Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up11.25K
arrow-up11.25KimageRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square288fedilink
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up97·6 months agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-squaregenerichate1546@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoWhen the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoThey don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months 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-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoIs this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoCapitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoThe person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
minus-squareb000rg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-26 months 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-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoThe minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months 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.
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.