People aren't returning to demeaning jobs; Hamptons labor shortage proves my point.

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00:00 - Start of video
00:29 - Article on labor shortage
06:05 - Louis' commentary
05:48 - thumbnail
06:34 - Re-evaluating life
07:35 - From employee to entrepreneur
09:20 - Minimum wage & living in NY
11:40 - How Louis avoided labor shortage
13:44 - Employer messaging
15:02 - Job security vs. pay
15:28 - Example
17:58 - Unemployment benefits
24:10 - An ask to Hampton's residents
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[@nkumshahi]

If I had a boss like Louis then I could learn a lot more from him in professional aspect and in humanity aspect as well and more. My respect for him was more because he is helping the right to repair and cheap repairs and now because this video he got my respect even more. Hats off to the leader for doing things the right way. I wish I can be as good repairing person like you but I'm still learning basics by repairing my friends PC for free. But it's hard without knowledge, help and tools and teacher. 😥So I watch your video to learn thing or two which I can comprehend.

[@rossmanngroup]

Don't assume I'm a good person. If you knew me better, you'd realize I'm not!

[@nkumshahi]

@@rossmanngroup First I'm honored that I got your reply I highly appreciate it. 😊 The person who tends to others needs in front in dire times like this than themselves then that person is automatically a good person Louis. There is no doubt that you are a good person in heart and that's what matters the most. Words might be harsh from parents but they are good for our future, a leader like you might use harsh words but that will do good for them in long run.😊

[@Duffstorama]

@@rossmanngroup You might be a horrible person, kicking pigeons and yelling at children all day. But unless you are lying in these videos, you are at least a good, decent employer in a world where this seems to be a rare thing.

[@mixodorians12]

@@Duffstorama he didn't do it out of sentiment or because he is a good person, he did it because he would never be able to get the human resources he secured back.

[@Consul99]

​@@rossmanngroup Smart people feel dumb. Good people feel bad. This is only possible because of a self awareness that pervades their thought process and directs them to know the correct path. Even if they don't follow it all the time, or stray from the path, it can be said they embody that aspect simply by knowing the path. And it's no use comparing yourself to the other's you see on the path, because you don't know what detours they took before getting there.

[@jean-louislalonde6070]

You understood one thing that employers have forgotten long ago: loyalty goes both ways.

[@chrissawyer1484]

That's why I work for the person I work for.

[@alr1577]

Or more like respect. He respect's peoplestime and them as a person.

[@eclypse3d]

They are not employers if staff sits at home smoking weed and collecting checks, that is no way to force more money out of a business that someone else has put up all the capital and bear all the loss

[@dagreatcow]

I might be wrong, but aren't they not working because they are getting receiving Covid aid by the government? Why would you work if you can still get the money and don't do any effort?

[@vovin8132]

Loyalty is a dangerous concept when vertical mobility is replaced with horizontal mobility. Loyalty means more profit lost in wages to you when there is an army of unemployed that you can be replaced with; and that army of the unemployed are people just like you who were replaced. That's what "entry" level means now.

[@mrshmuga9]

“No one wants to work” says companies that expect 3-5+ years experience for an entry-level job at minimum wage.

[@stevenarvizu3602]

“Why aren’t there any entry level developers with a masters in computer science and 5 years experience in my area?”

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

*Entry level with no room for growth, and even if we do give you a raise that allows you to live even close to comfortably, we will lay you off in the three to six months it will take us to train or otherwise find your replacement

[@ms_cartographer]

This is similar to my experience looking for entry-level GIS jobs. They wanna pay $15-$20 an hour, and they want a bachelor's degree (which I have), and 2-3 years of experience. I only have 1.5 years of experience. Some even say master's degree preferred. It's been so awful trying to find work. It makes me wonder if I should give up and find another field. It's awful when you've worked so hard for something and still failed due to things outside of your control.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

If there's no workers,they will lower their standards. The reason they have these standards is because they could. There's too much competition for jobs, so why wouldn't you take the best you can get.

[@ms_cartographer]

@@jasonmaguire7552 i wonder if it's to hire foreign workers for cheaper.

[@originalashloki]

The most offensive part of this whole thing was seeing how salons handled their employees. Apparently salons have some kind of no-competition system. Which meant that when my wife’s friend was laid off, she was unable to cut hair at home or her employer would actually press legal charges against her if they found out. What a wild, corrupt industry. No competition clauses should be outlawed. The fact that a person would have to move 100 miles away from a business they used to work at to use their only skill set as their means of income is outrageous.

[@Maximara]

I am surprised the DOL doesn't come down against that type of crap.

[@shinjite06]

That's bananas.

[@gator7082]

The fact that you have to have a license to cut hair is the first clue.

[@weapons-gradenutella3068]

Same thing happens in home health - medical industry’s reasoning is that it’s better to let them old codgers get tossed in a home and have their homes taken away then let the home aides make a living.

[@Maximara]

@@weapons-gradenutella3068 While there is a lot wrong with how the US medical industry is set up that home aides problem is actually related to to the fact that there is no real national insurance system outside of Social Security. Medicare and Medicaid requirements and restrictions are set by the *states* NOT the Federal government. More over a Home aid has far more responsibilities and duties than a cosmetologist so the two are not really comparative.

[@r8chlletters]

When millions of minimum wage workers finally got a “living wage” while laid off they realized they’ve been suckers all along…

[@EraserqueenStudio]

YES, this!!! 👍

[@cosmic_gate476]

How did they get a living wage?

[@Skyblade12]

@@cosmic_gate476 Government printed them money and gave it to them not to work. Like every idiot who has ever supported socialism, they think it’s a fantastic idea.

@@Skyblade12 Ah, an idiot in our midst.

[@Person01234]

@@Skyblade12 Do you actually have a coherent argument against unemployment benefit or is it just "scream socialism I bet that'll scare someone, it scared me"? By the way the government printed trillions upon trillions and handed it out to multinational corporations, unemployed people got a tiny tiny piece of the pie, funny how you're primarily concerned about the "socialism", not the rampant corrupt oligarchy that actually stole all your money.

[@eye776]

_"Our slaves can't afford rent? That's not my problem."_ _"Wait where are our slaves going?"_ 😂

[@growingup15]

Pretty much

[@afriedrich1452]

Don't worry, there are plenty of slaves in the world. They will be imported and kiss your ass to have the privilege of being a slave.

[@growingup15]

@@afriedrich1452 and you're ok with that?

[@afriedrich1452]

@@growingup15 Did I say I was OK with it?

[@DanielRichards644]

they could have afforded rent if they didn't destroy the business that was paying them for their job by taking the government unemployment benefits instead of working.

[@Khandrake]

People were called essential and then treated as expendable.

[@Holuunderbeere]

As always

[@de0509]

Im no businessman but I know that businesses work because in a fair environment its more efficient than going solo. Businesses can obtain machineries, pool labour together, pool security together into shifts, etc where one single person simply cannot. It is a situation where 1 plus 1 equals to more than 2. Yet, if an independent manicurist is earning more being their own boss than working under someone, that just shows how much fat is accumulating at the top.

[@evannasong8356]

Exactly

[@darkesco]

Yep, many were also given tax credits, stimulus, and extra UI. Some can't justify being treated like crap for less money. It's going to be funny when the IRS thinks they are going to get that child tax credit back.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Still waiting for promises hero pay.

[@ShadowAimai]

Fun fact: The same happened after the black death. It took the wiping out of 1/3 of the population for worker's rights to even begin to be considered.

[@stevenarvizu3602]

I was hoping everyone dying would help the housing market but sure, I’ll take Union rights too

[@Leelz247]

Welp...lol. Nothing like a disease that doesn't discriminate between the rich and poor to show people the real cost of income inequality.

[@blinkx1070]

@@stevenarvizu3602 The people and corporations that hoard all the homes aren't the ones dying unfortunately

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Okay, then stop promoting the mass immigration policies rich people support. More people equals lower wages

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@jasonmaguire7552 You are correct, unfortunately the whole pension system Ponzi scheme depends on new people paying in to support the ones who payed for the previous generation. It will stop when the money runs out - or automation wipes out all those semi-skilled jobs.

[@uzaiyaro]

“Rich people are suffering.” Oh no. That’s terrible! I can’t imagine only being able to afford caviar six times a week instead seven. That’s a true tragedy.

[@roarbahamut9866]

Also, their suffering is literally just based of fun time. They still have their millions of dollars. These guys are actually fcking delusional xd

[@twostep1953]

No, they still can afford caviar seven days a week; they just can't find someone to open the container for them.

[@infernalstryfe]

As the infamous, Marie Antoinette, so famously said, "Let them eat cake!"

[@extropiantranshuman]

hey I do feel bad for them, because if they're upended, their life is hard. Don't judge anyone - life is hard no matter who you are - we all share this planet together.

[@salj.5459]

@hawaiisunfun No. Fuck them

[@antnam4406]

Like Mark Cuban said, people who didn't lay off their staff during the pandemic are not complaining about staff shortage.

[@pug9431]

True as far as large company situations go but the Dunkin' I work at for example is extremely short staffed and they never layed off any employees. We get paid 15 an hour now which is very motivating for me as a college student to work, I simply think they aren't doing s good enough job at advertising the job to potential employees.

[@DavidLopez-en6el]

My company is perpetually short staffed because people keep quitting, and people keep quitting because, on top of other bullshit I've dealt with, we have mandatory overtime which they didn't tell us about. I signed up for 8 hour shifts, I got 12 hours. Also I'm pretty sure they are underpaying me below minimim wage, but their paystubs are so fucking complicated I've had to talk to an accountant in my family to help me figure it out

[@conniethesconnie]

These were also owners who didn't withdraw all the profits the company made. These were the managers who had the reasonable foresight to save for rainy day.

[@cheery-hex]

that's a stupid comment. my gramm who owns a small biz couldn't afford to pay all employees not working. he's def speaking as a big biz owner who has lots of reserve cash

[@mjohnson1741]

@@cheery-hex I agree.

[@emmaevans7011]

Listening to wealthy people rant about waiting for seats in restaurants, the shortage of rental cars and ubers, and having to eat on paper plates with plastic silverware because no dishwashers can be found. Is amusing but also a bit disturbing.

[@jimziemer474]

If these people want a better job, they need some specialized skills or knowledge.

[@mac1bc]

@@jimziemer474 I think you're missing the point. These restaurants can't find enough workers to meet their demand. Maybe enough workers did what you suggested, and now the restaurant is suffering for it.

[@emmaevans7011]

@@jimziemer474 true. But a man used to be able to support a wife and 4 kids driving a milk truck..

[@alysa7364]

@@mac1bc You make a good point. There are actually a lot of people with degrees and such who cannot get a better job than in the service industry due to lack of availability.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

@@emmaevans7011 Milk trucks don't exist anymore so what's your point? A McDonalds job should NEVER pay for a house and family. It's a kids job for kids to do.

[@BrooksSeanRobinson]

It’s like being dumped by your romantic partner and then them asking you back when they can’t find someone better 🙄

[@d.l4055]

Well Said Brooks Robinson. How's that old sage verbiage go, "Find something you Love doing and you'll never work a day in Your Life or be "Outdone"~

[@maxwellreinbachs5741]

Bingo

[@t900HAWK]

As a cook someone saw my resume online and offered to pay for a flight and housing accommodations for me to fly out to New York and work in their restaurant. It would have been a great deal except the wage they were trying to pay me definitely wouldn’t have been enough compared to the cost of living in the area. They’re getting desperate but not desperate enough

[@maximumforce8275]

It sucks because I'm a highschool graduate in culinary with certifications that prove I actually paid attention and studied my trade to know how to safely handle food. (Serve safe. The Management one) And of course this would get attention from employers once I apply and I even play to further my education because I feel like I can learn so much more and master or help in some of the skills I lack in. But these wages, especially with the price market of apartments and houses near the jobs are just downright disgusting. I did the math and for most jobs even if I did full time 8 hours for every day of the week, most rents would take over half my monthly salary. At first you'd think that's not so bad....until you count in taxes, bills, food, clothes, repairs, medical etc. Any people are wondering why most of america is living paycheck to paycheck.

[@cosseybomb]

They offered to pay your housing accomodations..

[@alohatigers1199]

@@cosseybomb For how long though?

[@t900HAWK]

@@cosseybomb housing in a hotel room not actually an apartment just for the time being I guess I should have added that I imagine they would have given me like 1-2 months in a hotel room until I found a suitable place as that’s what most employers I’ve worked with have done

[@kesselrunheroj8497]

Don't worry they will be out of business soon. Restaurants are going to die.

[@askhowiknow5527]

"You have to throw so much money at people just to get them to show up to work" IT'S CALLED ECONOMICS

[@VanityLuxe]

Supply & Demand lol. But that only works for them when they want to fire people lol

[@querube78]

I like how their "so much money" the have to **throw** (notice the wording) is literally living wage.

[@mek101whatif7]

"People should work for free, and dem,anding to be paid for your labour is litteraly offensive"

[@D-Nova]

In the end, work is nothing more but you selling time of your life to soemone else, so the price has to be right. I can't go to the grocery story and then throw a tantrum if they refuse to sell me their products for half the price. My shift starts at 06:00 am. I have to leave the house at 04:30 and ride my trusty bicycle 16 km to even get to work. I wouldn't do that for less money! But since they actually pay us fairly well, I'm more than willing to drive over 30 km by bike every day.

[@JohnnyAmerique]

“If this keeps up, we may even have to sell one of our four private jets! The horror!”

[@KeremyJing]

"If I'm gonna be broke, at the very least, I'm not gonna be broke and miserable" That is THE LINE. Do NOT throw your life away for a bunch of faceless rich sociopaths that will turn you from an "essential worker" to "unskilled labor" in the blink of an eye. There is nothing more precious or valuable than your time.

[@CrownedOne919]

U Daaaaaaaamn Skippy it is! Shidddddd! When it comes to time, we ALL are TRILLIONAIRES!

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

End of the day if the government is paying you 12 bucks an hour for a life of leisure while the local restaurant is offering 15 bucks an hour... Well in reality they are basically offering you 3 bucks an hour to do that boring pointless job so I know which I'd choose.

[@locklear308]

Well there is food, and having a roof over your head

[@KeremyJing]

@@locklear308 people getting paid minimum wage can't afford a roof over their head. That's the problem.

[@locklear308]

@@KeremyJing but that's NOT a wage problem, that is a housing problem. He can't just keep infinitely paying people more and more, the cost will just continue to climb higher and higher and it will never work out. What we need to work on is lowering the cost of things, increasing wages is not going to do anything except make it worse.

[@Kapi.23]

i worked 8 years for a large corporation. I had a decent wage. I was fired on march 2020. I would never work on something similar. I rather take a shot at furniture making (a skill i acquired durying the extended quarantine) than sticking to a shitty IT job, commuting my life away, just to treat with assholes and get booted as soon as possible

[@shadowtheimpure]

I'm an IT guy who slaved through the pandemic working for a hospital only to be told last month that they are 'transitioning' us to a 'managed services provider' who is based out of India. Everyone is looking to jump ship if we can, and if they lose enough of us the whole thing burns down.

[@roarbahamut9866]

Im working in IT currently and got a daily commute of 45min to and another back and the only reason why im keeping it up is because my employer got my back. I had some really shitty issues this year/last year and basically called in sick for around 1-2 months total. You know what they did? They helped me. They got me connected to specialists in mental health and keept telling me, theyd rather me taking off another month than to lose me. (This is all paid leave, because in Germany you dont have bullsh*t like unpaid sickdays)

[@UndergroundCreepers]

You single papi 😛

[@TheShmrsh]

​@@roarbahamut9866 ❤ Germany

[@PoFolks_Capital]

Haven't made the jump yet but im closed. 20+ yr journeyman in the sheet metal and hvac industry. Learned every aspect of the trades and got all the certifications and licenses that a company should consider a high value. The truth is they don't and higher less skilled guys bc they just need a body. The states dont enforce the license requirements so there no consequence for having guys without the licenses. Hard work doesn't payoff. These companies over bid these jobs so much that that its become normal. They dont need skilled guys to get the job done faster. They dont value employees that can do it all bc they just lay you off after the job. Doesn't matter that they might need your skills on the next job but yet im always hearing them complain they cant find good workers when they need them.

[@GCJACK83]

Couple things: Loyalty goes both ways, and employers forgot long ago that employees are people, not slaves, not livestock.

[@extropiantranshuman]

these days post-pandemic is even worse where you can get harassed for leaving your home, because everyone's out against each other. Not sure how anyone can get a job now let alone pre-pandemic.

[@umokwhy2830]

What my company changing their department name from human relations to human resources tells me everything I know

[@mjstow]

My girlfriend dumps me. Unfortunately her new relationship only lasts about three months. Then she rings me to suggest that I come round to her place and we cook a meal together. I tell her to **** off. That's the *relationship* version of Louis' employment scenario.

[@theflourishcrisis]

Nice story. Appreciate the input.

[@joelo5065]

i pray for your success

[@68pointbreak]

Good luck

[@SnewpTD]

This sounds really familiar....

[@Epsilonsama]

Nice!

[@rmercedes971]

Costco, who starts their employees at $20/hr and offers benefits, doesn’t seem to be experiencing any crisis 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@gameimprovements4347]

There are some really good other places to work for as well. Maybe not 'Costco' level of good though,

[@losthope98]

My dream company also offers amazing pay and benefits and is highly rated by current and previous employees and is in one of the top 100 places to work. They know how to treat their employees and haven't had any issues with staffing because there is more reward working for them than there is getting paid to do nothing. Employers got away with stealing and wasting our time for pennies for way too long

[@ReflectingonReflection]

No body cares!

[@eckankar7756]

A friend of mine has applied for a position at Costco every other week for 10 years and never got a call back. The benefits they offer are simply amazing.

[@losthope98]

@@ReflectingonReflection You cared enough to comment. :)

[@guillermoa.castanedamedlpc9951]

We stopped paying ourselves for a while at my business to be able to keep our staff. I agree with you 100%. Employees are people, not just assets.

[@duncanbug]

Amazing. Thanks for being awesome.

[@sparkyenergia]

Ha. My company doesn't think we are assets we are definitely expenses.

[@williegallagher2124]

Respect to you from Ireland my kind of person I hope you have all the happiness and comfort life has to offer my friend.

[@novadust6195]

Wrong, employees are you most valuable asset.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

@@novadust6195 Yes, and many employers tend be asses.

[@samanthac4678]

ABSOLUTELY! I worked in food service for 7+ since I was 17, and every year the treatment from customers got worse. The breaking point was when our drive-thru at my Starbucks had an attempted robbery at gunpoint (where I was working as the shift manager at the time of the incident) and management did nothing for us, and this was during the beginning of the pandemic in May 2020. I always knew, even before the pandemic, that a breaking point for many service workers was coming. We were constantly threatened with physical violence for such infractions as "rushing the order" or "smiling wrong". Customers have become so entitled and the corporate entities that dictated the rule books on these situations have never worked in front of the general public. I am glad this is happening and I hope difficult customers start realizing they are dealing with fellow people with emotions and not just punching bags! We are in desperate need of a labor revolution!!!

[@maximumforce8275]

Tbh my problem was always with coworkers and bosses. Never really got along with people I worked with.

[@Kailiria]

Customers are gonna be the reason I turn into a horrible person myself. People are ugly over greasy food that doesn't matter

[@valeriej291]

Spot on. I’ve been a stay at home mom for 12yrs now. Before that, I was in customer facing retail/banking management. People were occasionally shitty, but nothing like it is now. We used to be able to stop shoplifters and if confronted they would just run. Now you are taking a life and death risk by confronting the rampant shoplifting. Until criminals are held accountable and customers are less bat-shit-crazy….no one will take those kinds of jobs.

[@unrealzman68]

I used to work security at Best Buy and later as a technician for Geek Squad, the point about "smiling wrong" is so true. id used to have to deal with so many complaints about the customer service people looking "glum" buddy you just yelled at them, in order to force my manager take your return several weeks out of date and threatened them with a bad review. Geek Squad was worse because people expect you to Jesus their computer out of liquid damage and get angry when you cant.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

This is why big city barbers carry concealed hand-guns while working. They’ve always been covered by the “shop-keeper’s exception”. Which means they don’t need concealed carry permits, which is why the Ohio barber board used to issue wallet sized barber IDs to hand to the police while driving to and from work and to and from the bank.

[@TheoJay615]

If you demean jobs and call them "servant class" don't be surprised when those servants leave.

[@spencerstevens2175]

no one calls them that. well maybe stupid commies who don't want to work and will find any excuse not to. you should try opening your open business. That's real work lol

[@kohl2080]

@@spencerstevens2175 I assume you meant open your own business. It takes capital to be self employed. Talk about sounding tone deaf. Don't label anyone who has a different perspective than your own.

[@dontehill8410]

@@kohl2080 business capital, LMAO! Your only knowledge comes from SOMETHING OTHER THAN EXPERIENCE.

[@kohl2080]

@@dontehill8410 really? Lol. You have no idea. But ok

[@GalokVonGreshnak]

@@spencerstevens2175 don't worry about it. Nobody understands what it is to work 16 hours a day, 7:00am to 11:00pm trying to get your business rolling to pay off a 20k business loan; *ESPECIALLY* after the baby boomer generation. >800% fiat increase on the dollar >Post 1990's business laws, licensing, and taxes >Worst housing boom in recorded history >L I C E N S I N G C O S T S >inflated vehicle prices >gas prices I've invested about 10k from my week job to my weekend business living in my parents' basement for 6 years and now I can just barely afford actual rent in a roach apartment in the cheapest spot in my state...that costs 55% of my 45k annual in my primary job. 55% before mothertrucking income taxes. My side business, before taxes, needs to net in 120k annual. After taxes drops down to ~78k which is considered a living wage in my state. It's insane outside of institutional work. This isn't even considering paying anybody else a decent, livable wage All I can say is thank God I'm not in retail and I have a global trade skill.

[@ericbrady8965]

Im so fucking happy people are actually standing up for themselves.

[@user-pj6oc5gy2q]

occupy wall st. 2.0! except this time workers actually have some degree of sway

[@andresrodriguez8289]

To who?

[@JohnSmith-ff9de]

At least until the end of September.

[@johnathandoe6916]

@@andresrodriguez8289 um.... businesses who dont stick up for employees or pay them well States who dont raise wages.

[@probablynotdad6553]

@@user-pj6oc5gy2q we have to keep the media and the commies from ruining it this time. It ain't about race, PERIOD. This is class warefare, the 99% vs the 1%, differences HAVE to be put aside or they'll keep pillaging us of everything we have until all we can leave our children is a mountain of our own debt.

[@amandacole6673]

There were several jobs that just let my husband go or pressured him out. The job he is in now fought to keep him and he still works there. He could probably make more somewhere else, but knowing that they will fight to keep him, aka job security, has increased our loyalty to this job. It’s just like you said, the security of the job having our back is worth staying.

[@faustsin9366]

Exactly I work in a job that purposely trys to fire people before there 10 years so they dont get vested for there retirement lol.

[@Troy-gk8pr]

@@faustsin9366 why work there?

[@xKrypto98x]

@@Troy-gk8pr he's the one that came up with the idea

[@Shadow10123]

@@xKrypto98x lmao

[@amak1131]

@@faustsin9366 Surprises me that's still even a thing and is legal (the money you put in and gains go back to the employer if a 401k). The big company I work for had us vested day 1.

[@klarasweeney848]

Are we coming upon an era where wealthy people need to figure out that money actually can’t buy everything?

[@maximumforce8275]

"Wait what do you mean you want more money AND respect!?"

[@kwl189]

I thought I’d never be alive to see the day that the rich god damn finally hit an immovable object they couldn’t pay their way out. The humbling of all humblings needs to happen. The madness needs to end.

[@arthurmoore9488]

I mean, in this case enough money was able to buy going to the salon any time the person wanted. It's just there's a large difference between "having money" and having that much money. What those people are facing is the reality that they aren't as wealthy as they thought they were.

[@amak1131]

Money could buy them out... They just need to treat their hoarding disorder and pay for the labor.

[@dandrivingthewhitevan6072]

Now you know what the axiom 'People quit their managers, not their jobs' mean.

[@PrinceIro925]

Yup, that is the problem with most jobs these days. No one looks at the manager, and tells the employees to tough it out. If a job is causing you stress, and causing your health to decline, either look for a better job or quit. You work to live, not live to work.

[@ScreamingManiac]

Sometimes it's the company themselves rather than the managers or both. When employees put up with their employers bullshit they are going to keep having to put up with it for as long as they work there because their employer won't change as long as they are making money.

[@dandrivingthewhitevan6072]

@@ScreamingManiac I've confronted shitty employers, in a professional manner. When you do that they stop the bad behavior.

[@barbaragalbreth4429]

Yes! people quit their leadership, not their country. America's public response to the last election sham is a great example of this.

[@justadude1477]

Honestly I didn’t believe this was actually happening. Now the gas stations in my town always have signs up “due to low staff we won’t be here from midnight till 7am”. It’s nice to see

[@fatmatrow]

People learned that those old union ads are true: "you don't need your boss, your boss needs you"

[@stevec404]

Matt Row - Good one!

[@joujou264]

They should bring the songs back. Those union songs really do instill a sort of camaraderie in ya.

[@Cal-TwentyNine]

@@joujou264 Careful with those words or else the original P.C police will be on to you! :p (House un-american activities committee)

[@joujou264]

@@Cal-TwentyNine They'd come after ya if you sat on the toilet wrong.

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

I feel like this is a two way street. You need a boss for a job. Your boss needs you for that job. It should be a two way street, not a one way street

[@xMrjamjam]

If they paid their workers fairly and treated them like actual human beings and not as numbers then maybe people will actually work for them. They forget who made them rich to begin with

[@rdred8693]

Your last sentence: I just said this to a coworker. That they wouldn't have a company if it wasn't for employees. We're just as important as the customers. I'm seeing business being cut back b/c there aren't enough workers.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Workers are expendable. India has over a billion workers and they're poor. Cresting and managing a business is what wealth creation really is.

[@EnderElohim]

@@jasonmaguire7552 If you talking about unskilled workes yeah india has over a billion unskilled workers and yeah they are poor.

[@rsr789]

@@jasonmaguire7552 Ok, genius, grab a pile of cash and throw it down a coal mine (let's just use minimal skilled labour as an example), and see how much coal you get out of it without workers. You know who the most expendable people are? Financiers. There will ALWAYS be a line of financiers to buy into what they perceive to be a sure thing. But workers that are honest, skilled, and make a business grow? That's harder to find.

[@thethrashyone]

Who determines what is "fair", though? If you're positing that it would be "fair" to pay McDonald's employees $25/hr, maybe consider that such a measure would be drastically UNfair to skilled laborers who make about that wage performing labor that is actually objectively valuable to society-trades which fit your living spaces with all the basic amenities (electricity, ventilation, plumbing etc.) that you require for your existence to be considered 'first world'. Why are unskilled laborers entitled to the same "livable wage" as people who actually bothered to develop real skills and DO something with their lives? I understand the bleeding heart sentiment behind wanting everyone to be a winner, but paying the losers more devalues the winners' pay, which actually just ends up making everyone a loser. That's not exactly "fair".

[@idk-nq7pv]

People are mean and nasty nowadays, where I work is really short staffed and everyone keeps quitting because we're tired of being treated like garbage by customers.

[@maximumforce8275]

My problem always been with co workers and bosses.

[@PostalTwinkie]

"None of my employees ever qualified for unemployment. Why didn't they qualify? Because, they were never unemployed." 🤯

[@raven4k998]

Nice!!!!!

[@user-pj6oc5gy2q]

imagine that

[@shoutyshouty]

Louis makes hay while the sun shines.

[@gcarsk]

Company: *fires employees at the first sign of possible hardship* One year later… “I can’t believe nobody wants to work here! It’s all big government’s fault!”

[@CaptainGyro]

You were able to pay them because you were reimbursed for their salaries via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

[@MissLondonE7]

Someone once said "the REAL Americans want to go to work." Real people EVERYWHERE do not want to work for pennies and get treated like sh*t while doing it. This pandemic gave people time to get off the hamster wheel and really think about their options and realize that work is what you do and not who you are. I bet a lot of people have started their own businesses and they should be commended for that.

[@stevenarvizu3602]

During the FPUC thing I legitimately would’ve earned 150$ less per WEEK if I had gotten a job then.. I’m not lazy, I’m just not stupid.. Add 45 hours to my work week, for a paycut? Are you high?

[@curiousone2940]

Ever hear of the concept of paying your dues? Want to turn down min. wage, but have no skills or experience? Good luck.

[@StupidSmut]

@@curiousone2940 somebody struck you with the dummy stick.

[@jgdooley2003]

@@curiousone2940 Trouble is that nowadays the companies take on minimum wage employees on a regular basis and toss out older workers after a year or two when they become too expensive to keep on. There is an entire industry based on automating and streamlining and simplifying business operations so that skills and discretion are taken out of the modern workplace and training and employee induction costs are reduced and made almost a permanent thing in the workplace. It now costs less to have a small core group of permanent workers in a firm whose sole purpose is to recruit, train and then replace contingent workers on a regular basis. This makes entry level jobs last longer for a particular individual as they are shoved from job to job and company to company on a long list of temporary assignments with little or no chance of promotion or wage increases for anyone but the exceptionally talented and ruthless. Proving skills and experience by personal recommendation by reference is now a thing of the past as many companies only give out service dates and managers are not allowed to give references to recruitment agencies. Many people have to resort to doing free work to personally demonstrate their skills to a future employer and may not even get a job offer for a job. Many advertised permanent jobs turn out to be temporary and often promised wage levels are reduced when an offer is made. The only thing that works now in any way is for a person to privately acquire and build up a collection of independently verifiable skills and education in a carefully chosen and difficult field but even that way is becoming clouded by useless courses in dubious universities and colleges with very high fees and costs. Student debt is a huge problem.

[@darrenstettner5381]

The people in the USA are the wealthiest most privileged people in the world. Wtf you talking about people being treated like sh*t? Compared to what?

[@chosenfallen2024]

I live in Indiana, and the minimum wage is 7.25 here. The pay above that, if at all, is 10-12 bucks a hr. When they say we have a worker shortage, I say we have a wage problem.

[@yraco1232]

Seriously. There are plenty of workers but suprisingly enough people don't want to work a job where they pay you poorly and treat you even worse.

[@natasha5306]

When calculating what's left over after rent and taxes, I didn't hear any kind of insurance. One trip to the hospital and you're toast if everything about US healthcare is to be believed. Excellent points otherwise.

[@ernestomartinez8874]

What you heard is absolutely right. Even with insurance people pay a literal fortune on medical bills

[@MewMewSun]

Damn right we don't have insurance :)

[@jonpaul3868]

As a wise man said in youtube comments: everybody makes fun of pizza cooks, but everybody wants that damn pizza.

[@harbingertheheretic3541]

I grew up working, so I rarely make fun of working folks. Here's the issue though- If you're still working minimum wage jobs by the time you're 30, you're a failure and there is nothing that anybody other other you can do to correct that. Minimum wage is for beginners (and restarters & side jobs). It is not meant to be a family-supporting job, but a start so that you can learn skills & earn your way up. These days, people want to be paid more than what they're able to produce. It's like nobody has read _Basic Economics._

[@LadyNightsong]

@@harbingertheheretic3541 that's actually not what minimum wage was intended for. Also, how can businesses stay open if only high school kids work there? A cashier, a lawyer a bus driver all deserve a livable wage if they work full time.

[@Josh-99]

​@@harbingertheheretic3541 You don't get to call someone a failure for working at a job they enjoy or feel comfortable doing just because YOU believe that it isn't worth more compensation. How utterly arrogant and ignorant you are! Minimum wage is about the LABOR, not the job. It's there to say "This is the least amount of money you can pay your labor force and not be exploitive. If you can't afford to pay your workers at least this much, your business is a failure and should shut down and clear out of the market to make room for businesses who CAN afford to pay their workers fairly." Anyone working a full-time job should be paid well enough to support themselves and a family. That should be the basic social contract! The type of work you are doing SHOULDN'T MATTER, only that you perform it to the very best of your ability every day. Studies show that this approach produces the best objective outcomes: lower unemployment, higher economic growth, less crime and higher levels of social stability. You sit in your perch of privilege looking down on those whom you judge as "failures", but you still want someone to help you find your paint at Home Depot, you still want your restaurant tables to be clean, you still want your pizza to be hot and delicious and delivered to your doorstep. You don't get to demand these services and then expect that only certain people will provide them while considering everyone else to be a failure; that's not how society works.

[@hedgehog_d_sonic1643]

@@LadyNightsong a bus driver is not minimum wage and neither is a cashier there is cashier at my job making 20+ and hr but even then it depends on which state and city you live in i live in california and even 20+ hr wages is not enough so idk how people think 15 is going to change anything here

[@blanddull6881]

@@harbingertheheretic3541 wow guy, way to make yourself sound like an ass.

[@wubranch1]

Proves that they need the labor, but are offended at the prospect of paying a living wage.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

They will get the labor, do you think the fact they don't deport anybody and are now using the US military to transport illegal immigrants to various states has something to do with the US Government being a bleeding heart?. They are displacing the uppity wage slave with ease.

[@barbaragalbreth4429]

Well, how can they afford a new BMW if their workers want more money, it's absurd, what will happen to BMW workers!?

[@Ririten]

@@bengaliinplatforms1268 If that was the case there wouldn't be a labor shortage right now lol

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

@@Ririten Wages are going DOWN dipshit

[@Ririten]

@@bengaliinplatforms1268 Are they? Big name entry level jobs are going up. Wal-mart is going to 14.50 nation wide (In my little town here, 10/hr pre pandemic) and Mcdonald's just announced a huge wage hike from minimum wage to 11-17/hr minimum depending on location. As these big companies fall in like, others will have to if they want a work force.

[@bicyclist2]

A lot of people with "jobs" don't understand and give me a puzzled look when I tell them I want to start my own business or work for myself. These same people think I'm lazy for not taking a low paying job doing what they're doing. I used to live in a small town that was a very seasonal tourist trap. Almost all the jobs were memorial day to labor day. I'm glad I left. Thanks.

[@duncanbug]

It’s extremely weird and I don’t understand it. I used to think everyone wanted to start a business and create something!

[@gasaurus]

Started my own business several years ago. All I got were questions like "It pays the bills? How?". "doesn't that take a lot of work?" . or comments like " you don't work, you just have an app that does everything for you." smh. Never tell SMALL people about your BIG ideas.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

Exactly. Employers like to delude themselves by thinking that people who aren’t willing to work for peanuts are lazy. In other words, you’re expected to take anything merely to prove that you’re malleable, spineless, or desperate. When I walked out on a shitty parochial school teaching job because the head nun was going ballistic while the priest was away on vacation then he refused to reinstate me I went to the public schools and got a 100% pay raise. The principal at the public school told my department chairman that “nobody takes nuns seriously”. Naturally she gave me a bad reference like everybody’s expected to eat her shit.

[@bhud1972]

I’ve started cutting my own hair, changing my own oil, cleaning my own house, and mowing my own lawn. I’ve considered going back to purchasing these services again as all of the people I once paid to do these things for me keep asking if they can come back to me. I feel bad for them since I know they need the work, but I love the convenience of doing it myself. The convenience of doing it myself. It’s a lot more convenient! And, I’ve saved all kinds of money. The pandemic definitely caused me to reevaluate how I live. I like it, but feel bad for the people I once did business with.

[@extropiantranshuman]

if they're not paying you, you don't have to do anything for them. They'll find other work - I worked minimum wage and had 30 jobs and it's easier for them to find work if they just lost it. It's better to do it all yourself - that's what I do. Really proud of you - it's better than hiring people, as then you get into a position where you feel bad about something you shouldn't feel bad about and that shouldn't be put on you. If you really feel bad, help them find another job - maybe they don't want to work, what do I know?

[@d.l4055]

I hear what you're saying and No offense intended, but a person doesn't get "Fat" in any fashion by doing everything they're perfectly capable of "Doing" themselves. Building anything on the Backs of others and their blood sweat and tears while under paying them for whatever IT is we're not "Willing" to do "Ourselves" will not only send mixed signals and ultimately cost more than a "Pretty Penny". It's a modeled biblical Principle used as a "Far" reaching example that's still applicable today. Not only that, it's wisdom that's "Older" than anyone alive today. Paying a man what we alone assume He's truly worth is like trying to observe "Beauty that's in the Eye of the Beholder" who's also an absolute stranger~ James 5:4 The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. NIV

[@extropiantranshuman]

@@d.l4055 honestly - if they replaced people with robots that're cheaper - they'd be codemned for that too - as being racist or something. People at the top just can't win. People at the bottom can't win either. It's just a bad everything.

[@MiddleFingerLimited]

@@extropiantranshuman We need automation. Then the companies that use automation should have to pay extra taxes for every job lost to put into UBI.

[@extropiantranshuman]

@@MiddleFingerLimited a UBI doesn't work though. If we have automation, companies will save enough money to hire more people and in that time, they'll learn from the new hires how to automate them so they get new jobs and the cycle repeats like it always does. A UBI's similar to socialism and when you run out of money, because there're too many mouths to feed, what's next? Also it might not be needed - if automation takes out labor costs, stuff may end up costing $0 - so you won't need money by then - if you even need much stuff then. We need to consolidate consumption to save resources without sacrificing getting what you need is a part of the answer -like it's $0 compared to buying a solar panel and phone to make phone calls when you can just talk to someone in person. A big reason I don't believe in the UBI idea is the hypothetical situation where automation becomes so ubiquitous - everyone has automation. Who do you give the UBI to if everyone's making money from automatons?

[@jakx2ob]

It's ridiculous that people are expected to work in neighborhoods they can't afford to live in.

[@matthewgibbs6886]

you have to start somewhere

[@sneedmando186]

This is what’s wrong with most major cities

[@hellfrost333]

@@matthewgibbs6886 That's not the problem; it's that you can't get passed Start and the whole Monopoly board is already owned! (Can't Own Property ~ Not Working)

[@greatleader4841]

My sister worked in southampton as a clerk....She was making a few grand per week. They by no means underpay you there.

[@bassandtrebleclef]

That's absurd.

[@daniellee7871]

Love that, "If im gonna be broke, im not gonna be broke and miserable"

[@farfetched9296]

Same that's why I'm not working. It doesn't make sense to me to work 40 to 60 hours a week under 12.00 an hour, and not paid overtime nor benefits just to not be able to pay rent plus afford groceries. So now I'm self employed. No ungrateful supervisor, gossipy cut throat employees, I don't have to engage with customers. It's freedom. A job is nothing but modern day slavery

[@Tenebraeification]

@@farfetched9296 My main job laid me off during the pandemic and my side job was considered "essential" I was a part time fast food worker. So we got a hero sticker and nothing else. Much like a hero we got suckered into providing more for less. Our customers became more obnoxious as we tried to enforce masking up and then I got sick with COVID along with other coworkers. We were not supported, we were abandoned in all but name. I have since left both jobs and work with meals on wheels and as a library intern. One pays me enough and I love the community service, the other nourishes my soul and I'm beginning to take steps to make that a career. My ambition which has long been put on the back burner is now where it should be, my main priority. If there ever was a time to reinvent yourself. It's now.

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

@larls ...AND i strongly...AGREE ''

[@bakerfritz4681]

That is exactly my logic for not going back to work. I've said for years, "If I have to be broke and tired, I'd rather be broke and tired for me than be broke and tired and unappreciated."

[@LiliaArmoury]

to sum up the labor shortage with a fallout reference. people have learned "the game was rigged from the start"

[@gdragonlord749]

I understand Louis Rossmann's position on having a hard time justifying a higher minimum wage for 16-year-old entry-level workers, but I find that they more often than not fall into one or both of the following camps. 1. My family needs money right now and I need a well-paying job that won't interfere with my education (some even drop out to make ends meet) 2. My home life was abusive and now I need a job just to sustain myself away from that hell hole 3. College is expensive and I need a degree to even be considered for a good job even if that degree is not in the job field I will also add that if minimum wage kept up with inflation we would be looking at $25-35/hour across the USA

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Even if that's true (source needed) $35 minimum wage is mental and would lead to huge unemployment and an enormous economic shift towards investments that are less labor intensive

[@gdragonlord749]

@@jasonmaguire7552 And that only points out the flaw that almost all the wealth is heald by so few people

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

@@gdragonlord749 It's less an issue of concentrated wealth (too many people conflate net worth as liquid wealth) than it is that the american dollar has been *massively* devalued in the last half century. This is for a number of reasons, ranging from increased wage garnishing in the form of taxes, to a lack of actual backing of the currency, to a plethora of anti competition laws passed by congress that undercuts small businesses and allow the scummy shit that corporations do. Combine that with the massively inflated education costs and the boomer age bracket going out of their way to block out younger demographics from viable low skill fields, and more. Has a lot of the same origin of the broken healthcare system ironically

[@gdragonlord749]

@@Christopher-eq1rn All true but this again leads into how hard it is to just live in the USA. Want to know a way how the rich get around taxes? A 3% loan is way cheaper than paying taxes.

[@ryang2573]

You're looking at that wrong. Put yourself in the shoes of an employer. Your needs, no matter how legitimate or pressing, do not operate any of his equipment, produce any product, handle any customers, or provide for him any value. That can only come from your labor and that labor must produce something of greater value than what you're being paid in order to justify hiring you on. To do anything else is be essentially asking a future employer for charity. You might think that would be a good or decent thing for him to do, but consider that if he did that for every employee, which he would have to to be fair to everyone else willing to work at normal wages, he would have to dramatically increase his revenue or go out of business. Then NOBODY would have a job. Unions learned that lesson the hard way in Detroit.

[@Phil9874]

Lol I love that the rich are just now learning that people want a living wage.

[@Amadeus8484]

They always knew that, they just enjoy destroying lives. When the Rich aren't going to war with each other they practice on the little people.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

YOU DON'T DESERVE A LIVING WAGE WHEN YOU WORK AT MCDONALDS. Grow the fuck up you child.

[@Amadeus8484]

@@kenshinhimura9387 Squeaked the temporarily embarrassed millionaire...

[@E4439Qv5]

@@kenshinhimura9387 My takeaway is I don't deserve a life for putting in meaningful labor in a convenience-focused customer service industry. ...I mean, I don't exactly disagree, but that still stings...

[@tybarker5038]

Whaaaat? They want to pay $2000 a month to work in an area where rents are $5000+?!

[@jth_printed_designs]

These employers: "Why don't you want to come back to this job where you'll be treated as a disposable item after we already treated you like a disposable item?"

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

Like Marx says, LABOR is the most valuable commodity, not land, not buildings, not tools that the ownership class has monopolized, they are nothing without LABOR

[@ShroudedWolf51]

Yep. I haven't forgotten how at my previous job, I worked for seven years. Yet, I was still fired without a second. Though, it does please me a bit that even three years after me being fired, customers will occasionally show up, ask for me by name, and leave in disappointment. All because of a half year period of time when I was in charge of a department....because I was the only one left working in that department.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

@@ShroudedWolf51 that happens all too often, i got cut from a casino IT department after 10 years, and it always fills my heart with joy when I go out with friends who still work there, who I still have great professional relationships with and they tell me the IT department there is trash.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

@Mike Watkins technical skills are performed by human workers THERE THEY ARE LABOR you dunce

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

@Mike Watkins and NO land is basically worthless without someone to build a house on it, or mine its resources, or plant its fields, you absolute imbecile.

[@waynebollman]

I'm 57. This entire narrative applied to me 30 years ago when I quit my last regular 9-5 job. I worked independently contract to contract since then and mostly just goofed off and made music and traveled and enjoyed myself. This left me broke much of the time but at least I had my own life, made my own hours and pretty much always did whatever the hell I wanted. Got a little more serious the last few years and started working more and saving a modest amount of money each year. Still not enough to retire on, but frankly, I really don't give a shit. I like the work I do enough (under these circumstances) to work part time until I die of old age...... and my life still pretty much belongs only to me the whole time. Was delighted to see the rest of the working world catching on to all this post covid. Congrats to those who have awakened to the real scope of possibilties of how to live well and contentedly.

[@katsomeday1]

For my partner's business it's the same. She show's loyalty to her people and treats them properly, they stick with her and give their best work. We ended up making our way through the pandemic stronger than before.

[@arturwittensoeltner8729]

That pretty much sums it up! Why the hell should workers, you usually crap on 80+% of the time, stick it out together with you when times are dire? Treat your employees like humans with respect and pay decent wages, and in most cases those same people will give an arm and a leg trying to get through the bad times with you.

[@TruthAndMoreTruth]

Companies have let their workers become punching bags for their customers. While companies post record revenues and profit, workers are being treated like subhumans. It's funny how workers don't want to return.

[@chuckolator1859]

Exactly. What's so funny (and maddening) is that this stuff is so incredibly simple, if you're not a faceless corporate tool with your head in the sand.

[@feanedhell]

Pretty much yeah

[@Gizziiusa]

work my ass off while customers berate me, and getting minimum wage with no benefits whatsoever (ok, ok...i forgot the 15% discount if i eat where im working at) ...all the while record revenues and profits happen. Sign me up !!!!!

[@hithere5553]

The real answer is to pass pro-union laws and to push for everyone in crap jobs to join a union. There are no other alternatives.

[@Skyblade12]

@@hithere5553 Yeah, then you can get paid less because your forced to give a ton of money to union reps who don’t do a fucking thing for you! Brilliant idea! If you were providing a useful service, you wouldn’t need to pass a law forcing people to hire you. Union reps are the scum of the earth. The worst leeches and parasites on the planet. At least your boss actually pays you for your work. The union rep takes your money and gives nothing back.

[@daviddavid5880]

I'd *totally* take a serious pay cut in exchange for dignity. Normal hours, free weekends... you know, the things the boss and customer consider their birthright.

[@sircharlesmormont9300]

I did this 3 years ago. I lost $4 per hour to go to a part time job that offered me dignity and respect. Three years and one master's degree later, and I'm earning $2 more than I was before. I'm still underpaid, but dignity and respect count for a lot. My mental and physical health are both better. I'm losing weight. I'm all around happier, and this is despite the stress that comes with working full time and attending grad school more than full time during a pandemic! I even had a major health crisis during those 3 years, and it was still worth changing jobs. Granted, I had the support of a spouse with significantly higher earnings. Not everyone can do that, and the fact that bettering oneself often requires outside support is a real problem. Still, as long as you can pay your bills, respect and dignity in the workplace are completely worth a pay cut. The value of things like respect, dignity, and stability cannot always be measured in dollars.

[@daviddavid5880]

@C. Haze Right, boss. (There's therapy for ritual sadomasochists now)

[@daviddavid5880]

@C. Haze You're going to have to man up and defend your stance, boss. How is a mandatory 66hr workweek laudable? (Use small words so we ignorant layabouts can understand) Here. I'll start you off: "A mandatory 66hr nightshift at almost a living wage is right and proper because...

[@ffonzie]

@@daviddavid5880 ooh ooh ohh, I wanna play. The answer you search for is…..”because you chose it”. Choose better, choose not to work THAT job. Lotsa choices around, just like staying poor is a choice.

[@daviddavid5880]

@@ffonzie Ok. So if you're in a specialized industry and you just want a bit of dignity, simply uproot your wife and kids, sell the house instantly move 200 miles and switch jobs? (Not like the wife had a career of the kids have freinds or anything.) Or if you're in a remote mill town you can quit the mill and work an even more awful job at the mini mart? Technically choices I suppose. Is the road to survival paved with ritual humiliation? Make your case for why bullying is acceptable. After all, the bullied kid can choose to get his ass kicked or run away. We wouldn't want him to complain, right?

[@andrewkuebler4335]

"The rich are suffering." Oh no, anyway.

[@greyman6353]

*Looks for a violin

[@Helldragon64]

GOOD.

[@stevec404]

Sadly, most of us do build "somebody else's dream". That would not be a totally bad thing IF (eventual) profits were shared with those who made them happen - the employees. That is not a likely scenario with most businesses, however. My fellow workers and I recently got a one dollar an hour raise...after more than four years of nothing. The private mega-corporation we work for is wealthy beyond comprehension. Are we grateful for the raise? We grudgingly took it in stride, as a meager and partial uptick for the value we create. No fewer than ten out of the thirty at our location have real plans to either further their education, change jobs, or open their own small businesses. Hopefully, the days of: "So what, we'll hire others" will eventually come to an end. Equitable profit sharing will not diminish a corporations coffers by much...but it will greatly increase those of its undervalued/underpaid workers.

[@extropiantranshuman]

it's not a bad thing to build someone else's dream if they're building yours as well. I never got a raise, so that's awesome what you got, but if it's not great - do better. This type of work motivates people to do better, as your list says - it's not necessarily a bad thing?

[@strayiggytv]

@@extropiantranshuman yeah that's not how it works though. Not everyone can "do better" nor should they be required to. If the job they're doing has value then they should be paid a fair wage for it.

[@extropiantranshuman]

@@strayiggytv what do you consider a fair wage, and I don't mean a number - I mean a value - what for what? Also should people be paid a fair wage? I feel a company should be able to pay what it's capable of, because if they can't afford to pay more, they go out of business, and it's up to people to find businesses that pay what they feel their value is.

[@lpipson]

@@extropiantranshuman If a business cannot afford to pay their employees enough to live ie pay bills , save some and have a little social life, then that business isnt viable and literally exists because its employees are being exploited

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@extropiantranshuman Workers should be paid enough to have a comfortable home and life. Pay needs to cover all their living expenses, the costs of supporting a family (if they have one), and the stress of working in their role. So all workers should be paid about the same, with workers in more stressful positions being paid more. So managers should be paid a bit more than workkers, because they have to handle the stress of responsibility. But not orders of magnitude more than other workers, the way things are now. Meanwhile, profits of the business should be shared between employees in an equitable fashion. It should be as close to 1 share per worker as possible. Workers who have specialist training, skills and/or experience should earn extra shares, but no more than 1 or 2 extra. Similarly, long-time workers should receive an extra share or two, simply because they've contributed so much of their finite lifespan to the business' success. The business-owner should not earn more than 1 share, unless they prove that they're eligible for more according to the above criteria. Wages and salaries are upkeep. Profits are the fruits of one's labour. And so long as business-owners get to keep 100% of the profits, businesses will never pay their workers "fairly".

[@ryano.5149]

Employers: "If you don't like it, get a better job!" Employees: *get better jobs* Employers: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@SoloSouth]

This isn't really happening though, what better jobs are these people getting? It's unemployment or not paying rent or both at this point.

[@DeosPraetorian]

@@SoloSouth sounds like jobs need to be paying better than what unemployment does

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@DeosPraetorian yes but when wages go up, so does everything else. And wages haven't been going up at the same rate as cost of living since.... Well, it's been awhile.

[@logicplague]

Except they AREN'T getting better jobs, they're sitting at home and not working.

[@logicplague]

@@DeosPraetorian I've seen minimum wage raised four times now, if it was going to work it would have before now. What's that saying about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

[@AaronMichaelLong]

If your job was your house, and your house fell over in the first stiff wind, wouldn't you plan on moving somewhere else?

[@Hakugard]

I apoligse in advance, but I'm stealing that.

[@AaronMichaelLong]

@@Hakugard You can't steal it, I'm giving it away. :)

[@Zyscheriah]

@@Hakugard it's free real estate. (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

[@petek2832]

haha....bad analogy....becuase here in america, we build houses in areas prone to fires, flooding, and stiff winds. Then cry when our house is lost, then rebuild with money we feel we are owed, subsidized by other people who's houses are still standing. When all those rich Hamptonites get sick of being told no, they will lean on their pet politicians, and all these extra benefits will go away, and people will have no choice but to return to those "service industry" jobs catering to the rich. Except the smart ones who finally wake up, but thats a small percentage.

[@okaydetar821]

@@petek2832 Bruh shut the fuck up, you aint sounding woke out here ranting about some political nonsense that you read on twitter.

[@SamuraiAxil]

This is an international issue not only in the US, I used to work for a design company, and right before the pandemic I quit my position as the head designer just because of the way I was treated and the poor pay I was getting compared to the amount of work/pressure, I started freelancing on 99D and Fiverr, and I kid you not, I'm literally making 5X what I was paid when working there, no more commute or stress, just doing what I love from home, I still see them post on social media "Hiring" every now and then, they slowly dropped requirements from 5y of experience down to 1y... I agree with everything you said, and mad respect to you for sticking up to your employees

[@cynicalrabbit915]

Small Businesses in places like the Hamptons need to realize: They shouldn't cater to the wealthy and charge high prices that make you a big profit solely because you only pay your employees minimum wage. Business owners or potential business owners need to look at the local economy and lok at how much a person needs to earn in order to pay the average rent, utilities and groceries then take that number and divide by 40. This is approx what you should be paying as an hourly wage. Then maybe they should rethink opening the business.

[@robc.2209]

I have a black cat too. When the pandemic started, the business I worked for tossed me out because I worked maintenance. All the engineers, though, didn't lose their jobs and were even given the option to work from home. Seeing this was a big wakeup call for me. Now, I work as a freelance writer and make my own hours. I can't see myself going back to working for a bunch of overeducated rich kids who don't have any respect for "the help."

[@sneedmando186]

Good for you man, hope the writing is going well

[@JenkemSuperfan]

I'm glad you've managed to make things work for you. Do you know of any good places to start looking into freelance writing?

[@ZenosOsgorma]

@@cat-le1hf example number 1. You get the double pay offer 🙄, while your boss and ex boss fire the "maintenance worker". Good lick getting your van serviced by the company, you'll be soon coughing up the maintenance costs and waiting 3 months to claim it back. Less jobs, less customers, higher prices, long term lower wage growth. Enjoy your temporary wages now they won't rise for another decade and enjoy the lower real term wages just as everyone working said maintenance jobs, retail, hairdressers have suffered at the hands of rich fools wanting cheap service.

[@johnapples2018]

Lol. Over educated rich kids? Someone has a chip on their shoulder. Keep buying into that class warfare. Soon you’ll own nothing and be happy.

[@IfWhatYes]

@@johnapples2018 Americans are already on the path to owning nothing because of reaganomics. The facts don't lie

[@SidewaysN]

The way certain media panders to the rich is disgusting. They’re talking about people having to sit and wait a long time for their fancy fish when millions are destined for eviction

[@josephj6521]

One such disgraceful media are Murdoch owed media like Fox “News”, etc.

[@EchoJ]

@@josephj6521 and CNN and MSNBC, as well, who would rather pat billionaires on the back for doing what NASA did six DECADES ago, than talk about how those "liberal" billionaires are crushing their own workforces. ALL corporate media kiss rich folks' arses at the expense of the rest of us.

[@BunnyRabbit62]

I figured at the minimum amount someone lucky enough to get the unemployment for not being able to work because of this political pandemic is $ 31,000. I think unemployment is not taxed. I had to work because I was deemed essential as a food delivery worker. I grossed $24,000 working more hours then ever before and it was taxed. I'm a single dad with two kids and I payed all my bills. The only people who will be evicted when this is over are the fools who sat back smoke dope played video games and told their landlords to FO. I have seen lots of this and they are the same kind of people that usually create their own problems by not being responsible. The News however will play stories about them to get you to feel sorry for them all the while talking about how maybe we as a good nation should do away with the barbaric times of private property landlords and turn all of their evilly gain complexes over to trusted government agencies because after all our leaders are the only good people on the planet. You can believe that because the news says so.

[@harbingertheheretic3541]

Notice that the focus is on the rich *women.* Once you start seeing the gynocentrism, you can't unsee it.

[@1ProAssassin]

Well right now there's a lot of jobs open and an obscene amount of money floating around. I for one am not smart enough, skilled enough or brave enough to take the risk to try to grab some of that money and I've accepted that. But it was surprisingly easy to just apply for a job as long as you're not too picky and get it right now. Although, decent jobs are still rough to get at even when they're all complaining that they can't find qualified employees. That pisses me the hell off. Either train or don't complain.

[@fabianthegreat10]

"I'm not a good person" *proceeds to be a good person by explaining why workers should be treated well*

[@jpotter2086]

Heard all 2020: "We can't pay people to not work!" Responded all 2020: "That's not why you're paying them. You can't *not* pay people you want to retain."

[@lizbecker1677]

After a long career in HR, I've learned that you get a lot more from employees (and people in general) if you just treat them with respect and dignity.

[@RandyRandersonthefamous]

I'm sure eliminating HR as a field would help too

[@MM-Iconoclast]

Retention: Pay people well, give them what they need, don't piss them off.

[@aldenheterodyne2833]

Wooow. Took you years to figure that one out? Well, I suppose I have to give you *some* credit, since none of my managers or HR reps have figured it out yet. Salaried jobs don't bother to hire enough workers to have everyone doing only a 40 hour work week, and hourly places don't give you enough hours to get benefits. And of course, everyone is complaining about there not being enough skilled laborers and then don't hire any newbies to train up. I went to college and have a bachelor's in CS and Math, and almost every application wants 2+ years experience. How the fuck am I supposed to get that when no one will hire me in the first place?!

[@MM-Iconoclast]

@@aldenheterodyne2833 Do some pro-bono work and call that experience. And list everything you've already done as 'experience'. Juice it up, without outright lying. Good luck! Oh - and make a portfolio of projects. Some places hire more from portfolio than CV.

[@aldenheterodyne2833]

@@MM-Iconoclast Already tried that. No one cares. I've got a couple product ideas- I accidentally stumbled across a couple niches I could fill while looking for pro-bono stuff to do.

[@Shadowcam00]

Self-employment seem a lot less perilous when the "secure" jobs still have you one bad month away from poverty anyway.

[@edwardpaulsen1074]

At least with self employment, if you are running a bit short you can always hustle a little harder or trade off some "Free time" (HA) to make it up... the amount of hard work is directly proportional to the amount you make... as opposed to be told you have to hustle harder and getting absolutely nothing out of it... often, not even a Thank You... you are just 'expected' to give your all to the corporate overlords... and be happy that they are paying you at all...

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

That's the goal, wield financial ruin a like knife. Then you'll have to come to work and deal with blatant disrespectful power trippers.

[@PrinceIro925]

Depends on what you do. Uber and doordash are good side hussles, but Nothing wrong with building or making something to sell online, or providing a service you're good at. There are pros and cons to it, but thats what most of life is.

[@lorenzo42p]

@@edwardpaulsen1074 at my last job, I was offered what was essentially the second in command position. no benefit to me, but comes with lots of added stress, work load, running around on my feet half the day, dealing with customers all day, more stress... why would I want this? I may joke about being lazy, but I do often work hard doing my own thing, and enjoy doing it. I just want a job I can enjoy doing, but companies make it difficult for employees to even care. Rossmann is a rare breed of employer. I had a glimpse of a good employer once, but sadly I caught the tail end of the company when things were at their worst, until they closed.

[@heatherhill6051]

Great point!

[@pedrovergara7594]

Today: americans begin to actually understand capitalism and alienation.

[@xMrjamjam]

The majority of those in younger generations are in support of democratic socialism

[@DIAMONDGIRL57]

Finally!

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I'm not sure that the state throwing trillions of dollars at the population to sit on their arses doing nothing is much to do with capitalism. What's happened here is after more than a year of paid vacation the entire workforce has got demotivated and basically conditioned to a life of leisure. Capitalism has completely broken down.

[@pedrovergara7594]

@@goodlookinouthomie1757 Capitalism has always been "broken", and people have been pointing to the inherent contradictions within it for almost two centuries now. Look beyond the surface, and look up the concept of "alienation", maybe you'll be surprised of what you learn.

[@TheArklyte]

@@xMrjamjam hint them about existence of syndicalism. Or cooperative properties;) Socialism without robotic workforce and FTL would likely end badly, not to speak of morons, who promise communism(outright impossible with humans or any being with limited lifespan).

[@knopickm7]

Really enjoyed this. Very true. When the pandemic started the employer I was working for over a year or two literally just told us to go home and to file for unemployment. It really did feel like “ I don’t care about you and what you need” I’m going to think about what’s best for me. Then over a month later or so she wanted us to come back for like 5-10 hrs maybe for 12$. I was like hell no. That trust was broken and it did make me reevaluate what I want and how I was sick of so many jobs that I’ve worked for that pay shit, no benefits, pto, etc. I also have 3 degrees, am 29, and some masters program training. It’s just ridiculous how businesses want to blame workers and unemployment when a lot of them have shown us all that we are all replaceable, they barely pay us, and when push comes to shove they will get rid of us and give themselves a raise. It’s sickening. I used to work 60-70 hours a week and still barely get by and a lot of people want to say our generation is lazy but that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re sick of not being cared for, having no benefits, companies wanting to tell everyone we’re just “contractors” so that they don’t have to pay benefits, shit pay, no security. It seems to me that businesses do need to realize that they won’t have a business if it’s not for the worker so they should treat them well. Really enjoyed this video. Sorry for the rant lol

[@davidsmith7208]

Another point is the simple fact that there are enough places looking for people, that it empowers the potential employee to be able to say "I'm going somewhere I'll be treated better. " Instead of the never-ending cadence of being told "feel lucky you've got a job" as an excuse to be treated like garbage.

[@InaStanley83]

Yep. Many people feel that they have options now that they've never had before. They can take their time and be much more selective about where they choose to work. And in many cases they have a bit of leverage now, a bit of negotiating power. Previously that leverage, that negotiating power, was something that only employers or very highly skilled or specialized professionals had. That's super empowering. This pandemic brought about a MASSIVE reset in mindset for so many working people. Businesses that want to stay in business need to understand and respect that so that they can pivot accordingly. We're probably looking at navigating this paradigm shift for the next few years. Businesses that don't find a way to adapt and attract reliable employees that feel they have a reason to stay, probably won't survive.

[@matthewsutton3682]

Agreed. For so long everybody has repeated the mantra “to just be thankful you have a job”…but nobody every seemed to say to employers and corporations: “Hey, just be thankful you have staff”.

[@jameslucrative2054]

They'd still be saying that if they could Took A super virus to make them act human

[@H_A_L_7]

Finally some Labour power….

[@melissahoneybee8493]

Yes.This

[@JMLRetroRoom]

I once seen a comment that I saved. “Jobs should only be to finance your life, not consume it” -Collette Daniels on YT

[@MidwestBoom]

Keyword job not career

[@Bramb0]

Work to live, not live to work. 😉

[@axelmilan4292]

**cries in wage slave**

[@houseofhas9355]

Damm I agree. Without finding out about the frugality mindset and dave ramsey’s show I don’t know where I would be. Probably married to a land whale, 🐳, divorced, and in debt. 😂😂

[@houseofhas9355]

@@MidwestBoom Do you think career is bs propaganda for just a job. (Outside of building your own company type career) do you think middle management bs jobs advertised as a “career “ Do people really have a career.

[@katherinewells3099]

You've done an amazing job of explaining this situation. I hope more employers will understand that "Just be happy you have a job" is not going to fly anymore. I'd be curious to know how Japanese employees fared through this.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

The “Employer Messaging” segment is a great point. Your boss can be anyone, like them or not, but if you have reciprocated loyalty and reciprocated respect as professionals, and they’re making sure you can make ends meet, you’ve both won.

[@mkshffr4936]

As a customer it never hurts to be kind to people and give them grace. That single mom serving you chicken is just as important as you are so don't be so full of yourself that you feel entitled to be snotty. Try a little compassion.

[@MrVariant]

lol classic demotion to customer, to get that respect but you'd have to get off the payroll for those upsides. But yeah inept management want to blame others rather than give attractive offers.

[@davidmiller9485]

where the fuck were you when i was a Chef/Manager? I dealt with the most self centered assholes i've ever seen.

[@julierose7841]

Also stop making things shitty for other customers. As one of the other customers, I am tired of having to all but apologise for this bullshit.

[@sabersky1134]

So follow the golden rule, “Don’t be an asshole.”

[@jasonmaguire7552]

I'm nice to everyone but no, not everyone is equally important.

[@then35t18]

I love how jobs look for people who already have experience and refuse to hire people and teach them how to do the work.

[@garrykoalman3684]

That's similar to the jobs in my area years ago. Companies that offer "entry level" positions would require a minimum of 5 years of professional experience and would require you to list several verifiable references before you had a chance for an interview. And these "entry level" positions would pay about $12 - $13 an hour.

[@then35t18]

@@garrykoalman3684 Precisely.

[@BunsBooks]

I graduated university in May of 2020 and I still can’t get anyone to hire me in my field. They offer entry level wages and demand applicants have 3-5 years experience and then turn those of us actual entry level people down when we apply. Or they have questions about why I haven’t been working since I graduated all the way back in spring of ‘20, like duh you bitches won’t hire me. I’ve also reevaluated my desires and values since the pandemic and I don’t think I even want to be in my field anymore, or even in a city working a desk job at all. I’m ready to start a hippie commune in the mountains

[@then35t18]

@@BunsBooks Yeah I feel you. Half the time I want to abandon my responsibility as a citizen and just fuck off into the woods with some tools.

[@thodan467]

No, he said he would pay a full wage to´n apprentice

[@VanessaDownen]

I got out of the Army in November of 2020. I applied to 50 or more jobs as a photographer, videographer, or graphic designer because that's what I was trainied to do and I did that for years in the Army. Not a single place got back to me. Now I work minimum wage at a restaurant and my depression is hitting hard. That's life for ya.

[@Dreadlock1227]

This is exactly my situation. I’m a carpenter, I’ve done mostly framing for about 6 years working for someone else the whole time. When construction got shut down in my area, I started taking small side jobs and realized how much happier I am working for myself. I’ve been doing small renovations, decks, gazebos, etc. it’s much less labour intensive, I make way more money, I can work as much or as little as I want, I don’t have to ask anyone for time off... It’s just a much happier, less stressful life, so why would I go back? I don’t think I’m alone. This idea that everyone is just sitting on their asses on unemployment and not working is largely bs. I do want to work, I’m just not really interested in going back to working for someone else

[@dovakeen1179]

Everyone needs a heavy dose of NO in their life. It teaches you respect and boundaries. It's satisfying to see those who don't get told no, have that dose when normally they get what they want.

[@conniethesconnie]

The rich need to figure out that they need to value and pay their employees. Those who don't will continue to suffer as more workers refuse to put up with it. Why slave away in front of a hot grill while being yelled at about how long it takes to cook a burger when you can sit inside an air conditioned car and make the same amount to drive it to someone house?

[@mitchh3092]

​@@conniethesconnie The people mad about unemployment frustrate me the most; some folks are SO angry that many people have chosen the lesser indignity of taking a handout over the constant indignity of modern wage slavery. A clerk at Speedway was complaining because they were understaffed and no one is applying. I said "they need to pay people more" and he was like "no, they need to end the unemployment". I replied "You CHOSE to work this job and deal with this. Don't be mad because other people take better options. Don't fall for billionaire propaganda. You're whipping yourself FOR them." So many people have that mentality; "Well, *I'M* working two jobs, so why should they get unemployment?" And all I can think when I talk to them is: Don't blame them for your internalized class oppression. Stop shucking and jiving for overlords who literally don't care if you live or die. And if you won't, then I guess you have exactly the job(s) you deserve.

[@Roggor]

Vitamin NO is essential for children to NOT grow up into complete asshats.

[@conniethesconnie]

@@mitchh3092 In his defense if he was never let go he is not eligible for unemployment. Many people in low paying jobs are in a viscose cycle. They are not payed enough to build up a nest egg so they financially can't leave the job. Yet the employer keeps demanding more of them. These people at places like Speedway are overworked. Part of it is the problem of the owner. Another part is the public creating the demand. We should stay at home and avoid rewarding the owners who refuse to take care of their employees. I'll bet the Speedway workers would prefer having fewer customers. Not because they are lazy but because after a year of having to perform the workload of two employees, deal with Karens all while being exposed to 100's of people every day. Forty percent being Trump supporters who refuse to wear a mask while management refuses to back them up if they try to enforce laws requiring it. Don't go to Speedway! Try to find a gas station where the owner isn't treating staff like garbage.

[@RandyRandersonthefamous]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN i CAN'T PAY YOU $7/HR TO DIG DITCHES FOR 8 HOURS WITH A GENEROUS 30 MIN LUNCH AND 2 15 MIN BREAKS?!

[@mikvance]

Businesses: "People are getting kicked out of their homes, dying on ventilators, losing their jobs, crushed under the weight of debt, being cooked by climate change, or frozen to death. Why don't they want to work demeaning low-paying jobs that don't provide healthcare during a pandemic? I DON'T GET IT!"

[@zacharypayne4080]

Be cause of rrrrrrracism!!

[@tia9583]

THEY ARE TELLING ON "THEMSELVES" AND DON"T EVEN KNOW IT OR CARE - YIKES!!!

[@gking407]

@@zacharypayne4080 I mean yeah that’s part of it but not as much as economic class warfare

[@c.c.c2062]

😂

[@elysium76]

😒

[@jm9371]

I have had bosses like you before. I have no problem working for people with high standards that exhibit their own personal values, it's called professionalism. I think you are a rock-solid business owner. I will continue to enjoy this channel's content as I find it both entertaining and enjoy a perspective that I would not be able to conjure on my own. Thank you.

[@FlameHawke]

We've run into the point where "whY DOnt yoU JUSt get a better job" meets its logical conclusion Well, sparky. Here we are. Was it good for you? Great content, good observations

[@brunos6599]

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message" - Louis Rossmann, 2021.

[@jjgarcia156]

The first time this is meant in a good way lol

[@watamutha]

And if you have enough money, it's about sending for a massage (b/c there arent enough workers).

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

A general strike message is what needed here even for an Anti Trump imperious Democrats. 😬

[@conservativestrawman9837]

@@jjgarcia156 it's always been meant in a good way

[@GrzegorzDurda]

But it costs money to send a message.

[@Czarulan]

If scamming the poor is good business for the rich then; the poor scamming the government is good business skills.

[@yamitristan3349]

High IQ

[@attackofthelumbie9029]

Isn't that how the rich get all the bailouts in the first place?

[@kohashiguchi1454]

Until and unless the U.S. is no longer an oligarchy, all the (very) horrible stuff downstream from that is like trying to tame a rabid dog by rubbing its belly.

[@vienlacrose]

But that's not scamming, thats them making a withdrawal. It's their fucking money, anyway.

[@77raymann]

Scamming the government is at it‘s base scamming the poor too, because they are paying the taxes, that keep the System running. It doesn‘t hurt the Rich.

[@t900HAWK]

When the pandemic happened the casino I was working at fired my best friend after they asked him to transfer to that casino from another branch. In the move his wife left him and his family broke apart over this job and when the pandemic started he was the first one fired.

[@wolfgang4488]

I love working my ass off to barely make 20k a year, and have no savings. Its so fun

[@iptf]

No manicurists? I cannot believe that Americans tolerate this mayhem!

[@bigjake2295]

Where are the Vietnamese refugees when we need them?

[@dinklehimerschlitz9111]

I use side cutters.

[@D1KHEAD808]

No one touches my booger scoops....

[@Payitforward42]

@@D1KHEAD808 You have spades on your hands for that. Jeesh.

[@BDRmongoose]

@@Payitforward42 aren't you 2 talking about the same thing, just different language/words?

[@randy7928]

Millionaires last year: "Please support our business, we can't survive without you" Millionaires this year: "Please come work for our business, we can't survive without you".

[@IshtarNike]

It's almost like "job creators" is a myth, and employees are the basis of any and all economies.

[@lisajohnson6351]

@@IshtarNike but what about “trickle down economics” ? 🥴

[@el4242]

I remember that "please support our business" sob story coming from million dollar businesses. Big corporations can kiss it. I'm not spending a dime on anything that isn't a necessity. I was never materialistic even before covid but I'm digging my heels even deeper into frugality. All these suckers can blow their money on expensive name brand garbage but not me.

[@MsRikkiTikki1]

as a waitress for the past 4-5 years i have been trying to articulate my views on this pandemic's effect on jobs like mine and you explained it perfectly! Thank you for sharing this video!

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

When the restaurant I work at reopened after being shut down by Mad King Andy as my boss took to calling him, they reopened on a greatly reduced schedule and had some pretty strict rules about how long each of us was to be in the building each day. I found it weird the first couple days until they explained that they had done the math to figure out how many days they could have us work and how many hours we could be there each day while still being legally allowed to claim unemployment until the initial $600 a week ended.

[@gottaproxy8826]

i would probably be willing to kill someone to ever have an employer that cares even half that much

[@efstopp]

I feel like people who treated the phrase, "the customer is always right," as a 007 style license to asshole are going to be shocked to learn that their shit will no longer be put up with.

[@unluckytourist]

lol. Been seeing this a lot lately. Was in a supermarket the other night, some guy was telling the security guard he wanted to speak to the manager, and the guard and an employee were like "We haven't got any right now. They keep leaving. We can phone head office or something."

[@danielcontreras9343]

"007 style license to asshole" lol. Please tell me your a writer. I want more.

[@miguelpereira9859]

"The customer is always right" is definitely just an excuse to abuse workers. Why does our modern capitalist culture put all the emphasis on serving customers well and making needs and well being of employees barely a consideration? Makes no sense especially because we are all workers ourselves. This whole system just turn us into spoiled narcissists who bully each other

[@user-pj6oc5gy2q]

@@miguelpereira9859 cause it benefits the rich. it's all this way for a reason.

[@jamoecw]

the idea is that the customer is the one paying, but with how things are today the customer pays the business and the business pays the employees. this means that the boss should be bitching at the employees, and the customer should be bitching at the boss. there is a chain of command for a reason.

[@ilovemonkeyos]

Louis isn’t an asshole, he’s a man of reality and tough love.

[@jeremykiahsobyk102]

I don't know, he's probably an asshole, but it's for all the right reasons.

[@johnpulawski35]

When is he an asshole?

[@denamikaWatch]

@@johnpulawski35 when he is trying to buy a place, but it charged too much because the realtor thinks that the place is strategic and worth the price, but Louis didn't think so so he is arguing and being asshole(well the price/rent is higher than market price).(pre pandemic) Now that place is bought by other company with the said prize maybe more and it is thriving. (proved that Louis is wrong). well that's it as far as I know.

[@mrjohnnyk]

When people are brutally honest, a lot of people mistake that for being a jerk, but when you think about it they are probably the nicest people around, they can't lie to people.

[@johnpulawski35]

@@mrjohnnyk some people use "brutal honesty" as an excuse to be an assh*le tbh. I think maybe Louis is like that in some videos, being a bit of a dick for no reason i think if you are an assh*le youre probably not nice lol. Maybe a good person but not a nice person, which is fine

[@crodrig411]

Companies aren’t paying well,costs of living goes up,salaries are down 🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@tylerdurden639]

I can not put into words how pleased I was to hear your response to the "blip". Aside from the fact that I refuse to use Crapple products, I would send any business I had your way if I had need of the services your company provides, simply based on that one business policy alone. When times get tough, a *_GOOD_* businessman does not fire staff, they find a way to gather up more market share. If the business is there to get, the good businessman will find a way to steer it through their doors. Good on you Louis. Top shelf work practices.

[@monkemode8128]

My minimum wage job fresh out of high school was the hardest job I've ever had, the lowest I've ever gotten paid, and the most disrespect I've ever had to endure. I was making the exact same as minimum wage now and it wasn't much back then. To me it's just too much work and too much disrespect to justify the tiny amount of stuff I could afford while doing it.

[@kevivarma2759]

Not dealing with that disrespect in my life ever again

[@WishySissy]

@UCT9FK1iYZgiHWQd0Hyq1OIg i quit the nursing industry completely as of last month. Tired of getting treated like shit and I wasn’t paid nearly enough to put up with it. I’m glad to be out. My mental health went down the drain working in the hospital. And it’s not much better working for an insurance company.

[@zamis769]

Ugh same. I work in a hospital lab now for like $26 an hour but when I graduated highschool 15 years ago I worked at a grocery store for $7 and it was BRUTAL. Way more difficult and demeaning than what I do now. Had to wear uncomfortable clothing, not allowed to sit, breaks were heavily monitored, always smile! take abuse from customers and supervisors or else, etc. Students and teenagers still deserve dignity and a livable wage, they have a lot of hardships ahead of them and even the menial tasks they do at work are necessary.

[@skyemccuien2998]

Exactly so we should increase wage. Not just to the new "min wage" but higher.

[@holysmokes6709]

1st job Walmart 8.15 an hour to essentially run their back end and use fork lifts, electric jacks, and straddle stackers. I was expected to work, faster, smarter, harder and it was never good enough. (No sweating either got complaints about smelling halfway through unloading a trailer). So much shit was expected from me when I went to go apply and interview for the next job they thought I was bullshitting them when I told them what I did at walmart and passed me up for it. (Confirmed knew someone who worked there at the place I interviewed at). Current job $22 an hour and if I stand up I get dirty looks for being a try hard. What you get paid and your actual value are two completely different things.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

I’ve been anticipating this for years, because I’m my city it’s becoming more and more gentrified and no one can afford to live here- the poor are moving away- and of course, the rich can’t find anyone to make their Starbucks!

[@wbass243]

That is because the rich never pay their fair share... Its only common sense. you cant run up the price of housing and expect to pay the same price for a venti as you do in a Starbucks near a ghetto. Those coffees should cost 5x as much in a free market. artificial price reduction is bad business. In other countries you see tourist spots pay 5x the prices of the same drink as you get downtown in a non tourist area. but for some reason we think price fixing is allowed when it keeps the cost artificially low.? How is any of this Free Market?, the prices are not reflecting supply and demand. this is why our markets are messed up and the rich are over privileged. they are used to price fixing where they can make absorb anent profits but not pay equivalent amounts to how much they have taken from the labor force.

[@agj3358]

And thus section 8. How else are they going to get low income workers near the city center. It’s almost like it’s been planned😈

[@MonaLisaHasNoEyebrows]

@@wbass243 ummm, because Starbucks is a single company and can’t legally charge different prices depending on the neighborhood they are in. If you think S&D are the only forces effecting a market then I suggest taking a class beyond “Intro to Macro/Micro Economics”. Commies like say that the “rich take more from the laborer than the workers are payed” and no shit, a business would not hire you if it cost more to pay you than the revenue you generate🤦

[@stevephillips3541]

Its no fun being uber wealthy when there are no Low life sucker workers to wipe your azz or do your hair

[@extropiantranshuman]

@@wbass243 all the people who love capitalism so much buy so much stuff with subsidies. It's silly - get rid of subsidies.

[@Brainpasta]

I feel this so hard... Before the pandemic I was a traveling arcade machine service technician specialized in electromechanical diagnostic repair and surface mount soldering. My skills were learned over a 10 year career, and my employer decided that it would be more fiscally viable to lay my entire department off and try to rehire later. They still can't fill our positions to this day. It's kinda funny too because their recruitment department called me not knowing I was a former employee. Offered me the same job for LESS than I was making when I was working for them. Pathetic.

[@zonyae29047]

It hurts me as a young adult who wants to learn, that nobody will take a chance on me just from hearing the enthusiasm to work in a field with no experience. You dont develop skills sitting in a classroom (which is why I refuse schooling), but on the same token it’s kind-of wrong in today’s world to be a complete blank slate with all of the different resources out there. Out of the dozens of different types of jobs, I have never felt secure in my wage nor in job security. During this pandemic, people who are distinguished in their fields, and were eventually cut loose, got a taste of what young adults go through (in my lousy, unasked opinion). Louis here would probably be a boss that I look up to and would be happy to work for/do overtime for, and these types of people in management roles are heartbreakingly rare in today’s society.

[@Teixas666]

its not just lack of skills that are a problem, employers have also done away with in house training so there is no incentive ot culture your workers into the skills you need from them this is due to the fear that if you do that theyll go elsewhere in the same field, which is unwarranted since if you are a company that is willnig ot do that for your workers you are already at an advantage in retaining those workers(unless your wage are really unsustainable, asm uch as your worker likes you they like survivivng more) if loyalty is what you want from your workers, pay them properly and nurture their skills so they fit your jobs.

[@anathematic5083]

employer: if you don't like what I'm paying you, why don't you start you're own business? employee: lol, ok employer: why can't I find anyone to work for me? *sad employer noises*

[@josephyoung6749]

The worker shortage might be because ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF COVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And they were all poor, undocumented, working class "front line/essential workers" etc... No one wants to admit it, but look: there weren't any vaccines for a year of this, and there were still people stocking groceries stores or driving the subway.

[@Ilikefrogs..]

@@josephyoung6749 That's not all of it though. I'm in Canada where the death toll is far lower than the US and it's the same problem. People are either leaving the country (because job loss made a lot of people in Canada homeless due to the high cost of living) or realizing they want to spend more time with their families and refusing anything but remote work. One of the agencies I used to work for contacted me recently asking if I'm coming back because they've had to turn away paying clients. I said no. Working full-time and balancing my responsibilities as a parent was miserable and I'm not going back to it. I was working for three agencies getting paid between 20 and 27 dollars an hour and I was still broke all the time. Like Louis just said, if I'm going to be broke anyway I might as well be home with family and working for myself.

[@josephyoung6749]

@@Ilikefrogs.. But please, do not lie, am I not the first person you have heard who has mentioned the possibility, however faint it might be, this far off, remote possibility that worker shortage after covid might have been caused directly by the death of said workers? I don't know a single person other than myself who has considered this possibility in public. And believe me, I'm no one special. I don't have a big degree in public relations or sociology or whatever. This is just little ol' me in the comments section of youtube trying to air some common sense. And it really is painfully simple, isn't it, this notion that the shortage of workers WE ALREADY KNOW DIED might have been caused by THEM DYING? Don't lie: I am certainly the first person you have heard mention this... this... this glaringly obvious thing. How sad is that though? How sad is it that I am almost 99% certain you're hearing about this from me for the first time? What kind of propaganda are we consuming that gives us the luxury of me being the first person you've ever heard mention this? Please, please, please, tell me you've heard anyone but myself mention this!!

[@thodan467]

@@josephyoung6749 it´s absolutly not obvious except in health care maybe

[@Skyblade12]

If any of them were actually starting their own business, your statement would have merit. Sitting at home collecting stimulus checks is not actually starting a business.

[@Eyetrauma]

“Out of desperation his partners have pressed their own children into service.” Uh, isn’t that typically the case? Don’t think I knew anyone whose parents had a restaurant or bakery or something that didn’t do at least a little work on the side.

[@ieaatclams]

Children should learn how to work, but not 40 hours a week lol

[@FloydBunsen]

These are kids in the Hamptons. They’ve never worked a day in their lives.

[@bluevillsplash]

@@FloydBunsen he's not referring to the rich kids. The lower class kids get forced into providing labor many times free at these places.

[@bluevillsplash]

@@ieaatclams definitely, but they shouldn't be forced either. At a certain age any extra comes from working family business. As an teaching tool parents should agree and stick to hours and wages. Forcing your kids to work cause you can't hire, unacceptable.

[@aaronsharps2376]

@@cat-le1hf Usually as VP of Doing Nothing.

[@lisac.2438]

You got it right - my parents always taught me (my father had a high position) since I was a little girl. To always respect everyone who is working and wants to work even if they have a lower position. He kindly reminded me that I would not want that position and be grateful, someone else wants to do it. And everyone who does hard work deserves RESPECT!!! Well said!.

[@squidcat11]

Hanging on to your staff like you did Louis - THAT is a 'Baller' move‼️

[@cdarklock]

As an employer, what you have to do is: - Pay people fairly. - Treat them with respect. - Demand that your customers also treat them with respect. Remember, your staff is MORE VALUABLE to you than any customer. Losing one customer loses you one customer, and maybe a few of their friends. Losing your staff loses you ALL the customers.

[@dr._breens_beard]

@@falsch4761 im ok with being treated like ass if im paid 6 figures+. Anything less is a waste of my time tho.

[@cdarklock]

@@falsch4761 If your goal as a business is to provide service to problem customers who treat your staff like shit, then yes, you have to pay a shitload of money to hire staff. You also have a stupid business model.

[@Josh-py9rq]

@@dr._breens_beard don’t say that I make well over six it will start to erode you eventually luckily I invest heavily and will he leaving soon. Do something you love and scale it up that is the key

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I agree to a point. Customer service is important but far too many 🇺🇸 employers mainly low education level small business owners, service industry sectors do not clearly understand a proper, non toxic work environment. Many are "family" or foreign nationals who think working 60 hours or 6 days a week in normal. 😤 Customers can have valid complaints, grievances. Read Yelp or Google reviews. 👨🏻‍💻 Many places are so crowded, busy that QC suffers. It happens all the time in Orlando.gov . A employer should pay well, provide support but fire-cut bullys, jerks, drama queens, lazy, 2 faced staff.

[@EpicNinjaShiro]

You'd be surprised how often that third one fails. Everyone focuses on the management aspect, but people have a bad habit of both demeaning and simultaneously glorifying "low level" jobs.

[@kodez79]

In my home town, there is a quite rich family that is in shipping. During the 70s shipping and fuel crisis, they where buying boats and rebuilding them at the local shipyard (that they own) for a loss, to keep the shipyard employees in work. At the tail end of the crisis, they had a super thankful, highly trained and stable crew. They made a killing. They are currently investing in the community and have helped upgrade the engineering college to a university status. All I know for sure is, if shit hits the fan, the community will stand behind these guys because we need them as much as they need us. Do they need 60-100 cars? No, but putting the ones they don't drive currently in an almost free car museum let's me dream while walking among them. Character counts for something.

[@joshscott5213]

That shit is what made America great, when you invest in your workers and community, the community generates more wealth for themselves and the investor in the long term, then short term cash grabs

[@EmHeidi]

Sounds like Grimstad? Hmmm...

[@wannabehistorian371]

But that would require businesses to think in long term! And we can’t have that! I really wonder where these sort of corporations went. You barely see them nowadays.

[@mkervelegan]

they're incentivised by the tax code no doubt. No rich person does anything out of the nonexistent kindness of one's heart because they have already sold their paltry souls for monetary gain in this world.

[@dillamadukes21]

​@@mkervelegan Greed and personal success are not mutually exclusive; money often tends to amplify the best and worst of peoples innate characteristics and impulses. In your view, are the rich utterly incapable of altruistic and moral action? Are the poor not equally susceptible to the moral sin of selfishness? The moral failures of the the wealthy and poor are a difference in scale not a difference in kind. The successful scam artist who's defrauded an elderly couple of their retirement portfolio and the petty thief who chooses to steal instead of finding an honest job are exhibiting the same narcissistic entitlement towards others and their property. Ultimately, in my view the greatest flaw in yourself and many others dogmatic "root of all evil" thinking is the belief that financial and material wealth are the only currencies the devil barters in.

[@CrysiCrysis]

You sound like an incredible boss. Much respect for the outlook you have here.

[@chrissawyer1484]

The unemployment benefits stopped where I am several months ago. The chains still have "help wanted" signs. Where I work, the local Mcdonald's had a "help wanted" sign for YEARS. Pre pandemic, they were offering $11 an hour.

[@pt8306]

"If I tell half the staff to leave, they are going to re-evaluate their lives". Even the ones you keep will re-evaluate their lives, because they know they are equally as worthless, they were just the lucky ones this time.

[@lachlanwilliams5818]

People aren't going back to crappy jobs that don't pay well. Who'd of thunk it!

[@tommygunrunner4656]

How are they surviving?

[@midnight_purple5461]

@@tommygunrunner4656 probably by getting a job that isn't complete shit

[@Mr.Infumus]

@@tommygunrunner4656 I flipped some stocks with tips from food delivery. Probably gonna do this full time now

[@LadyNightsong]

@@tommygunrunner4656 cleaning house, uber eats, fiverr etc I dont care if my old boss offered me double my pay-ill never go back to retail again. I'd rather scrub toliets

[@nerys71]

@@tommygunrunner4656 they got new work after the government took their jobs from them. 620,000 people died. this is not rocket science bub.

[@SublimeWanderers]

From where I'm sitting, it's not that "people don't want to work" it's that people afe tired of working hard being stressed, and then getting nowhere. Everyone I know is happy to work and even finds meaning I the most trivial tasks when at the end of that work they feel like they've made progress. Maybe they were able to go on a trip, visit someone they love, buy something that isnt an ABSOLUTE necessity, or even bought someone else a gift or invested just a little bit of money for retirement, but no way do people want to work when at the end of their shift not only do they not have any energy to make themselves healthy food, but they also can't afford to do anything other than watch Netflix.

[@aquietwhyme]

Exactly. And yet the same folks who scoff at welfare and social safety nets, preaching the 'dignity of work' out of one side of their mouth use the other side to try to steal the dignity workers have through abuse, low pay, and exploitation.

[@comradesillyotter1537]

@@aquietwhyme One of these bastards told my roommate that the best working person is "Absolutely desperate". It's absolutely a power game

[@maximumforce8275]

Literally in my last job it was getting to the point that I was having violent thoughts. I know myself to have a short temper so when everyone is rushing me to be at a thousand places at once and the orders keep piling up and my co workers keep making backhanded comments....I didn't make it past "training" (the trained me but it hadn't been 90 days yet. So...) People tend to forget that kitchens use to have a whole lot of people in it. Usually doing one thing. And clearly my station (which was way more than just salads) needed more than one person there to help operate.