this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How soon do you think we'll start seeing articles about indentured servitude being great for you and the next hot thing in work trends? Some Linkedin lunatics are probably praising it already...

Next big work "trend." A fucking trend. Give me a goddamned break...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that basically unpaid internships?

[–] givesomefucks 0 points 8 months ago

Indentured service paid for your food and housing...

[–] clif 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No breaks allowed!

[–] snekerpimp 25 points 8 months ago

“New trend at the job: eating your CEO and burning their furniture for warmth. All the rage in the post-apocalyptic era!”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Among poly-workers identified by Deputy, the vast majority (78%) work in the hospitality sector, 12% work in healthcare, 6% work in retail, and 5% work in the service industry.

So the jobs that historically pay as little as legally possible are the ones where people are working multiple jobs? Shocker.

[–] whereisk 17 points 8 months ago

Wage slavery? No. It's poly-employment.

[–] Treczoks 10 points 8 months ago

As in: Both partners in a marriage will have to work at least two jobs each to pay the rent for the one-bedroom apartment and will still need to go to the food bank in order not to starve. And people wonder why they have no kids...

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 8 points 8 months ago

Fuck Fast Company.