• fizzle@quokk.au
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    6 days ago

    Loads of CEOs are well aware of how shit the jobs theyre providing are.

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        6 days ago

        Yeah, but you cant make a ceo truly experience what a minimum wage job is like, because they wont endure the hopelessness.

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          Yeah, they will come back to a fully furnished home and plenty of food etc… they will have no idea what it feels like to juggle bill payment and need a vacation but not being able to take one.

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            I haven’t had a true vacation in like 5 years. I’m not counting the trips with my ex to buy weed across state lines, but Michigan was kinda cute to see (and thats sad).

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          Also, it’s hard for them to have a realistic experience because their cow-orkers will know that it’s the CEO and if you want to keep your job you won’t make the CEO have a miserable time.

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            That’s kinda included in the malaise of a minimum wage job I tried to capture with “hopelessness”. I’m sure most of us have been there. You’re on the bottom rung.

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              Right, but there’s an additional protection because it’s the CEO.

              For example, if you’re a successful author writing a book on what it’s like to work at McDonalds, maybe you’ll get a job there. You’ll be working with other people who are in a shitty job that they need to keep, but if you get fired, it’s more material for your book. So, you avoid the worst of working a minimum wage, entry level job. But, you’re not going to get special treatment. You’ll have to do the really dirty jobs. If you screw up, the shift manager will chew you out for it.

              But, if you’re the McDonalds CEO going into that job, it’s probably even easier than it is for the author. You get all the protection of not having to worry about your future if you get fired. But, in addition, you might be recognized by some of the other employees or the manager or franchise operator or something. And, because of that, you might get to avoid a truly awful part of the job like cleaning the grease trap in the deep fryer. If you screw up, the shift manager might say “don’t worry about it, everyone has problems on their first day” because they don’t want to risk pissing off the CEO.