• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hiring shitty employees is not a cost-saving measure.

    For low skill jobs, it absolutely is. Many of these employers will deliberately screen out “overqualified” applicants because they don’t want employees with the potential for better job prospects elsewhere.

    Prison labor has become an increasingly common form of low wage service work, precisely because these workers have no leverage to negotiate salary or hours.