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Chemical Wonka to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)

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Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)

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Chemical Wonka to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • @Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    this should be straight up illegal.

    • Sippy Cup
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      It’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.

      • @generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com
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        When the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless

        • prole
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          9•1 year ago

          They don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.

          • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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            Yeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.

            • prole
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              5•1 year ago

              Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.

            • ObliviousEnlightenment
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              Capitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money

      • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this

        • @b000rg@midwest.social
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          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.

          • @aidan@lemmy.world
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            The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.

            • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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              3•1 year ago

              If this is right:

              Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.

              • $5.24 (306 PHP)
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              • $9.76 (570 PHP)

              How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.

    • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      Removed by mod

      • @And009@reddthat.com
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        11•1 year ago

        Resulted in community silence instead

        • ArxCyberwolf
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          Why does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?

        • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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          We must be mistaken

    • @BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
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      People should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.

      • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        I would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.

    • @SeattleRain@lemmy.world
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      5•1 year ago

      Removed by mod

      • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        26•1 year ago

        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.

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