Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.23Karrow-down1external-linkRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down2·6 months agothis should be straight up illegal.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up96arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-squaregenerichate1546@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoWhen the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 months agoThey don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoIs this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoCapitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
minus-squareb000rglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-26 months agoThey’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job. Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoResulted in community silence instead
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoWhy does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoPeople should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoI would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 months agoThey are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant. That’s probably how it works.
this should be straight up illegal.
It’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
When the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
They don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
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Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
Capitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
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They’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job.
Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
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Resulted in community silence instead
Why does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?
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People should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
I would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
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They are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant.
That’s probably how it works.