I think it’s that if the switching fails, I’ll be left without any job and risk homelessness. And that the general narrative I hear is that “we should be grateful to have a job at all”.

  • sascuachOP
    3·
    3 years ago

    My sweet summer child, let me tell you the story of poverty or peak capitalism jobs.

    Where is it written what your job is?

    No where

    Can your employer say now you have to clean the toilets, or work nights, and then fire you for not doing your job if you refuse?

    Yes

    How do you know what you’re entitled to? If he says in the interview that you get sick days etc, you make sure that’s in the contract, or else he can change his mind of forget about that.

    I don’t. It regularly happens that i’m told I will be paid like 10/hr then only get paid 9/hr. Regularly hired for part time and get given full time - 30 minutes to prevent me from receiving benefits. Regularly hired for full time and then given 10/hrs per week - then when i pick up a part time job, get fired from job number 1 for not having 100% availability.

    I’ve never worked a job that gives me sick days or vacation days or anything. When my coworkers had covid, they are ordered to come in anyway.

    The worst part is all my coworkers are ‘happy to even have a job at all’ that nobody wants to unionize, despite the fact that 90% of my coworkers agree that a union is beneficial.

    In contrast to @Slatlun i’ve rarely signed anything at jobs, except giving the boss my social insurance number - and even then that is only a sometimes.

    So you may have no legal rights

    So you may have no legal rights

    No may, definitely didn;t have any legal rights at a bunch of my jobs. A guy was killed by a machine at an old work place due to lack of safety equipment

    • roastpotatothief
      2·
      3 years ago

      My sweet summer child

      I was not expecting a post beginning with that, to be a serious, earnest, clear answer. It sounds horrific but I can’t offer any advice. This situation would be impossible in Europe. You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to fire someone incompetent, when he has a contract in a country with workers’ rights.

      Right now all you’re telling them is all hot air. Maybe you could try to find a unionised job, or even go work in a union, then tell all your co-workers how different it is. Their jealousy might motivate them.

      • sascuachOP
        3·
        3 years ago

        It probably happens in europe, many region that employ foreigners to work on farms have some pretty bad conditions.

        Quick qwant search;

        Farm worker injured after getting stuck in potato harvester - wales online

        ’No running water’: foreign workers criticise UK farm labour scheme - The Guardian

      • sascuachOP
        2·
        3 years ago

        Right now all you’re telling them is all hot air. Maybe you could try to find a unionised job, or even go work in a union, then tell all your co-workers how different it is. Their jealousy might motivate them.

        I will keep these ideas in mind!