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1. segmon+fw[view] [source] 2020-04-14 19:02:30
>>claude+(OP)
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. If you must talk against your employer in public, better go anonymous, if you have the courage to reveal your real identity, great! but be ready to bear the consequences. It's unfortunate, but most companies will do the same.
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2. graedu+px[view] [source] 2020-04-14 19:07:50
>>segmon+fw
Imagine framing your employer as "the hand that feeds you", as if it is generously giving you a gift by paying you your salary in exchange for your labor.

Here is a different view: don't expose your most vulnerable and precarious employees to a deadly virus by failing to take the necessary precautions to protect them while they keep your company running.

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3. nomel+aC[view] [source] 2020-04-14 19:31:38
>>graedu+px
I'm looking at your first sentence in isolation.

> Imagine framing your employer as "the hand that feeds you", as if it is generously giving you a gift by paying you your salary in exchange for your labor.

What is your perspective on this? Are you self employed, providing some sort of raw material/product? How is your food, housing, and fun paid for? Have you ever been laid off or otherwise without work? If so, where did your income come from?

I don't have any side-gigs, so 100% of my income comes from my career. I can't imagine my situation is that rare. If I stopped working or were fired, I would have to immediately find a new job, otherwise my family would become dependent on the government programs (other peoples money/taxes from their hard work) and my own savings.

Every bit of money, and everything I've bought from it, has been from my employers, from pizza delivery to robotics.

Where should we be getting our money from?

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