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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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- Better and fewer working hours.
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I don't care if remote workers are less productive (although I've seen no evidence that they are).
You can't convince me that spending an hour every morning travelling to get to an office, in order to sit in front of the exact two screens I have at home, is a good use of my time, nor is spending an hour getting home again.
That's about 450 hours a year for me. 18 whole days. Those days are mine now, and you're not having them back.
What about 2-3 days a week and an extra week or two of PTO to compensate? I'm trying to think of ways to incentivize more office work that will appeal to stingy boomer leadership and the younger 'fuck offices' crowd.
I'd rather take a pay cut and even benefit reduction to never go into the office again. Going into the office fo so many years almost killed me. Destroyed my health, mental and physical. I am so glad I don't have to be subjected to coworkers and everything that comes with being in the office.
You only mentioned one real actual specific example, 'subjected to coworkers.' Do you really hate people that much? I know there's a lot of introverted programmer types around here but there's kind of a lot of humans on this planet, seems inevitable that you're going to have to work with some of them..