Chemical Wonka to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square289fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imageRestaurant 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 Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square289fedilink
minus-squareSippy Cuplinkfedilink95•1 year agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-square@generichate1546@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilink16•1 year agoWhen the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoThey don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink-11•1 year 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•1 year agoCapitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink-15•1 year agoThe person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
minus-square@b000rg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-21 year 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@aidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoThe minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
minus-square@brbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIf 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) to $9.76 (570 PHP) How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.
minus-squareArxCyberwolflinkfedilink4•1 year agoWhy does it seem that the ones who have everything have nothing inside, nothing inside?
minus-square@BruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilink8•1 year agoPeople should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
minus-square@Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•1 year 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@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink26•1 year 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.
If this is right:
Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.
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How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.
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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.