Chemical Wonka to A Boring [email protected]English • 4 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.demessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up11.24K
arrow-up11.24KimageRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deChemical Wonka to A Boring [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink97•4 months agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-square@generichate1546link16•4 months agoWhen the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoThey don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoYeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenmentlinkfedilink1•4 months agoCapitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•4 months agoThe person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•edit-24 months agoThey’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job. Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 months agoThe minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
minus-squareArxCyberwolflinkfedilink4•4 months agoWhy does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•4 months agoPeople should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoI would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•4 months agoThey are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant. That’s probably how it works.
this should be straight up illegal.
It’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
When the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
They don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
Yeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.
Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
Capitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
They’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job.
Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
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Why does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?
We must be mistaken
People should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
I would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
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They are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant.
That’s probably how it works.