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Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: 'You get fired on the spot.' (www.livemint.com)
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Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: 'You get fired on the spot.'::Tesla CEO Elon Musk's ‘ultra hardcore’ work culture is revealed to have led to long hours, unsafe conditions, and harassment for employees.

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[+] -21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Leaving your job doesn't automatically mean becoming homeless and starving. That is a pretty extreme and unrealistic stance.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck (by design) it really does.

    How do you propose they make rent the next month with no money?

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    By having a social security net like in any developed country

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Did you maybe not see the context of my comment?

    We're talking about whether or not it's feasible for your average American to quit their job in protest in order to secure workers rights (of which a social security net is part) and your contribution is that they can quit their job in protest to get things like a social security net, by already having a social security net?

    Very helpful, thank you

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't something like 50% of the US workforce paycheck to paycheck? That's very much by design. Look up any strikebreaking action in history, the strategy is always for businesses to see if they can hold out longer than their workers, and if they can, no concessions are necessary.

    Our stability and ability to strike is diametrically opposed to the desires of those in power. Until we get the guillotines out again, I'm not really sure how any of this could possibly change. Under capitalism, there is no incentive for it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    No it pretty much does, I'm lucky I'm on disability. Cuz in this one horse town, you can go months or years between jobs. I may be getting paid in chump change and pizza parties...

    But at least I can eat pizza...

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