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MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI wish I made 6% of the value of my labor. My power plant has $1M+ days sometimes and there’s only 30 of us running it. I make good money, but not $30k/day good. A couple months ago when we saw sustained deep freeze temperatures for like a week straight, we saw $5M+ days.
We also work crazy hours for those situations. Last week I pulled 72, and the next couple weeks will be 84 hours. But at least they ordered pizza for us.
My company had a year where they earned $500M after tax, which was equivalent to an earning of $3.5M per employee, and I got a bonus of $6000 which was the standard bonus for all employees weighted compared to their annual salary.
That summer we had our yearly summer party in a tent on our parking lot…
You greedy bastard won’t think of the shareholders? I mean they invested their money! What did you do?
Eventually I quit my job and became one of the shareholders at another place.
Nice, that’s the spirit, be the Wolf, not the Sheep!
Sheesh, if that doesn’t radicalize someone idk what does
Nope, just convinces you to start a business. If we all started a business somehow, we would ironically create the most equitable society, because everyone earns their exact surplus value. Unless they all work in each-other’s business…
I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic
Are those figures revenue or profit?
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
When they make that much money, why don’t they hire another 30 or 60 people so everyone can have a normal 32h work week? Are the employee benefits really that good that it’s worth it? I hope they are much more than just pizza. Why would you let yourself be exploited by them, on such an insane level that you are willing to work almost triple work weeks? They are stealing your life while having the financial luxury to just hire more. Have you talked to your union? Work to live, don’t live to work mate.
MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Lol there isn’t a union here and my coworkers are too brainwashed to understand that a union would benefit them.
I would love for a Danish company to headhunt me and yank me over to Denmark. I don’t think that’s gonna happen though.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
In my country (the Netherlands) there is help for expats to settle. Getting a job, house, etc. There’s even a tax cut for expats if you have a specialized job. Denmark might have something similar, I’m not sure. Their language is a pain to learn though (not like my language is fun lol). But like the Dutch the Danish are very good with English, especially in cities. Getting a job while only speaking English is not a problem. Denmark is a beautiful and amazing country, with amazing people. But we have bitterballen.
yeather@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Probably a combo of profiteering and a low number of applicants.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
32 hours? I can get that done in like 3 shifts…where can I find this so-called job? I’m so interested already.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Europe. With benefits, decent holidays, no limited number of sick days, can’t get fired without a proper reason (or you can sue them with a high probability of getting compensation or getting your job back). In Sweden the standard work week is 32 hours. In the Netherlands 36 but many do 32. Here in NL we have extra holiday money and often a 13th month payout. Irregular shifts have bonuses and extra time off, and aren’t allowed to be too long shifts. Not that all jobs are decent, but at least the law protects employees and many employers want employees to stay, so they are treated properly. There are also tax cuts for the first job you have, it just doesn’t apply to other jobs if you have multiple. And you build up a pension if you’re not self employed. I’d like to see the minimum wage to be raised, and equal in the entire EU. So there’s definitely room for improvement. But compared to the US it’s heaven.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I live in Serbia and just did overtime, on top of mybusual 54 hours work week.