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~~jwb~~ · 12-12-2020, 10:58 PM

Nah been sneaking them

And if I recall you did a wharehouse gig

I worked at a distribution center for years and I've worked wharehouses too.

This is a factory/plant job. Different from a wharehouse.

Not only that, each factory/wharehouse) whatever is totally different. I've worked more jobs than I can count at this point. So I can tell you.. working one single wharehouse job doesn't tell you much. It's a literal dice roll how ****ty the job is gonna be, what the bosses are like, how much they enforce the rules, what the pay/schedule is like etc

I don't think I'll keep this job long term but that's mainly cause of the hours. But I sure as **** wouldn't leave it to work at a gas station.

I'm not just being a dick either... I've worked retail, food, etc. I know the minimum wage hustle. Sincerely **** that ****. I can make more in a week here than I made in those kinds of jobs in 3 weeks. And the managers at those kinds of places are such deadbeat losers. And then the customers...

It's all about just keep rolling the dice and see what you find. Otherwise you just get roped in to whatever **** job you currently have and become a lifer.

~~jwb~~ · 12-12-2020, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I have an insane safety net at this point, my margin for error is crazy in my favor

What is it? Will they just give you money if you ask?

Lucem Ferre · 12-12-2020, 11:10 PM

True that.

I've done the super ****ty warehouse and the super good warehouse.

ReadyIce was the worst. Just constantly throwing ice bags into giant piles on pallets that have to be stacked both fairly well and at a consistently fast rate for hours on end.

~~jwb~~ · 12-12-2020, 11:40 PM

My job at lowes distribution center was pretty chill

Schedule was 3 days 12 hours. But you got paid on production too so if you made good

numbers that bumped up your rate per hour.

Technically it was no head phones but all jobs are like that. This one didn't enforce it at all since you were on a truck container with nobody around.

Factory work is completely different. You have to keep pace with the machines. All the worst jobs I've had were factory jobs. There are places I've worked where the machines are so hot that it's broiling hot in the building even during winter.

But then there are others that aren't so bad. At far this one isn't particularly bad except for the hours.

Lucem Ferre · 12-12-2020, 11:54 PM

The last one I was temping at was probably the best. They let you keep 1 headphone in for really easy work. Even better than Uinta and it's hard to top having a job where you actually take pride in the company you're associated with.

OccultHawk · 12-13-2020, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Yeah if I can't make rent I'm not gonna be homeless

it'll just cost my pride

I’d say that makes it a lot easier not to be a class reductionist. The gun of capitalism might be aimed at your head but you know the chamber is empty. The wealth redistribution that I’m so obsessed with is the white privilege you enjoy, not just platitudes. You have the safety net of guaranteed nutrition and shelter. Giving the safety net that you have to everybody is the practical application of winning the culture war.

OccultHawk · 12-13-2020, 05:10 AM

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I think it's obviously not the case that all opression is about class

Not all but by far the most important one. The real deprivation comes from the lack of access to resources. Micro aggressions might be unpleasant but they don’t cause starvation.

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and then I'm simply not convinced that you're actually going to get comrades out of people with a patriarchal excessively gendered status obsessed culture like the US has

I think wealth redistribution is so unfathomable they can’t even imagine the possibility.

I think Sanders lost because black people didn’t think he could do it.

Let me ask you this: Out of all the poor black people who come in and out of 7/11 during your shifts, how many would take a job where all they had to do was come in, get called a ****** and go home for $1000 a day? I’m going to bet 100%.

Psy-Fi · 12-13-2020, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

Factory work is completely different. You have to keep pace with the machines. All the worst jobs I've had were factory jobs. There are places I've worked where the machines are so hot that it's broiling hot in the building even during winter.

Lothar and the Hand People - Machines

Captain Beefheart - Plastic Factory

OccultHawk · 12-13-2020, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

yeah but racial discrimination translates directly into economic loss

It’s always going to be financially advantageous for the rich to keep their foot on the neck of the poor. If racism works they’ll use racism. Rich blacks will use racism to protect their assets from poor blacks even. The only solution is to cut that ****ing foot off.

OccultHawk · 12-13-2020, 10:13 AM

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is it your belief that there's no racism if there's no inequality?

No but it replaces the shotguns with with slingshots.

12-12-2020, 10:58 PM	#71331 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Nah been sneaking them And if I recall you did a wharehouse gig I worked at a distribution center for years and I've worked wharehouses too. This is a factory/plant job. Different from a wharehouse. Not only that, each factory/wharehouse) whatever is totally different. I've worked more jobs than I can count at this point. So I can tell you.. working one single wharehouse job doesn't tell you much. It's a literal dice roll how **ty the job is gonna be, what the bosses are like, how much they enforce the rules, what the pay/schedule is like etc I don't think I'll keep this job long term but that's mainly cause of the hours. But I sure as wouldn't leave it to work at a gas station. I'm not just being a dick either... I've worked retail, food, etc. I know the minimum wage hustle. Sincerely that . I can make more in a week here than I made in those kinds of jobs in 3 weeks. And the managers at those kinds of places are such deadbeat losers. And then the customers... It's all about just keep rolling the dice and see what you find. Otherwise you just get roped in to whatever ** job you currently have and become a lifer.

12-12-2020, 11:40 PM	#71334 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	My job at lowes distribution center was pretty chill Schedule was 3 days 12 hours. But you got paid on production too so if you made good numbers that bumped up your rate per hour. Technically it was no head phones but all jobs are like that. This one didn't enforce it at all since you were on a truck container with nobody around. Factory work is completely different. You have to keep pace with the machines. All the worst jobs I've had were factory jobs. There are places I've worked where the machines are so hot that it's broiling hot in the building even during winter. But then there are others that aren't so bad. At far this one isn't particularly bad except for the hours.