LOL, they can’t take holidays? I can’t either. At least they can pay their bills ffs, unlike me.
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gmtom@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Nah he’s right. I’m in a friend circle that includes a lot of content creators and the burnout is so palpable, they can’t even take real holidays because if they do the algorithm fucks them over. Then the guy in the group who’s effectively a Janitor is the happiest and well adjusted and he loves his job.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Stern@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I get PTO and my job is maybe two steps above flipping burgers. I ain’t going overseas but I can deffo take a vacation. If you’re in a red state or otherwise victim to similar ratfuckery, my condolensces friend.
gmtom@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
???
All my other friends? I’m on a very average wage and can take holidays, I have a friend’s that on like 1k/year over minimum who’s going to Japan later this year.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Scream out of touch louder. In the US (where Hasan is) federal minimum wage is 7.25 an hour, thats 16,080 a year, add 1000 and you’re saying your friend can afford to pay all their bills and a trip to Japan? The state with the highest minimum wage is Washington at 17.13 total annual being 35,630, add 1,000 36,630. You’re saying thats not only a livable wage but one high enough to afford a trip to Japan?
gmtom@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Americans still don’t understand there are other countries that exist.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Let me get this straight, you’re saying that because some people hate their jobs, nobody is allowed to say a different job sucks? Or is it that nobody is allowed to enjoy their job?
And you’re saying that because some people are struggling financially nobody else is allowed to be doing okay financially and enjoying the fruits of their labor?
BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I can absolutely see this. Viewers are expecting something new every time they check your page. If you aren’t active for a week they may stop checking.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Are any of your content creator friends trying to get other jobs?
gmtom@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Yeah, most of them are actually artists primarily, but getting a stable job in art is quite hard.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Best of luck to them, then.
Bleys@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The person in OP’s picture could retire today and never work again. So clearly it’s not “sucking out his soul” since it’s entirely voluntary.
He’s also talking specifically about streaming which is the absolute lowest common denominator of online content. Like people just flip on OBS and record themselves playing games or eating or reacting to other content, literally just things they would be doing anyways even if they weren’t recording. No one is owed the ability to make money streaming and it’s hard to find a “real job” that provides less value to society than streaming.
gmtom@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I mean, debatable, hassas is like early 30s and if we make the big big assumption he has $1m in actual savings, then he would have to live for another 50 years just to make it into his 80s which would come out to about $20k/year not considering investments or inflation or anything. So not realistically enough to retire on.
Even if we assume he can retire to a life of luxury, does it being voluntary mean it can’t be a soul sucking? Like my country has a good benefits program and I’m disabled, so I could live the rest of my life on benefits if I wanted to, does that mean I can’t complain about my job and that it can’t be soul destroying?
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s surprising that more political science majors that want to make a difference to society aren’t working at an Amazon warehouse.