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202 points akersten | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 01:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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yndoendo ◴[31 Oct 25 02:50 UTC] No.45767812[source]▶
Who knew electing shitty representation leads to a shitty environment and economy? I wish those effected by the shitty government the best

Forcing people to work and not pay them is slavery!

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tombert ◴[31 Oct 25 03:00 UTC] No.45767866[source]▶
I got in trouble at a BigCo because I said "we all do this for the money", and they claimed that I had a "bad attitude".

But I don't think I was wrong. Work is fundamentally a business transaction; I sell my time and expertise and they give me money and benefits. Ultimately for any job I've had, even jobs that I really loved, if they stopped paying me I'd stop showing up [1]. It's nothing personal, that's just the transaction that I agreed to.

If I had some bloviating wannabe-demagogue telling me that I should keep working and to not expect backpay, I am quite confident that I would quit, or at least keep calling in sick. I am not going to blame anyone who would do the same. I have no fucking idea why half the country voted for this.

[1] This has actually been tested for one job.

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1. hshdhdhehd ◴[31 Oct 25 03:36 UTC] No.45768133[source]▶
Bad attitude != incorrect, of course.

Actually good attitude often == not honest.

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2. tombert ◴[31 Oct 25 04:23 UTC] No.45768416[source]▶
It was one of those things, I didn't even consider that it would upset people. Like, maybe it's something on the spectrum for me, but when I said it I assumed it was effectively a truism and I didn't think I'd get any pushback because everyone already knew and agreed with it.

It didn't occur to me that people would say I had a bad attitude because I did think that literally everyone I was talking to would agree and I didn't see why they'd be bothered.