That the company is in no way called out for its (a) extreme pressures to wring every erg of work from each employee while paying the ABSOLUTE least that they can get away with, (and in America, that includes health insurance that's barely better than a box of Band-Aids and a bottle of Tums) and (b) the corporate solution to the problem of severe burnout for an employee was to eliminate the job so that they didn't have to continue to pay the worker?
Which makes me wonder: (c) is workman's comp applicable to chronic burnout, or would the elimination of the job ALSO eliminate unemployment benefits?
Be aware that changes in unemployment benefits mean that low-wage workers who cycle through more than one job in a fiscal quarter may not be eligible for ANY benefits for ANY of the jobs, despite being employed for most if not every day of the quarter. So that, too, is going to cut holes in any kind of safety net.
Cuts in SNAP, along with higher income limits, already leave more and more working poor making too much money to get any help there, either. Food insecurity is a pernicious stressor all on its own.
Whatever economic model I believe MIGHT work, I'm pretty sure that late stage capitalism is the Three Mile Island version of "economic stability".
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Date: 2025-06-25 01:29 am (UTC)Which makes me wonder: (c) is workman's comp applicable to chronic burnout, or would the elimination of the job ALSO eliminate unemployment benefits?
Be aware that changes in unemployment benefits mean that low-wage workers who cycle through more than one job in a fiscal quarter may not be eligible for ANY benefits for ANY of the jobs, despite being employed for most if not every day of the quarter. So that, too, is going to cut holes in any kind of safety net.
Cuts in SNAP, along with higher income limits, already leave more and more working poor making too much money to get any help there, either. Food insecurity is a pernicious stressor all on its own.
Whatever economic model I believe MIGHT work, I'm pretty sure that late stage capitalism is the Three Mile Island version of "economic stability".