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In reply to the discussion: I am sick of being treated less than human [View all]ag_dude
(562 posts)207. If you expect to stay ahead of other nations
...and not have your job shipped over seas, you have to find ways to keep yourself ahead of them.
If you are looking for the color by numbers path to success, you are going to be passed up by the rest of the world that's more than happy to color by those same numbers.
Otherwise, the only argument for keeping your job here is "I'm a murican damn it!!!!"
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I had one of these jobs for nearly 10 years. Figured out the only way to survive was
SharonAnn
Apr 2013
#62
I am in the same boat. 11 years of increasing responsibility with no pay.
RadiationTherapy
Apr 2013
#65
If you're sick of putting up with it, but too scared to do something, then what?
Brickbat
Apr 2013
#2
"...simply seek out other employment..." Looks good on paper, but isn't that easy.
gateley
Apr 2013
#55
Everything has to start somewhere. First people complain, then they go public with their
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#168
my uncle saves seeds from storebought tomatoes that he likes and plants them in the spring.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#151
i have trouble with tomatoes in pots too. the ones i put in the regular ground do better.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#173
Everything I've seen says you need real big containers for tomato plants.
freedom fighter jh
May 2013
#202
You've clearly never worked for a company where the low paid contract employees do all the work...
TroglodyteScholar
Apr 2013
#13
If you're unemployed, your chances of landing a job are pretty bad in this economy.
badtoworse
Apr 2013
#35
Amen! My employer recently announced an intention to outsource 40% of our operations...
arcane1
Apr 2013
#16
I would get my pay, and then a month or so later my services would no longer be needed
Taverner
Apr 2013
#93
Capitalism is the excuse that aggressive bullies and other exploiters use
AZ Progressive
Apr 2013
#24
If a majority of people would learn about, and have a good understanding of "predators"...
Larry Ogg
May 2013
#190
We will suffer this system until we rise up and are willing to die to stop
LiberalLoner
Apr 2013
#31
What's the purpose of the stock market for companies other than to allow them to become bigger?
AZ Progressive
Apr 2013
#77
On the contrary, it's one of the main reasons why the US ranks near the bottom of industrial nations
eridani
May 2013
#175
Thanks for this post. That book opened my eyes to the myth of positive thinking creating success.
canoeist52
May 2013
#203
" Just because there are others worse off does not negate the fact that an injustice..."
Taverner
Apr 2013
#44
There are folks who have jobs at which they post on DU in the middle of the work week, in the
bike man
Apr 2013
#57
And the 'cube rats' really only use the office computer for "not safe for work" stuff during
bike man
Apr 2013
#120
Really? With the warnings that have been posted along the lines of "Check this out. NSFW" And
bike man
Apr 2013
#123
I don't agree with Cali often, but he is no bully or troll. For you to remotely make such an
bluestate10
Apr 2013
#140
I hear you. It's a form of terrorism in and of itself. Keeping people in fear. n/t
OneGrassRoot
Apr 2013
#102
If you are a contractor and they pay you work 50 hours, and they pay you for 40, in California that
still_one
Apr 2013
#126
Actually there is something called nonexempt, which means you make a straight salary, but that does
still_one
Apr 2013
#141
You are correct because I am in that category, and no, I am not management, just a programmer
still_one
Apr 2013
#167
What do you think the opposite of capitalism is? It ain't "work 50, get paid for 50."
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#139
capitalism *is* the problem, because capital *must* grow, and growth means eating others.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#174
Yes. And with the sequester, I see this kind of thing becoming a permanent part of our country. :(
tofuandbeer
May 2013
#210
"Learn a new skill" may have worked 30 years ago with relative ease . . .
HughBeaumont
May 2013
#206
Well, there was this "I am free" thread of not too long ago, proclaiming freedom
bike man
May 2013
#217
That's kind of the point. I want to hear the answers from a "Bootstrapper".
HughBeaumont
May 2013
#211