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-square128fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-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-square128fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYeah it’s definitely dystopian that someone in the Philippines gets to earn a living 🙄
minus-squarerozodru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agohope your job never gets offshored you: “Yeah I lost my job, but hey, now someone in India gets to earn a living…can you help me prop up my cardboard box to keep the rain out? thanks.”
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI agree it sucks that anyone would lose their job, but why is the default of people in the “west” having well paid, air conditioned jobs, and other people getting those jobs stealing from them.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe default is locals having the job.
Yeah it’s definitely dystopian that someone in the Philippines gets to earn a living 🙄
hope your job never gets offshored
you: “Yeah I lost my job, but hey, now someone in India gets to earn a living…can you help me prop up my cardboard box to keep the rain out? thanks.”
I agree it sucks that anyone would lose their job, but why is the default of people in the “west” having well paid, air conditioned jobs, and other people getting those jobs stealing from them.
The default is locals having the job.
Why should it remain that way?