08/31 - Fizzy Friday!

[Kliq]

 

[Jaded]

yeah it's like "you couldn't give me ONE more hour this week?!". it's not like a company as big as Walmart couldn't afford to give everyone insurance back then. i do believe they've tweaked the guidelines since (not 100% sure), but it's like come on. a lot of places pull stuff like though. you're right

When I worked at big lots they did that shit too. The manager was like "they make me do this, sorry." I want to say they can't do that anymore (like the hours requred for insurance are lower?) but there's a fair chance I'd be making that up because I don't remember where I heard it.

 

[thedorchannel]

In theory the more skilled the job the more expensive it will be to replace someone. You would still be expendable but the company would have to think twice before rationally pulling the trigger. If you work at some minimum wage service job though they actually want you to quit/be replaced before they have to start giving you that yearly raise or whatever because there is minimal training required and pretty much anyone can fill your shoes.

at my winn dixie, the managers jobs are the least safe, because they are constantly getting rid of 1 full time postion to lay off a manager, and giving all of his work to the manager they didn't lay off.

why pay two people 50 grand a year to do two jobs when you can pay one person 50 grand a year to do 2 jobs.

 

[C to the J]

THANKS, OBAMA!

 

[sinon]

In theory the more skilled the job the more expensive it will be to replace someone. You would still be expendable but the company would have to think twice before rationally pulling the trigger. If you work at some minimum wage service job though they actually want you to quit/be replaced before they have to start giving you that yearly raise or whatever because there is minimal training required and pretty much anyone can fill your shoes.

I can agree with that Technically all of my experience has been at low wage, customer service jobs, so that's where I'm coming from lol. Although I've also worked for a company that laid off over 120 people when I started the job and many of them had benefits and had been there for like a decade. While they might have to think twice about it, they can still replace anyone, and that's what makes me sad. You can be the most loyal person to a company but it doesn't mean they will return the favor and be loyal to you.

 

[sinon]

Also while we're all off topic, I wanted to share this gem with you guys

 

[KillMoles]

Also while we're all off topic, I wanted to share this gem with you guys

@PeachyRider butt at 0:36

 

[Lindsey Miller]

Well my "real" job is working for VIPKID, it is reliable, mostly, but I am one of the lucky ones that started over two years ago so I have been booked with students from the get go. The thing is that after 2 years waking up at 3-4am is STILL killing me and sometimes I really loath talking to kids, even if they are cute, sometimes they just aren't. But I mean, I do make like $22 a hour doing it. MTurk definitely will not give me that.
I also have 3 kids in school ( 2 full time, 1 for 3 hours 4 days a week) so I need something to do that will keep me entertained enough, while making money and avoiding shopping...

 

[Michele]

Title: What is art for you? | Accept Requester: Diego Diez [A1J01UXVQBDBAH] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.03 Duration: 240 Available: 1 Description: I would like that you answer what is art for you Qualifications: None [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.3.9​

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not really money, but art is good[/td][/tr]

 

[sinon]

well of course, but I think it's pretty safe to say that walmart (or whatever) is slightly more reliable than requesters on mturk, lol.

Yes, that is definitely true, too

But I think the goal isn't to work for mturk forever. At least not for me lol. Working for mturk allows me to have the time to work on setting up my own business or investment ventures, which wouldn't be as likely if I was putting in 40+ hours somewhere else. I want to become my own boss so I (hopefully) never have to work for someone else again.

 

[Jaded]

I can agree with that Technically all of my experience has been at low wage, customer service jobs, so that's where I'm coming from lol. Although I've also worked for a company that laid off over 120 people when I started the job and many of them had benefits and had been there for like a decade. While they might have to think twice about it, they can still replace anyone, and that's what makes me sad. You can be the most loyal person to a company but it doesn't mean they will return the favor and be loyal to you.

We're all just here to do things until they can find someone, or something, cheaper to do the work. We're meaningless, and that won't ever change.

/me shrugs.

But at least robots aren't smart enough yet and we can still earn money to buy our food and distractions.

edit: I'm just turking and working till I become a super famous author and can waste all my money on coloring books and wine.

 

[stuffalleysays]

Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk,

You've received a bonus from John Beshears for work related to 37SDSEDIN92Z1W0LG0M9HLH74GN813.
The value of your bonus is: $3.94 USD

The Requester included this note:
'Because

Thanks for being a Worker on Mechanical Turk!

We should start a requester hall of fame for awesome correspondence. I emailed one last November 'ish, and the reponse that I got was along the lines of "That just ain't right, why they gotta be like that? Here, go get baby some shoes". it was really funny to me at that time.

 

[thedorchannel]

@PeachyRider butt at 0:36

why would i click on this based on your post? lol

 

[Mr_AvocadoMan]

Last day of mturk for the week finally here!

 

[Jerami]

at my winn dixie, the managers jobs are the least safe, because they are constantly getting rid of 1 full time postion to lay off a manager, and giving all of his work to the manager they didn't lay off.

why pay two people 50 grand a year to do two jobs when you can pay one person 50 grand a year to do 2 jobs.

Yup. Moving up the ladder in a place like that can be one step closer to the door. I've refused mngmt promotions for that reason. I find that retail does that, mostly. They feel that they can save money, on someone that is barely more that their regular associates, while also setting the example that "nobody is safe so, you'd better look busy." There are some really screwed up practices in the the capitalist world. Not that every economic position doesn't have it's inherent flaws. But, raw capitalism, I feel, has more arbitrary "rules". When everyone can be the boss, they tend to make some strange rules.

EDIT But, on the other hand, when one person(i.e. government) is the boss(communism, socialism) if the single boss isn't someone you agree with, then it's worse because they have more power.

 

[Peachy]

AI and automation will give a lot of human jobs a run for their money in the next 5-25 and so on years

it's startling to think about sometimes.
but we've been slowly on this path for some time now

 

[rsclone]

caught the UNU!!!

 

[Jerami]

caught the UNU!!!

I bet you've got to do a 20min study before it starts, or something. Hurry!

 

[StarfoxJ]

However I'd rather scrape up money turking on shitty surveys than work at the dollar store or fast food >.>

how is the dollar store or fast food any different than walmart? its like comparing which pile of shit smells worse.

 

[C to the J]

Last day of mturk for the week finally here!

 

[DareAngel3]

My Mom's been a retail manager for decades. She had 20+ years in at her location, and they announced without warning they were closing. Her options were to take a $4k (not a typo: 4,000) severance or transfer to another store, at a lower pay, as a general clerk instead of a manager. Just crazy what can happen in one day. Three other similar stores are closing in our town, so people are in crisis mode. I was at a job for 9 years and showed up to the doors being chained one day (although it was no surprise as we knew the owner was in financial trouble.) Just need to always be qualling and have a back up plan... in the real world, too.