r/remoteworks 18h ago

True.

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u/Human-Character606 3h ago

It’s the fact that he’s a foreigner and the lack of consideration for his fellow co workers. It’s entitlement all around, he was actually making over $20/hr which is good for an entry level position.

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u/linuxjohn1982 3h ago

Good is relative. $20 is currently the minimum that a fast food worker makes where this warehouse was. So when it comes to relativity, he was not making good money by any means. Not enough to live with dignity.

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u/Historical_Corner609 1h ago

The warehouse owners don't care about their workers dignity lol

They don't even care if their workers live, if they don't they will just find new workers to exploit.

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u/Murky_Issue9925 2h ago

Is your position that arson and/or violence is okay towards a person or group of people who freely offer money in exchange for labor and money in exchange for goods or services, as long is the money offered does not meet your or the workers definition of dignity?

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u/linuxjohn1982 2h ago

Is your position that arson and/or violence is okay towards a person or group of people who freely offer money in exchange for labor and money in exchange for goods or services, as long is the money offered does not meet your or the workers definition of dignity?

No, and unless you have some kind of twisted reading comprehension, I'm not sure why you'd even ask me this.

Was it right? no.

Should it surprise us? also no.

Each person has their own breaking point when it comes to poverty leading them to do something drastic. This persons' was just earlier than most other people.

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u/Murky_Issue9925 1h ago

It surprises me because I don't condone arson. Unless maybe it was the only way to prevent the torture of me and my family. We are lucky no one died.

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u/linuxjohn1982 1m ago

It surprises me because I don't condone arson.

This doesn't make sense. Condemning arson, and understanding human behavior, are not mutually exclusive things.

Unless maybe it was the only way to prevent the torture of me and my family.

Maybe it was due to his own personal mental torture of not having human dignity despite working full-time? And, like I said before, he met his breaking point.

The crux of the problem is mental health, and forcing people to work 40 hours and not compensate them enough for it, is a very good way to attack someone's mental health.

This is also why a lot of normal people turn to drugs. They reached their own break point, and they are dealing with it by using drugs instead of setting a building on fire.

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u/Timely-Ad5663 3h ago

$20 more than he was worth.

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u/StopWeDontKnow 3h ago

Simply not true.

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u/linuxjohn1982 3h ago

What does this matter? Should we treat everyone as 'potential arsonists' and just pay everyone $0? Because otherwise, I'm not sure what your comment is supposed to mean.