become more prevalent. It feels very third world to me but America can't survive as a leader if it isn't making money. That's a sacrifice our government is willing to allow our industries to make.

[@grossliz1995]

Josh Harlow I was a temp that eventually got hired on. We were lied to about the environment and work also. They really hyped the work up but its just like any other call center.

[@bluerisk]

Wrong: who should pose as consumer, when nobody has any money left to spend?! The industry is sawing off the bough they're sitting on. The purchasing-power of the labour and middle-class is essential for the US economy. If they can no longer consume, the system within will collapse. So far, the US household were able to maintain their high rate of consume by tapping every credit card they got their hands on, but soner or later the last debit line will be exhausted.

[@junglesbongles8592]

bluerisk just listened to ths talk about debt ; the american market will always be offered more debt after the last bcuz its the govt t-bills at work. its a way for other countries to pay their debts to the US govt for whatever they owe or buy/sell oil in dollars. it wouldnt even matter if all that debt faulted the other countries would bail out the american consumer to get dollars for itself.

[@snmfame278]

Josh Harlow white boi u stupid I worked at a business and the temps made double what I made and they fired me for asking for a day off

[@bateseanderson2667]

Snm Fame temp agencies are a disease. An entity that preys on people that are unemployed and poor

[@amirwebb4020]

I was a temp, deemed independent contractor doing IT work for maybe a half dozen companies. Once I graduated with a degree and and certified in cyber security, I was finally able to get a real job. I probably could have sooner, however you get stuck in a cycle as a temporary employee. Good luck to anyone trying to get out.

[@lazylion420]

6 years later; all of the issues presented by this documentary have essentially gone unchanged, and most have arguably gotten worse...

[@JabraGhneim]

The worst part is the condescending jerk from the temp agency.

[@imogenbespokesewing2968]

I'm from the UK , we still have some independent shops that are in walking distance in my city , I shop at these . I have never bought from Amazon and hope to continue to boycott it . I rarely buy online and then only for hard to find supplies for my sewing business . I have an organic veg box delivery from a localish farm . I buy most of my clothes from charity ( thrift) shops . We all need to learn to live a bit more simply . Our greed culture is killing the planet .

[@adventuresofbdndoug2856]

Oh, come on - he's brown-skinned, hot-blooded Democrat. In fact, the story seems fake. Why? Amazon is owned & operated by Democrats. Illinois is a Democrat state. Chicago is DOMINATED by Democrats. The folks running the temp agencies are Democrats AND ... the people who are illegally in the country working these jobs will give birth to children who will vote for ... "smile in your face, fk you in the ass" Democrats. But, Democrats fight for, NOT exploit, people of color (cough cough), remember?!

[@adventuresofbdndoug2856]

@@imogenbespokesewing2968 Simplicity. That's it. I too refuse to buy from Amazon &, other than food, buy almost everything in thrift stores. Quality of life is more about how much you spend, not how much you earn.

[@isang4432]

@@imogenbespokesewing2968 You are so right. Free market has created this system, where workers become desperate and has not choice but take the abuse, Americans or undocumented. Citizens has been pitted against illegal immigrants as if they were the problem, instead of how these mega companies operate. They have us consumers creating this need. Unfortunately, technology has made it too easy for this to happen as well. This video reminds me of the documentary "The High Cost of Low Prices". I live in NYC where all the mom and pop stores has almost disappeared.

[@saxopio6280]

@@adventuresofbdndoug2856 - Well if the Republicans are so great, why are they standing by and letting the country go to hell? Oh, I guess they're not strong enough to defeat the democrats? Please. Both parties are self serving and are two heads of the same damn snake. When will you sheep learn?

[@calmgirlify]

I'm beginning to understand the millennial's disillusionment with work.

[@wangxu2155]

bingo.

[@johnm6695]

Nah. First generation immigrants sacrifice everything so their kids can have it better. Bleeding hearts and unions want everyone to make $30/hr and as they explain in the video, that's just not going to work with so many middlemen undercutting each other (and taking a cut from the workers). People want everything, and they want it now. People who want to do better for themselves need to move away from cities where abundant, unskilled laborers swarm these kinds of employment.

[@miketaylor3546]

I'm wondering a what point parents quit telling their kids 'Life is not fair'... of course there are inequalities and shitty situations. Winners figure out ways around that shit.

[@dregernbern4518]

Opportunity and sacrifice are a part of the American narrative. As someone who's been in different kinds of labor in different industries I've seen a variety of attitudes about laborers from those employers. I want to work and I work hard. I'm not an exception and I'm not special, many other people also want to work and take pride in their work ethic. The recycled notion that age, race, or even imigration status has anything to do with someone's abilities or drive creates work cultures hazardous to those individuals. These misconceptions manifest differently in every generation. Show others professionalism and respect. Each worker has their own strengths and shortfalls; we're all people trying to earn a living. Poverty line is surviving not thriving. No benefits, no financial stability, and abundant misinformation make people vulnerable. A comment on a video won't change that but doing what we can to educate ourselves and support our communities will.

[@charlesballiet7074]

@@miketaylor3546 oh is that why 60% of working americans don't have 2 grand to rub together. are we a entire nation of losers?

[@Sp00kyV0id]

I became a temp for a week, they dropped my ass since I wasn't fast enough and they could fill the spot within a week. Now I refuse to ever be a temp again I am happy to be a full-time direct hire

[@Coltboy00]

I mean congrats, you could just not be slow asf. But not everyone can handle that so best of luck.

[@queensnowmdp2117]

Good job man! I told myself always apply directly to the company and plan my interviews three days before. Being prepared will get you farther.

[@Frichilsasta08]

To be fair, there are temporary jobs that aren't warehouse positions. There are temp to hire jobs in offices and administrative work. If you can temp in clerical or admin work for a big company, it can look great on your resume.

[@imaginewhirledpeas6696]

Speedy..name doesn't check out.

[@NanceeMarin]

​@Frichilsasta08 That depends on the region or state. It's damn near impossible to get clerical or office jobs in my current home state. I just got let go from a temp clerical position for BS reasons. Extremely upsetting. It took me three years to get this one. Clerical jobs are few and far between over here. The overwhelming majority of temp jobs here are manual labor. I did all those. It was difficult since I have a condition (ADA accommodations didn't work at all) and it's not in alignment with my educational background and career aspirations. I had and still have to take up those jobs to survive. I'm totally dreading ending up in a warehouse or factory yet again. I'm so done with the insecurity and uncertainty of temping. I've lost my job so many times. I feel like a legit hooker-to be used for pleasure and profit then discarded. My previous home state was California where the Inland Empire (mentioned in the video) is located. It was my old stomping ground. Sure, it's the warehouse capital of the US, but there are also plenty of office jobs there, and yes, those also include many direct-hire jobs. I held mostly permanent clerical positions there and a nonoffice one (I was a professional musician). I'm working on going full-time with my business. I've been doing it part time for years. I want to be able to do it full time very soon. If not, I have to move back to California. Plus, I have more support from family and friends there.

[@Le_mighty_llama]

Bruh who knew the ship at 1:47 would block the Suez Canal 7 urs later lol

[@FoodBus]

@VicePhoenix same

[@dabearsbriggs55]

it's funny I think about the pictures they post on Facebook with that rich guy that says wake up earlier than everyone else and work harder... these people do just that and only 2% of them will get hired on and make more money I'm sure way less of them will ever get rich.

[@PedroHernandez-uj9oz]

iRuiz FiftyFive dude you will never get rich working for somebody else as long as you work for someone that won't happen. the only way to get rich is having a very successful business and only a very small percentage of business are actually successful and make it

[@scottstapleton8691]

@@PedroHernandez-uj9oz and the only way to start a business is to have money. See the problem for people on the poverty line?

[@darknightcorexd7227]

these people don't even speak english but want a high paying job

[@HH-gv8mx]

They work hard and deserve to be able to pay rent, bills and have money for food. Minimum wage should be $15/hr

[@batkomahnoX100]

Meanwhile Jeff Bezos and WalMart family are in the top 10 of the richest people in the world and getting richer by the day

[@rus1329]

Then start your own business? Why cry about other successful businesses that created thousands of jobs?

[@ronque23]

Vini Vici For every billionaire, 1M people have to be disenfranchised. The money has to come from somewhere

[@batkomahnoX100]

@@ronque23 I wouldn't be surprised if it's much more that 1M

[@batkomahnoX100]

@AN N First of all most of the super rich were born into wealth, and most rich people inherit their wealth. And I am not against business owners, I think small businesses and mom and dad shops are wonderful, however I am against the system which allows sociopathic money hoarders get rich to the point where it is hurting our society

[@ADreamingTraveler]

All of these rich people make so much money that they don't need. If they actually treated their employees correctly, paid them a good wage and gave them health insurance then I don't think most people would care. The rich would still be rich even if they did this for their employees. It's sick how greedy people can become.

[@franciscomillan7257]

You guys should do a follow up to this story. I feel like this is still happening to people. I've worked through agencies for the last few years and I've seen, been through and heard stories of rough working environments. Things that weren't compliant with OSHA standards. I also worked in a factory where the the agency I was working for also had it's own office on site. I thought agency should be apart from the client and be it's own thing. Plus at this same place thier was also a van that cashed checks thier on paydays so you know something else was going on there. That place had temps working 5 years with no raise unless minimum wage went up.

[@truckerlizzie8095]

These temp agencies are getting $2 - $9 per hour of work for each employee. It depends on what hourly rate they agreed upon with an agency. One company might pay the agency $14/hr and the employee only gets $9/hr. It happens everywhere... even in your rural areas.

[@brentyocum4824]

duh...

[@ShadeandShadow4ever]

This is the first time I am hearing about it! Thank you for sharing this Lizzie!

[@viralfever2665]

I work in staffing …thats true for low skilled work .. However we make minimum 18 to 40 dollars per hours

[@elianacordobasepulveda6887]

So unfair, makes me never want products from amazon, Walmart etc anymore

[@yepsure4202]

Yeah yeah whatever I don't know how many times I have heard hat comment. Give it a few hours and the shock will fade you will carry on with your day as normal. The next time you need an item or while the checkout operator at the supermarket is trying to make conversation with U but you are too busy randomly flicking thru Online shopping or advertising pops up....You will be back.

[@Davidpostingshid]

Eliana Cordoba you know damn well you still buying their products

[@Davidpostingshid]

C B lmao

[@zman9315]

@@Davidpostingshid why are you guys being so toxic lol. I bet you guys had the same feeling too

[@Davidpostingshid]

Aidan no, not really. Somebody’s gotta ship my package, and if the immigrants want to do it for 5 dollars a hour then that’s alright with me.

[@GamingTaylor]

If possible don't ever work at a warehouse unless you need a reality check, or are looking to lose weight. I worked at an Amazon facility for a month, and it was the most soul crushing job I've experienced. It makes working retail at Walmart seem like a dream job in comparison. Warehouse jobs are EXTREMELY easy, but EXTREMELY monotonous. As humans we are not programmed to do the same thing over and over for 10+ hours a day. We need variety to thrive.

[@laurajames723]

Exactly. I volunteered at a neighbourhood food bank working in their warehouse sorting food up here north of the border. The shifts were four hours long, but I don't know if it was the environment or just the idea of being in a warehouse, heck, I'd come out of the place feeling as exhausted as if I had done a 10 hour gig there even though the work wasn't hard at all. But it was for a good cause, and I volunteered, so I won't complain. However, was just making a point about a warehouse environment...so I can imagine how tough it must be for those poor worker who are stuck on this hamster wheel of temp work in these places where neither the temp agency nor the company they're working care about their welfare. America needs to get its act together and start unionizing again, then an only then will this kind of exploitation stop. Back in the late 80's when I still a student, I did do a temp gig at Queen's Park (that's our government offices here in Toronto,) for the summer for Manpower (yes, they were up here too..and just as bloody exploitive) I was doing the same job as the other receptionist who was at the front desk with me and was a bloody malcontent..usually in a rotten mood..(the place was very hectic and we received close to 800 calls or more a day), putting up with the same abusive crap from irate callers for $8.00 p/h while she got twice that because she was a government employee. One day just by accident I saw the invoice from the agency, how much they were charging the government ministry I was working at and boy was I ever pissed. I asked the agency for a raise and when they refused..I walked... Oh I continued to work other temp gigs when I could for other agencies, but at least they were fairer and only took 25% of what they charged the respective companies, and paid me better. I don't know if Manpower is still up here, as I am now self-employed (owner of two businesses in the creative arts field), but I pray that they are not in business anymore in this city.

[@wvudak06]

Amazon is notoriously bad. Always mandatory overtime despite the lie they tell you that it's not. Pretty hard to get hired into the company over there as well. You're right about warehouse work too, it's not an easy job, certainly not an intellectual adventure. I've found nearly all the people I work with have no more than a high school education. I wouldn't recommend it for more than a couple years, especially if you're a young person. It can be mentally draining, not that its complex work, but that its so monotonous and repetitive. The only way I've been able to survive a couple years is by asking to learn to do other tasks within the warehouse. Now instead of doing the exact same thing every day, I am shifted to different departments throughout the week and it makes the work much more tolerable.

[@williamchristenson9038]

Then save up and invest in the stock market and go get a degree

[@bigcrackrock]

^ So gamble and then gamble some more?

[@annerison]

@@laurajames723 I recently worked two different IT contract jobs through Experis (a Manpower company). They are horrible to work with, never again.

[@stanleyyelnates3416]

Man I worked as a temp labourer before I began my training as a Carpenter - It is unbelievable sad to see people in that situation. You have to wake up at like 5 or 6AM, get super tired and dirty just for very close to minimum wage. A lot of people there couldn't leave temp work because they were so unbelievably poor that they couldn't wait for like 2 or 3 weeks to get a biweekly cheque/check that comes from being a permanent employee at a company. Just thinking about these people and the situation they're in just makes me realize how bad some peoples'' situation is that they have to live like this. It truly makes me depressed thinking of the people I had met when I was a temp worker. I really hope temp workers do find something better - also I want to note that some of these people who stay in temp - day after day , seemingly year after year - just think in terms of today, and today only - as in "I'm taking it day by day" - and next thing you know you've been here year after year and you've lost the chance to get skills and/or education. This is an uncomfortable truth for some (not all).

[@drrezash9287]

I totally feel these guys pain.. I have a seasonal job at a shipyard where I do pipefitting over the winter.. but in the summer I work temp jobs, I'm currently working for $60 a day at a pizza crust factory.. my heart goes out to the ppl in these jobs! I'm so thankful I have a very high paying job at least half the year! I don't know how ppl can do it.. and alot of times the immigrant workers are soo nice even though their situation sucks!!

[@toddcott9510]

American has unemployment at an all time low, everyone has a bunch of part time jobs paying peanuts, same deal in the UK.

[@zuverlassig2jl]

Living it right now. It's BS..been working in side hustles of my own that I hope to grow into my own independent healthy income stream and small business so that if I get screwed over at least I 'll have the satisfaction of knowing it was because of my own learning curve and potentially a crappy client vs. just to line someone else's pocket at my hard earned expense...I always joke "If I'm going to deal with an AH boss it may as well be me"....lol....but currently I am no where near the point yet where I can refuse all work from outside sources...so I too am working 2 PT jobs, plus my own endeavors and I have a mate that works FT + OT almost every week with a pretty good base wage to begin with and guess what? We STILL struggle. It's ridiculous how much the cost of living keeps climbing at high speed and pay stays stagnant, even in the specialized medical field (as I am in)...and he makes decent $$ as a highly experienced and 4 year educated tradesman and he gets regular raises, but still, since 2008 when things plummeted they never fully recovered on the $$ front for the people doing the work. The employment # s have, but at a much lower pay rate and a weaker buying power dollar now 11 years later. It's horrible. Our rent has increased by 62% over the past year and the power keeps going up and up...planned on buying a house, but the constant increases in rent keep snatching what little money we had to save each month and is now crushing us to the point that we actually feel trapped in the place, with this dead beat, lazy ass, $$ hungry landlord that keeps demanding more while doing nothing in the way of repairs or maintenance....seemingly playing this BS game of staying one step ahead on the increases so we can never save enough to get the hell out of here. You can't move if you don't have the $$ lined up for the down payment on that house (knowing there is an approved loan ammount waiting on you through your bank) or new appartment or house rental move in costs, but you can't save that $$ when the price of the current roof over your head keeps going up at 100.00 to 300.00 a pop! It's infuriating and frustrating and let's just say I pretty much despise our landlord and hate paying him even one dime...but we have children, or believe me...we'd be living somewhere else, like a cheaper room for rent or a clean camper in a nice little park or somesomething and banking all the remaining $$ to finally move in to our own house....

[@chrystallee5528]

Eventually Americans will be paying their employers to work for them. Wait a minute😒 Actually, that's what these undocumented workers are doing when hired by the temp agencies. The worker receives half what is paid to the agency by the corporation, while being required to use the temp agencies transport $8 a day and their check cashing services, that take a percentage off the top and split it with the temp agency. The worker doesn't even see their check until all of these fees are deducted. What a racket! Modern day slavery.

[@jinov191]

@@chrystallee5528 except that it isn't slavery

[@WeAretheWalrii]

@gothicman03 When you pick up that history book, you might want to read up on this thing called "WWII", that's why unemployment was so low and taxes were so high. The country was coming off of the swing of that war. If you seriously believe high taxes = good economy, you are straight up deluded.

[@martiwaterman1437]

-@@WeAretheWalrii The history books talk about the Post WWII American economic BOOM, from 1945-1960, when the USA became the most prosperous nation in the world. The books will also reference the G.I. bill for returning (white) WWII vets which provided entry for millions into the American middle class.

[@jonezzjazz]

I watched this in March 2019 and felt a STRONG needs to see an updated version. Updated.

[@Samir-rc9fd]

do you have a link to updated version?

[@nikeitamisner7289]

It is modern day slavery. I wish viceland would do an episode on how social security makes it nearly impossible to keep a job and how that system is holding people back from entering the real workforce if recipients can work part time or need to transition from receiving benefits and not receiving benefits. This happens because when you work for less than 18/hr you pay most of your wages or all of them back to the federal government. Then when you work f/t for longer than 3 months your subsidies get terminated making it, now impossible to support yourself. When you work you pay half of your wages to the gov, taxes, then pay to get to work and youre left with, essentially, nothing. So ppl quit jobs in order to re-instate their subsidies, making ppl on ss depend on the Fed gov. Even if you have a degree it can be difficult to get off services and join the workforce pt or ft

[@1315storm]

Worked as a temp early in my career and I alway said to myself never again. As soon as you don’t bend for these companies and the “business need” they dispose of you . A shame! Modern slavery!

[@back2the80s]

Quick to fire temps

[@jkc702]

I have a new boss. He is the Director of Special Events. He laid off half of the full-time employees and replaced them with temp workers. They do the same amount of work for 60% of what everyone else gets paid. Our new Director of Special Events received a raise for doing this. We have no union and no collective bargaining power. This is what drove me back into university.

[@isaacmoua6148]

john smith Exactly right man. I don't want to do temp work in the long run and do all that labor for the rest of my life. Getting paid low and not getting as much benefits. Thats exactly why college and going to a university is so important. So I can do something better with my life and go achieve my goals.

[@ll-nm4fw]

try to contact someone higher up and ask them to get a temp director of special events. there's gotta be a way to get rid of this guy's full time worker status too and make him into a temp.

[@ellebee42]

Academia, unfortunately, is just as bad, hence adjunct professors, temporary employee academic support, and on. I just "left" (didn't reapply) my work in academic support in order to go back to school. I'd been a "temp" in the same position for 6 years.

[@cbrich7408]

All you have to do is get 1 weasel yuppie who aspires to move up the chain and does the dirty work of screwing all the temps. Then another weasel HR manager at a temp agency. Pay those two $100K a year and save F$cking Millions in labor. Walmart and Amazon and Best Buy r some of the biggest offenders. The problem is most americans are aware of whats happening. Still to get the cheapest prices on consumer products we keep doing business with these assholes. We also keep buying cheap far east goods(china and india etc) strpping more mfg jobs. It's a slow process of killing off the middle classes. It's a F$cking slave trade mentality. It's always the weasel managers who do the dirty work(no morals/ethics). The only way to fix this, is legislation and enforcement of labor laws and a return to unions/strikes. People will also have to start "voting with their wallets". Otherwise the Jeff Besos's and Sam Waltons of the world win the game and the US economy goes down the tube. It's the Billionares & Wall Street club at work. It's all fueled by mid level weasels who'll do anything to get that year end bonus check ! It's Economic Facism. Real Capitalism and free market ain't supposed to work that way. Besos is worth something like $165 Billion. Besos wants to use Amazon profits to do stupid bullshit like fund space trips to Mars. He also used Amazon Web Services to demploy like 50% of computer/IT systems people(like me). Corp America dos't even need IT depts anymore just use the Cloud. Consumers using Netflix and Spotify have ruined our Multibillion Entertainment business ! The dumb money consumers just love that "Free Stuff" and internet bullshit. Besos, The asshole bought the washington post and pays off K street lobbyists a fortune. Besos hires weasel MBA managers and pays them well. Everybody else gets screwed. Stop buying Amazon and Walmart kids. Stop buying from firms who outsource jobs. Because when they lay you off thats called a depression. When the layoff your buddy's it's just a recession. The only full time stable jobs left in the US... Dr's, Lawyers, MBA's, prison guards/cops & gov workers. Long term we will see the GDP stay below 2% growth and will enter "the big depression of 2020". Meanwhile China, India, and other developing nations grow at 6% and the forbes list of Billionares just grows bigger.

[@welcomechrishernandez7993]

I had a boss that did the exact same thing, he hired field workers to do sanitation work and got rid of all of us little by little, there was accidents with chemicals and the equipment because these guys weren’t trained, he eventually got fired.

[@laurasykes9406]

I guess poverty is the American Dream

[@adventuresofbdndoug2856]

@Saneka This story seems fake. Amazon is owned & operated by Democrats. Illinois is a Democrat state. Chicago is DOMINATED by Democrats. The folks running the temp agencies are Democrats AND ... the people who are illegally in the country working these jobs will give birth to children who will vote for ... "smile in your face, fk you in the ass" Democrats. But, Democrats are here for the people of color (cough cough), remember?!

[@Kerrviii]

Laura Sykes and living in debt forever

[@chinamon7870]

I’m a temp working the hardest part is getting that call any day of the week saying sorry we don’t need you ur fired. I had a job working for home goods I guy there did not like me I would defend my self by telling him to leave me alone I just want my check and to go home and we would always act like my boss and complain I was a good worker I unloaded furniture sometime weighing up word of 60-70 pounds by my self one day I was unloading and when I was don’t he told me to recount the trailers despite me writing it all down as I went he complained that I was being in competent and got me fired temp work is a gamble I recommend looking for a temp to hire job ur more likely to get hired and stay with the company

[@EmjayX55]

Temp agencies take advantage of lower class. Recruiters take advantage of middle class.

[@clpg6348]

The guy at then end breaks my heart

[@khalidalali186]

Awwwww, you’re such a GREAT human being, thank you for being awesome!

[@sean2015]

Just as bad is *subcontracting* . I once worked for a large insurance company for what was promised as temp-to-perm. After one year of temping I did get hired full-time and I got benefits, but I was told that I would be working for a subcontractor. I left that job after eight months; I was sick of being treated as an "outsider". Companies may think they're saving money but fact is, if you don't treat your workers properly you're gonna have decreased productivity combined with higher turnover, and that will eat into your profits.

[@countessratzass5408]

That happened to me. I was hired to be a contractor for a large hotel corporation. They didn’t care how I got the work done for 15 years and were a 10 day pay. Then they hired a contractor to “oversee the freelance designers” that had no experience in our industry. I have never felt so fucked as being a subcontractor, not allowed to talk to my clients and slow pay.

[@sean2015]

@@countessratzass5408 sorry to hear that. However your situation sounds much different than what I went through. It sounds like you were based off-site and were hired to do some type of work for the hotel on a temporary basis while still maintaining your autonomy as a contractor. I guess I would need more information about what exactly you did and to what extent the hotel had a say over your daily responsibilities. My issue was that I felt like an outsider. I worked full-time M-F in an office with about 100 employees, and I was the only one who was not actually employed by that company. Isn't it ironic how employers always talk about how they want someone who is a "team player" and yet this particular company didn't even want me as part of their team? The irony was truly lost on them.

[@countessratzass5408]

sean2015 I hope you’re doing better. The economy is heating up where I am, Memphis. Hopefully there will be more jobs than workers but I’m afraid the job pimps have embedded themselves. Now its perceived as a legitimate business.

[@sean2015]

@@countessratzass5408 don't know much about Memphis other than FedEx is headquartered there. And no state income tax. High crime down there, no? Countess, after I worked as a subcontractor I was briefly self-employed. So I got to know a little bit about the various business structures and tax laws. Not only is what these businesses do unethical, it's possibly illegal as well. The IRS is VERY strict about businesses who intentionally misclassify employees as independent contractors (for the purpose of avoiding payroll taxes). But if you classify someone as a contractor, as a business you automatically forfeit authority over their daily work routine. Businesses want it both ways. I was working in their office under their schedule and using their equipment, etc., and they had me as a subcontractor. This was a real legal gray area.

[@countessratzass5408]

sean2015 Owning a business opens your eyes to how things work doesn’t it? If my small biz did that we’d be busted in a minute. We were a graphic design and production company. Our brilliant accountant taught us how to use the rules the way the big boys play and you are correct, what they are doing is illegal. Read Sun Tzu on The Art Of War if you haven’t. It is the Bible of corporate fuckery. But how do we out them? Maybe Sun Tzu has the answer. Memphis is undergoing a renaissance. The crime rate is just a number-its the stupid killing the stupid. Usually some stupid relative. Carry permits changed the dynamic on driveway robberies, home invasions, carjackings-we WILL shoot your ass. Retired people and millennials are moving here from cold climates because it is so cheap to live here. You’re correct, no income tax!

[@chelbydavis8202]

I used to be a temp worker and I will never go back to it ever again

[@roseunderthesea]

I had a guy I used to work with who worked as a temp for the actual company, for 7 years. All he could get was heath care, no dental, no PTO, no sick leave. I never understood why he stayed that long and didn't look for something better. He eventually got laid off but it might have been for the better for him because they were never ever going to hire him and came up with excuses to keep using his labor to get stuff done.

[@claireconover]

... this is kind of scary. if companies are willing to treat anyone THIS BADLY... it’s just a matter of time before they start treating EVERYONE badly.

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

I have a suspicion that there wages are kept low also to keep them from having any time to come up with other options. If yo're working 60+ hours a week with no savings there's no way for your to have time (let a long the energy) to learn about the new country, go to school, learn another language and pay for fees to process your papers. This is why they're specifically popping up in immigrant neighborhoods. They know you're more desperate and vulnerable then american borns. The other sad part is, so much of america's goods are made this way even "made in america" is suspicious. If price isn't an issue, where do I find things that are done with out slave labor? However price IS an issue as many Americans just aren't getting enough work and pay (as the guy in the end has mentioned). Everyone is trained to live and expect certain things so that these mega companies know what to expect on the bottom line.

[@ronaldsylvia7736]

+cetriya ahhhh capitalism isn't it great filthy greedy shit bag corporations

[@spudgybricks]

yep. which is why the thought came to my mind that in this documentary the reason the agencies wouldnt hire blacks is because they are more likely to speak up about this because they are american.

[@Scriptorsilentum]

"I have a suspicion that there wages are kept low also to keep them from having any time to come up with other options": lady, you haven't the faintest gawdam clue how right you truly are. this is a paraphrase of words i've heard spoken by managers, supervisors, the temp agency i once worked for... everyone who had a job that could feed them thought like this about us. i want them dead, all of them.

[@nataliemanzo34]

Also they prefer undocumented immigrants because they are disposable if they get hurt

[@mannygsx]

cetriya's Art n Comics Channel temp services get $12.25 an hour for you to work, but they only pay you $8.75. FACTS

[@balzarinemythus50]

I worked as a temp for about a year before realize it was ridiculous and there was frankly no reason to do it. So I went around and filled out applications at local businesses maintaining the temp job while I did so. In about two months I got an interview followed by a job offer, which I took and just didn't bother showing up to the temp anymore. If you work as a temp do yourself a favor, fill out applications everywhere, anywhere and take the first real job offer you get. You can always move up later, but if you're offered a full time position as a real employee, take it. Doesn't matter what the job is. There is zero benefit to working as a temp through a staff agency, only do it if you were desperate for a job and replace that work as soon as possible with a full time position. If you can't find work where you live, then move. Not ideal, but that's life. Between the agency taking it's cut, the lack of benefits, the lack of paid holiday, the lower wage simply because you're a temp, all of this means that you would be better off full time working at Mc Donalds. Unless you're getting paid an absolute chad amount of money, replace that job.

[@samd3919]

This makes me so sad....😭 I wish I was a billionaire. I will help all these people pay for the education and mentor them directly. It makes my heart cry to see one take advantage of another because they can

[@gmc5618]

To become a billionaire you must exploit. You're better off doing grass roots action as a form of social solidarity

[@YukariAkiyama]

If you were a billionaire, you’d do the same thing. Hire temp workers and cheap labor. Too much money will corrupt most people.

[@myimperfectdiary890]

My mom use to make $15 an hour back in 2004 in South Carolina, now its 2019 she works temp for $9.

[@0906blue]

I get it, I made $12 an hour in 1989, now in 2020 I've gone from one dead end nightmare to another and the pay ranges from $9 to $15 an hour.

[@0906blue]

My father started his own business and later a second one. He worked constantly to pay off his house by age 30 and then he mortgaged it to open a business. I never seen him much because he always worked and financially things were very hard. By the time the money was rolling in and the business was paid off I was raised. He had us 2 girls by age 24. Then he opened his 2nd business which was much easier because he had money from the first one. People always say if you work for yourself life is so much easier but actually I saw a different side of that from my father. Who really benefitted from it was my children. They have been on so many trips and done so many things. I'm very thankful for that.

[@0906blue]

I'm so happy for you, that's great !!! I just don't have the money to start anything. I would need rent on a space, an accountant, I have to pay work mans comp insurance, unemployment insurance, money to pay employees up front, but thanks to you I haven't given up hope. It will happen.

[@JohnsonKayla12]

SC is the worst with wages.

[@famousbowl9926]

I worked for a temp agency and any company with 15+ employees has to pay min 15$ hour in California at least. Ima call bullshit on 9$ an hour...

[@krsvbg1989]

That last scene at 32:15 was heartbreaking. It definitely makes me feel lucky for what I'm fortunate to have.

[@face-diaper]

Yup, most people don't even realize how easy they have it.

[@Eazy_Bruh]

I was a temp worker for Wal-Mart for almost a year. They "let me go". Couldn't fire me or anything because I was an amazing worker. I was a cart pusher and one of the best. A month or two after getting let go they fired TWO of the 4-5 people that worked that position. I bet the wish he never got rid of me. I have tried getting a job there again because they told me I could come back in s month or two and that was almost 2 years ago. They have a new hiring manager and she is a witch. Absolutely rude as can be. The galliapolis Ohio store. Horrible horrible people. 90% the full time workers were lazy. Its absolutely BS. I hate how hard it is to be a job right now yet the claim we have an epidemic of people NOT wanting to work. That's TOTAL BS

[@jusrayne]

They would have had to start giving you benefits that's why they let you go

[@sheilam1130]

This is horrible! Why is this allowed in this rich country? Thank you for this report. Workers and customers need to rise up against these monstrous giant heartless businesses

[@klusps]

The part at the end broke my heart. He left his family and his country to live in a place like that. :(

[@Kelo60]

Same. I use to think illegal Mexicans where stupid people, until I learned some Spanish and living in Texas you should learn it since we have alot of Hispanics who come here. There most of them are really smart but work jobs that pay less then min wage from legal Hispanics who take advantage of them. I'm trying to teach English to my friend who works in a Mexican grocery store so she can get a better paying job.

[@laurafrost705]

klusps the us is disgusting I can’t wait to give up my us citizenship

[@ll-nm4fw]

then he can simply go back.

[@TJ-sr2fb]

Rich get richer and the poor get poorer

[@psychoticmagician]

THE TWO POLES NEED EACH OTHER TO SURVIVE

[@jensjensen9035]

TJ that’s not true. The poor have gotten significantly richer since the 70s

[@hostilepancakes]

jens jensen Hmm... According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the minimum wage beginning on Jan 1st 1979 was $2.90 (in 1979 dollars). Using the CPI Inflation Calculator, that comes out to $9.56 in October 2018 dollars (numbers for November are not available as of Dec. 3rd 2018). While there's certainly a difference between Income Inequality and Wealth Inequality, the above numbers don't support your argument. And if one earns barely enough to pay the bills, how can they possibly save or invest anything?

[@Liverpoolboy01]

jens jensen 😴😴😴😴🤬

[@MadMachoMexican]

@@hostilepancakes get a higher paying job that pays more than minimum wage and they will be fine. or move up to management

[@zr5941]

Worked for 3M via a Temp agency for a year. Two weeks of 7pm-7am, then two weeks of 7am-7pm. 1 year contract. Temp workers made $10/hour. You were expected to do the jobs of everyone on the 4 man team, and keep all stations stocked, and keep the floor mopped, and the area clean in general. If you did not do literally every aspect of the job for them, they would not recommend you for full time. Unless you had family who was already full time. Like my shift lead. Who got his 19 year old son hired direct to full time. They put him on forklifts and he busted a pipe and flooded one of the warehouses in his second week. Full time employees got triple pay on Sundays. There were some days they were all getting paid $60+/hour to sit on their asses while I was making $10/hour to do their jobs. Didn't get hired on full time of course. Guessing they were wanting some diversity hires, as they were hiring women after a few months, and leaving the men to work out their full year and letting them go. This is, of course, on top of the rampant racism (small town Missouri) and nepotism. Like I mentioned, if you're in, you're in. If you're not, it's very hard to get in. Nazi "SS" bolts carved into the wall in the bathroom. There was one full timer on another shift, and I was told how one guy had bullied him to tears several times in the past. One guy on another shift was supposed to have the job of QC. He would just write the correct numbers in every time and never actually do the work. Which consisted of lining up a sample on a magnifier and jotting a few numbers down. Literally 5 minutes of 'work' every 30 minutes to an hour, and he couldn't be bothered. But he was 'in' already. So no one would rat him out, and they probably wouldn't fire him if someone did. Another time, the office put out a sign they had knocked up by the big trash compactor that we used to compact paper waste. "Boxes" spelt "Box's", not knowing the difference between too, to, and two. Just covered in errors. Someone came through with a pen one night and corrected them all. This, again, came from the office workers. The most coveted positions in a plant like this. You get the best pay for the most stable and short hours and you do nothing all day. And these jobs and clearly be done by complete idiots, as evidenced by the notices they had to make themselves and weren't handed to them by corporate. Yet they were difficult to get. And held almost exclusively by women. One time, they gathered us all together for a big meeting, basically the plant manager was moving onto greener pastures, and he was saying goodbye, so he gave a big powerpoint thing. No one cared that he was leaving, nor that someone new was coming in. The plant manager was so far beyond the rest of the people there as far as education and means. The other guys on my crew were sat at the very back, laughing at everyone else in quiet snickers like they were back in high school and thought they were the coolest guys ever. It was so cringey to watch it, from every point of view.

[@dizzle0_0]

This breaks my heart, these men and women deserve more! How to you expect to earn a living and raise a family?

[@hardfartn]

How many of us are still going to shop at wallmart and amazon after seeing this and complaining about it. WE have to make sacrifices too!

[@empirecases4128]

The problem is that not many will protest by not shopping with Amazon, Walmart or any where who is offering a product cheaper than someone who is more ethical. It's gone beyond where the consumer can stop these practices. Even as a ethical manufacture the costs I paid for everything after my product left my factory in Vietnam were higher than the larger companies pay, shipping was a big one but for my online store I also had higher costs than Amazon and in some cases products cost less mainly because I had higher mailing costs than Alibaba does from China plus I warehoused in North America. Its pathetic when even the postal costs for a Chinese company are much higher for me than had I shipped from China. You can have amazon do your warehousing and shipping but then they make all the money. In both Canada and the USA our governments cater to those who basically bribe them, its all a racket. The only hope is that those workers effected group together and start protesting but when fear and intimidation may prevent them and possibly language or the simple fact that many could be like in this video be immigrants that fear consequences and are not used to being treated fairly might not want to protest, and don't have the time because they are too busy just trying to survive. It will get much worse before it gets any attention, might have to reach the point where larger group people from the white middle class are are in food lines but what will be done to silence and hide the truth. Gather evidence and sourcing information about companies like Walmart and what scandals can be attached to them from where they get the products all the way to where they sell to the consumer would be the most effective as long as it was factual and shared on all social media, that might effect sales enough to force them to change but that for how long and how much. Government needs to get involved but they are slow, are not efficient and would only window dress a few of the issues until people get more interested in the latest distraction the government creates to take peoples mind off the issue. Just takes a new terror threat or airplane crashing into a building to make everyone have bigger more exciting problems to put some drama in their lives.

[@jenjenzpyro]

Worse still, it's a catch 22. Where is there a place that doesn't exploit workers? I can't think of a single place. The banks, the telephone companies, cable companies, IT, groceries stores, all of these businesses exploit workers at some place in the chain for the almighty dollar and bottom line of the company. Whether it is an immigrant being paid less or a sweat shop in China or some third world country. The well-paid worker with benefits was long ago replaced by multiple temp employees without enough hours or benefits. The unions were shut down, the local plants were shutdown, the stable jobs went elsewhere. Then the poor worker has no choice but to go to places like Walmart because either there is nothing else (because the local businesses couldn't compete) or they can't afford going to somewhere else. It's one of the very dirty sides of capitalism- in order for someone to make more money, someone else needs to be exploited to cut costs. The shareholders are king, the workers are treated like dirt and the competition evaporates or is absorbed into the company and the cycle repeats. The people at the top are never content with what they have, so they cut costs over and over at the expense of the rest down the chain. In order for things to change, it would require the people who own everything to ALL be benevolent, get caught or develop empathy for their fellow man. I think hell has a better chance of freezing over as the companies just send their wealth to overseas and hide it all in shadow companies. As soon as one of the greedy monsters get caught, he's replaced with yet another one. A sucker is born every day and the cycle keeps going and it's not surprising no one has the strength to keep fighting, we all just want to survive and claw a little bit of that wealth.

[@RealComp5]

@@jenjenzpyro Ain't that the truth. We live in one of the worst times in history from a certain standpoint. We have the tech to solve all the worlds problems but not the smarts nor the leaders nor the goodness of us collectively to put any of it into meaningful practice. Everyday feels like one step forward, two steps back.

[@noname-zp1yh]

Effort like that have some effect but organized effort does far more. A few people not buying from a place lowers the company's success by a bit but alot of people people not buying anything for even just a week all on the same week lowers the company's success alot. When that happens a company billions a day and the entire thing becomes a big noticable event causing more people to join in. It's easy to tell someone not to buy anthing for one day it's hard to tell them to not do it ever. The unions of the past knew this and we should know it too.

[@lovelydae7455]

im not

[@mikealjeffries1424]

I did that temp shit for a while when I was younger. Its criminal how some of these companies abuse employees rights to make a dime.

[@oni3342]

Yes it is a shame.

[@lovechild6988]

mikeal jeffries amen brother,testify!!!😏

[@damomo13]

I have worked a lot of these jobs. It's disheartening too when you have a bunch of felons and illegal immigrants questioning why you are there working with them. You can be an intelligent, white, hardworking man and still get treated like you are replaceable garbage. It can be rough for anyone out there. At least y'all receive attention about it.

[@MCRaw-qf4tu]

Maybe what they were insinuating is what are ypu doing working low-value jobs, basically the only kind of jobs felons and illegal immigrants can work, when you have the opportunity to work under better circumstances? Not an insult imo, more like seeing wasted potential and shaking your head at it

[@marcusjones2550]

I’ve been a temp. It’s dehumanizing. You’re around peers who are taking PTO, while you at work everyday no matter what)…. While earning 60% of what FTE’s earn. You get blamed for everything. It’s terrible.

[@Andy-pd9tt]

" Go to now , ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. " - James 5:1-6 KJV Holy Bible

[@WhiteLightning117]

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?" - Amos 8:4-8 ESV

[@hantykje3005]

When you work full time it should be an human right to earn enough money on one job to live a decent life. What is described here is modern day serfdom/ slavery.

[@ercushkakulmetov7458]

Capitalism is essentially modern day feudalism the owners have near unlimited power as long as its on their property.

[@monteblackwell4652]

Gotta hustle! might have to work 2 jobs or do some sort of side hustle. Human right is to breath, eat and shit. where you get your food is up to you. Human right to go get it!!

[@hantykje3005]

@@ercushkakulmetov7458 Yes, and this power needs to be rolle back by again strenghtening Labour unions.

[@monteblackwell4652]

Ercushka Kulmetov Then get off the property.

[@ivandrago1133]

So..... you should make a comfortable living working as a cook at Burger King or comparable wages to a person with 8-12 years of education? I don’t think you understand how supply and demand or economics work.

[@brighton09100]

Amazon employees need to become union! There would be absolutely nothing that Amazon could do about it and they could make a lot more money also

[@susancurtis1651]

Yes, I was thinking the same. If all those poor workers just walked out and refused to work on mass, Amazon and the other companies would have to listen to them. It is a disgrace when these companies make millions or even billions. These migrant workers should be helped in their own countries anyway, then they could remain with their loved ones. I agree with capitalism however it should be renamed exploitationism as a more accurate description.

[@familybroich3073]

This is so sad. Praying for all these employees ❤️

[@aprilsno43012]

Google who owns KZbin, employs a LOT temps aka contract employees. Even their tech bus drivers are contract employees. Apple wouldn’t all the tech bus drivers to use their bathrooms. The bus drivers had to go to local businesses to use the bathroom. Shameful.

[@chrisnamaste3572]

They literally don't give a 💩

[@Janemas]

I said this 10 years ago. Permanent Temp jobs. Most agencies make 17 an hour and pay the temp worker 8 an hour and keep the rest. Companies do this to avoid paying medical and other benefits to workers. It should be mandatory to hire if you have a company and is constantly in need of "temp" workers. Companies must hire after a certain period. Where is the law for this?

[@wilsonchu5901]

It's called the probation period and its BS.

[@walterbennetsen]

they won't even call 911

[@Janemas]

Wilson Chu And it's not with illegals either. Every poor citizen is subjected to the same unethical practice.

[@lovechild6988]

Janemas amen😏

[@edharris2395]

oh wow.. this was on during my last year at uni. I honestly didn't know this was an actual thing. All I knew was that I'd graduated into a job market that took savage joy in telling people they were " subcontractors" and not employees... it's a truly awful situation to be in - I do feel for people especially today. But it does generally get better, After 2 and a bit years I was lucky enough to be offered full time permanent employment.. but only after temp contract to temp contract.

[@TheGabrielsancheese]

$280 a week is not enough and any company in the USA should be shamed for paying that for a full time employee.

[@sirhikesalot692]

Come to upstate New York and see how hard hit we are as well. I'm a white, educated 30 year old, and I've had to rely on temp agencies for the past two years almost. It's a god damn shame. It's not only immigrants people, it's white, American as apple pie people too who are getting the shaft.

[@jasoncentore1830]

I'm in same situation as you, I also live in upstate NY, we don't have a shot. No matter what u do here it's minimum wage no matter where u go

[@Kerrviii]

Rabbit thank you

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

Do you think you’re exempt because you’re white ?

[@bohemianchic638]

Rabbit Why not look and apply for full time permanent jobs since you have years of work experience

[@stephaniefarley757]

This is why my father fought for the Union's to stop this from happening to the worker back in the day! This is a labor camp in the USA!!!

[@jonlamontagne]

As you write this from a device made in a sweatshop... How do you think anything is cheap?

[@jonbill1477]

Yet we have jedf bezos and elon musk with 200 billion each. Maybe if the people at the tip stopped hoarding the money we wouldn't have this problem

[@abc-pn6yi]

Unions do the same thing.. People could make $30 an hour but after those union dues are paid its the same $8 these people make..

[@jamesmayden2155]

@@abc-pn6yi bull$hit and you know it!

[@jonathanchester5916]

Very sad. Even $15 is barely making ends meet. There's no shortage of money in our world, it's just hoarded by a few.

[@JJ-iy7rk]

The sad part is the temp agency charges 30$ per hour, only pays $8h to temp worker, companies rather pay $30 an hour to the agency than to offer benefit or have the liability of employees

[@jonathanchester5916]

@@JJ-iy7rk so true

[@royjaggers2071]

Wow man. This video needs a re share considering how much progress Amazon and warehousing jobs have been making especially during this pandemic.

[@misspatvandriverlady7555]

When one person fails, it is easy to blame them for being lazy, or dumb, or difficult, or "not fitting in", or whatever. When a whole society, the richest on Earth, is looking more and more like czarist Russia or other past societies that had a tiny nobility controlling the masses of slave labor, that isn't due to "lazy workers" or "stupid workers" or whatever. It is due to limitless greed.

[@donny234]

capitalism lol

[@advocacynaccountablity]

"Limitless greed". Exactly, Patricia. Well said.

[@shesaknitter]

It's also due to stupidity. A lot of people are so racist and xenophobic that they vote for people who promise them that they'll get rid of Scary Brown People, not realizing that Scary Brown People are not why they are failures. Their fear is being used against them and this is one result: legislators who are not in any way working on behalf of those they are supposed to be governing.

[@FPVREVIEWS]

and lack of education. This is the primary problem, all others linked to that..

[@bicyclist2]

AMEN! Its so good to see someone who understands this.

[@JG-zi9sw]

“It took 98 mins to get him to the hospital” you know why? He was an illegal and neither Co. wants to pay the fines of hiring a an illegal.

[@devinwhitlock2739]

But he was a white guy

[@JoshuaAdrianjones]

That's still a human!

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲