gigaqps@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCapitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by forcelemmy.worldimagemessage-square186linkfedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageCapitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by forcelemmy.worldgigaqps@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square186linkfedilink
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoWe should be at the point where RTO orders for positions that could be remote should also be considered a form of wage theft. Instead, we’re at a point where every hour, your employer steals what you get paid per day.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIf employers had to pay employees for their commute time, that would be the end of RTO. Maybe. I still don’t understand the economics of making people come in to work when the companies have to pay rent on the spaces where employees work.
minus-squarePolisheocket@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoEspecially when gas is $6 a gallon, that steals $80 a week that I could keep by doing my job from home where it can 100% be done
We should be at the point where RTO orders for positions that could be remote should also be considered a form of wage theft. Instead, we’re at a point where every hour, your employer steals what you get paid per day.
If employers had to pay employees for their commute time, that would be the end of RTO.
Maybe. I still don’t understand the economics of making people come in to work when the companies have to pay rent on the spaces where employees work.
Especially when gas is $6 a gallon, that steals $80 a week that I could keep by doing my job from home where it can 100% be done