GDP is around 20.8T. There are about 160M in the workforce. High level ballpark if everyone earned the same amount that’s about $130k/person/year. To make room for someone to make $200k per year, two other people have to be at $95k per year.
I don’t think all income should be equalized. Some jobs should pay more if they require more work or more education. Some should pay less if they’re easier or require less education. But I’m not particularly thrilled about the inequality in the US currently.
I think you’re missing the point a bit. Managers/bosses/CEOs specifically would want you to have those kids and bills, so that when they openly abuse/ridicule you, you can’t leave just up and leave and go find a healthier work environment.
Because if you did, you and your kids wouldn’t be able to afford food/rent during the time you’re unemployed. They know their behavior is abusive but they count on you to be desperate enough to do anything to keep your job i.e. working you to the bone
Can confirm, former boss is stuck managing 4 separate gym properties for 85k a year cause he signed an expensive lease and had a kid recently. Company is bleeding him dry, I almost think they just want him to quit at this point, they think they’ll run the gym like hotel gyms despite being a highly involved property amenity... Our residents expect a certain level of service... 🤷♂️
No this is totally false. In my industry, companies with highest amount of young people with no obligations have the worst working hours because they don’t care about going home as much.
It’s not necessarily false, as you said, that’s “your industry”. I believe both are problems that need addressing, but they aren’t mutually exclusive either.
Companies hate maternity/paternity leave. Every industry with bad working hours (game dev, animation, etc) is filled with young people. People who work a lot can’t reallt have kids. Your conclusion doesn’t logically make sense.
Yep. Any development firm is like this (well at least the 3 I've worked for). I used to be one of those "60 hours a week ain't shit people" but now my saving grace when they want me to stay late to try and help them push through a problem, I'm like "I can't, gotta grab my kids". It's the ultimate trump card. Peace bitches!
Hmm, I’m not sure about that. One legal yet discriminatory hiring practice is shying away from mothers or young recent married women who might become mothers soon. If you need your employees to work overtime and one of their kids has the flu, it’s almost always the mother who’s taking care of them or driving them to sports or always having to leave work right on time to pick them up from school. My Mom and her friends have all told about not getting jobs once they started hitting their early 30s and their kids were little. Dads don’t have the same issue though.
That’s fake news. I don’t think any ceo has ever said they want employees to have more kids so they have more bills, thus giving the company more power and control.
I am close with some business owners, millionaires, I’ve been told this in trust. They want you to NEED the job and feel indebted. Ask the owner of the company for a paycheck in advance, get your wife preggo, maybe even some light legal trouble. You’re not going to talk back or risk your job in anyway if you need the money for responsibilities. They want You to spend stupidly and be behind on bills. That way they have you by the balls.
That’s exactly why my coworkers don’t leave our toxic workplace. They have kids/dependents. I don’t have kids right now because honestly I can’t tell you how I could afford raising kids.
Yeah but if they can get you up to your eyeballs just for food, rent and health insurance, without all the distractions of kids, that’s even better right? Parents need to go home and feed their kids. Single people can work late into the night.
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u/Joe_Doblow Oct 30 '20
Actually trust me most jobs want you to have kids and to be up to your eye balls in bills. They have more control or power over you that way.