Are there any motherfucking companies that do inflation indexed raises anymore? The corporations, even small family owned ones, are as complicit in the looting of the working class as the tax collectors. 4.5 years in with this company and they act like they’re doing me a favour giving a 2.9% raise in the face of a 40% cost of living increase over the same period.

No wonder “quiet quitting” is a thing now. Turning engaged, enthusiastic, motivated people into fucking clock punchers.

Thank Christ for Bitcoin. It’s the only bright spot and source of hope for a better future for so many people.

#inflation #corporategreed

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I got myself 100% VA disability and checked out of the workforce. I now milk the government instead of them milking me. Then I spend some of my free time day trading futures with a prop firm for extra income. Fuck this economy.

Without a credible threat of losing you, employers will almost always try to keep you complacent with a token carrot. Remember that a fair price for your labor is determined by the market; not just your current employer. It's good practice to assess your alternatives from time to time even if just to keep yourself informed on that price.

Yes for sure. Been down this rabbit hole for a while. The funny thing is that I have local options to market my skills but I know from talking to others at those companies that the same ceiling exists. And the jobs themselves at those companies are nowhere near as enjoyable as my current scope of work most days. So I do have that going for me. It’s a fun job with no direct supervision.

Shame on me for ever believing the lie employment would get me anywhere. Go to school, get a six figure job, get a house. It’s a zero sum hamster wheel. I should have gone to trade school. At least I could be earning more sats and keeping things off the books.

true scumbaggery here...

my favorite part of the entire dynamic is the incessant smiling and handshaking and "that never/this isnt happened/happening " brisk walk, feminine-style avoidance of it all...

just feel the love bruh - dont hate.

steeped in cowardice and all pretensed-up, the slide continues.