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[โ€“] Asafum@feddit.nl 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

Damn, just reading the comments made me realize this isn't a dream. I really thought that this literally never happens and that you need to fight for any raise.

Well that's what being a worthless blue collar factory schmuck does to you I guess... I have to fight for a raise, they literally never just hand them out, and if I transition to a new job I have to take a gigantic pay cut. Promotions from within don't exist either, they just hire who they need. The difference between white collar and blue collar work is crazy sometimes!

[โ€“] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

For every story of a person being given a raise, there a million stories of a person fighting for a raise and being denied.

Even the union jobs those others guys are talking about, you know what the raises are in our new contract? Five cents for the equivalent of three years of full time work.

Don't be fooled by the echo chamber of cushy office jobs that is so prevalent on Lemmy. You hear about these things because almost nobody else here has to work these shitty jobs like we do.

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