Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds

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• anon_8675309@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stop asking for more benefits. Ask for more money.

  We need to prohibit corporations from offering any benefit at all.

  Universal healthcare, for example, will never happen until corporations are out of the picture completely.

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mostly agree with you, but some benefits don’t have a publicly funded alternative (eg. Vacation days)

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    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Get paid more and you can afford to take time off unpaid.

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• Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Or you could simply pay people more.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All these headlines are always like “employers trying yet more tricks to make employees happier while not paying them any more”

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  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And have decent insurance, because that’s exactly what insurance is.

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• e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Job loss is one of the most common reasons for needing an emergency fund. Any kind of tie between emergency savings and employment is a terrible idea.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right? My first response was HELL NO I don’t want my employer having anything to do with my emergency fund

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    • abracaDavid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah I want to be able to earn enough money to have my own emergency fund. Every single problem is fixed by paying CEOs less and workers more.

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  • moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeh this feels very iffy. Another way of creating indentured servitude to a given company.

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  • unfreeradical@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also, a health problem is one of the most common reasons for being pushed out of the workforce. Any kind of tie between health care and employment…

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• callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ask for more money, deposit it yourself.

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• seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m sure this is going to go over really well when people actually try and use that money.

  “I’m sorry, your claim is denied”

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• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  workers are asking

  “employers are putting words into workers’ mouths”

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• SheeEttin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unless this is pretax money, I only see downsides to this versus just opening a regular account at your bank yourself and using your direct deposit allocations.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I could see a case for, like, emergency fund matching. But straight up having your boss control your money? No way in hell are so many workers asking for that. I am highly suspicious of their numbers.

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    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, it probably wouldn’t be under the company’s control. My company goes through Fidelity for the retirement account, for example. Even if I leave the company I still have access.

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