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Rage jello (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My mum was pissed when work from home started and found out the job my dad does is mostly just having leisurely conversations all day while she works her ass off as a primary school teacher for far less money and far less respect. Stg if you do a job where you have to stand up and walk somewhere, your job is more demanding than the people who make the most money.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    You are correct that office jobs are less physically strenuous, but they come with their own unique mental horrors. Nobody at a factory spends a week working on a report, only for their boss to decide on a Friday afternoon that everything is wrong and needs to be redone by Monday with no overtime pay, or any opportunity to say 'no, I can't take that job.'

    Especially with Work from Home, there is no separation between the stress of needing to perform and the relaxation associated with home. You are on, ALL THE TIME, and most people who work at offices for salaries are expected to be available to chat / meet at any time of day, including at 2 or 3 AM if you are working with Indians or Hong Kongers.

    Yeah I am not destroying my knees, but my self-confidence and mental health are absolute dogshit.

    Don't be classist, folks. If someone needs to work to survive, they are more alike you than they are not like you. Separating ourselves from each other only serves the wealthiest among us.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    "Nobody at a factory spends a week working on a report, only for their boss to decide on a Friday afternoon that everything is wrong and needs to be redone by Monday"

    This is absolutely not true. Mechanics, factory workers, labourers all get fucked over like this all the time. The mental strain of a job isn't greater for people who work at a desk it's just the only strain they experience as opposed to someone who works with their hands who has to deal with the physical and mental demands of their labour.

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