"Nearly half of US employees admit to time theft!"
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Yeah the "great work guys, we doubled the EBITDA this year. Congratulations!...Here's your 3% raise" kind of sucks
Yup, I agree. But you know, if I don't have that trillion dollars in my bank account yet, I can't afford to give you more.
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I mean a company does need to make profit. Excessive profits is another thing.
Nope, any profits not reinvested in the company itself, or the employees is wage theft. Full stop. Capitalism is a scam we've been fed so rich assholes can get richer.
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Nope, any profits not reinvested in the company itself, or the employees is wage theft. Full stop. Capitalism is a scam we've been fed so rich assholes can get richer.
I think it's a bit unfair to blanket statement that capitalism is a scam. There need to be checks in place. Like, I agree it's not fair that me as a business owner can simply say "this year we are skipping raises, and I am paying myself 2 billion". There's no reason any one person needs a trillion dollars. That's an insane amount of money. Even 100 million is a shit ton of money. There definitely need to be checks in place, but I don't think communism is the answer either.
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I mean a company does need to make profit. Excessive profits is another thing.
No they do not. They need to break even only. Profit is the result of charging customers too much, paying employees too little, or enshitification.
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No they do not. They need to break even only. Profit is the result of charging customers too much, paying employees too little, or enshitification.
No company wants to stay stagnant. They want to grow. You can’t grow if you’re not making more money.
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No company wants to stay stagnant. They want to grow. You can’t grow if you’re not making more money.
Worker productivity is like holding sand. It you grab it and squeeze it hard, it just runs through your fingers and falls to the ground. But if you cup your hands and support it carefully you can hold on to much larger amounts of it.
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No company wants to stay stagnant. They want to grow. You can’t grow if you’re not making more money.
Spending profits on stock buybacks and bonuses is literally the opposite of wanting to grow.
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I mean a company does need to make profit. Excessive profits is another thing.
Username checks out.
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I think it's a bit unfair to blanket statement that capitalism is a scam. There need to be checks in place. Like, I agree it's not fair that me as a business owner can simply say "this year we are skipping raises, and I am paying myself 2 billion". There's no reason any one person needs a trillion dollars. That's an insane amount of money. Even 100 million is a shit ton of money. There definitely need to be checks in place, but I don't think communism is the answer either.
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What's the solution then?
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What's the solution then?
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@umbrella @cyberpunk007 Some big UK brands don't run on an "all money is for one guy" model. John Lewis (dept store) and Waitrose (supermarket) are a partnership: the staff own it. Then we have lots of Co-operatives but the main one is mostly known for being a supermarket: member/ownership is £1 and you can vote at the AGM, get discounts and choose charities. It's not perfect - they all exist in a capitalist system - but there are other ways of running businesses that aren't for pure profit.
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@umbrella @cyberpunk007 Some big UK brands don't run on an "all money is for one guy" model. John Lewis (dept store) and Waitrose (supermarket) are a partnership: the staff own it. Then we have lots of Co-operatives but the main one is mostly known for being a supermarket: member/ownership is £1 and you can vote at the AGM, get discounts and choose charities. It's not perfect - they all exist in a capitalist system - but there are other ways of running businesses that aren't for pure profit.
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