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In reply to the discussion: US fast food workers walk out in organised strike against low wages [View all]Trillo
(9,154 posts)They are mere carrots held in front of our noses to make us work longer and harder for less.
Almost any person with a grounding in reality knows that a promise is worth the paper it isn't usually written on. Stepping stones are mostly just corporate BS. There may be a very small, microscopic sliver of truth to the idea of working your way up a career ladder, one that works for a very small percentage of the total employed, of those employees are perfect, and only if they're willing to get educated and remain in continuing education and various job trainings for the rest of their lives.
For the rest of us, if we don't get paid today, not two weeks from now, but for today's labor, there ain't gonna be any more coming down the payment pike. In fact, I'm thinking that given the lack of honesty in most employers, the employees should be paid before they do any work. Otherwise, the employer might take the money and run.