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I think we are past the point of unionizing and on to the point where we all need to start our own companies. In general you would get a job with a large company to exchange your time for money and the money you get is a fraction of the value you generate for the company. The advantage used to be that this was a low risk way to make money. Large companies were generally stable, and you had a job so long as you didn’t fuck shit up to bad.

However, in today’s job market, even skills that are in high demand don’t have stability. Large publicly traded companies will layoff a mass of people in Q4 to make their bottom line, then assume they can hire back skills they need in Q1 of the next year. All in the name of maximizing shareholder value.

If there is uncertainty in working for someone else and uncertainty with starting your own business, then choose the one were we get more value out of our time. We all have things that we are skilled at, so lets work together and get out from under the corporate grind and the Friedman Doctrine.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 13 points 4 days ago

I very much doubt I will do this personally.

[–] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Or maybe just focus your time on politics to make a country in which you are not allowed to fire people illy nilly.

[–] Newsteinleo@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

Yes! We should also do this!

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So how do people get the money to advertise their services or rent out a storefront?

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Micro loans with Klarna? Duh, its like you haven't been paying attention to how the new economy works... /S