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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I leave at 3 pm on office days to beat traffic. Everyone does that. What is this 5 pm thing he talks about? Must be America...

[–] The2b 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you beat traffic if everyone does it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I knew someone would see the logical flaw here... :)

[–] piskertariot 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used to arrive promptly at 7am, and clock out at 3:30pm.

The bus to the office was always empty.

The bus home was always packed.

Now I work from home

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I worked in healthcare there were days where I clocked in at 7am and was forced to keep working until 11pm without any lunch or dinner break. Worker rights in the US are almost completely non-existent and the way some workers get treated is hellish

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The US values company profits over all else. It's different in Europe because we have legal protections.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Too true. I would give my right hand to live in Europe rather than the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I agree. I will never be filthy rich but I will also never be very stressed out or risk ending up on the street. It's a fair deal. :)