• booly@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    the boomer era where employers actually treated employees fairly well

    Lol what are you talking about

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I’m talking about the time period where one person (with only a high school diploma) working 40 hours a week could reasonably support a family of three or four, with a modest house and two vehicles. And then after staying with the same company for 25 years, that person could retire and receive a pension (not a 401k that they had been forced to invest their own money in) which was paid for entirely by the company. Because pay wasn’t absolute shit compared to the cost of living.