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It’s called the market. If you can compete while providing better life balance, go ahead and compete with those bad companies


It's called the market. If you can compete while not employing eight year olds on your assembly lines and dumping carcinogens in the river, go ahead and compete with those bad companies.


We had it good as software developers. Now, we can't be just code monkeys anymore.. Don't be mad. It's just the way it works.


> It’s called the market. If you can compete while providing better life balance, go ahead and compete with those bad companies

With friends like you, who needs enemies? Imagine if we said that about everything. Go ahead and start a garment factory with unlocked exit doors and see if you can compete against these bad garment companies. Go ahead and start your own coal mines that pay in real money and not funny money only redeemable at the company store. Go ahead and start your own factory and guarantee eight hours work, eight hours sleep, eight hours recreation. It is called a market, BRO‽


Working conditions have always been way worse than what we have in 2026. Our ancestors didn't have it good.


The point is we have to fight for better working conditions, not just for ourselves but for our coworkers and future generations.


It's called the market. Get back to work, slave.


We are more slaves to governments and tax authorities than companies we work for




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