Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1imageRestaurant 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 · 2 months agomessage-square245fedilink
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up96arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-squaregenerichate1546@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoWhen the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoThey don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down12·2 months agoYeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIs this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCapitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down19·2 months agoThe person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
minus-squareb000rglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 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.
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.
Yeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.
Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
Capitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
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.