- It’s absurd lol my job was complaining they can’t find anyone to work, yet they’re offering $16/hr for machinists that would need to drive an hour just to get here… It’s a joke - Damn I’m a Machinist with only mediocre experience and even I don’t get out of bed for less than $28. That shit’s skilled labor even if a bunch of yuppie MBA’s don’t think it takes any skill. - I’m not even a machinist, I kinda wish I took that route. I came in as the lead assembler figuring I could prove my worth and “move up” into something better. Instead I became essential and am stuck lol - Thing is, you’re not essential. If you left the company would move on. Maybe you should look elsewhere. 
 
 
- Sounds like you need a new job - Hmm, do I take the $16/hr that’s 1 hour away or the $17/hr that’s 90 minutes away… - Seriously… I just look at indeed and want to strangle someone… How are like 85% of all jobs on there posting salaries that are barely good enough for a random store cashier… 
- Now you know why that’s all they’re offering 
 
 
- Someone I know that’s retired now (must be nice) said their government pension went up 6% last year because it follows inflation / cost of living. Ain’t nobody getting 6% salary raises in this economy, most are lucky if they get any raise at all, which really counts as a pay cut if food and rent keep going up 
- You get paid for the hour of traffic tho, right? - Hahaha 
- Nope lol it’s just how far you’d have to be to be able to afford to even live here. Long island is stupid expensive. I need to move, but I’m “uneducated” so I’m pretty much worthless lol - That’s fucked up 
 
 
 
- Mmm, I’m sure a pizza party will make up for them not being able to pay rent 
- What’s in the box? - A cat, of course. Why else would boxes exist, if not for cats? - Or maybe not. It’s unknowable, and absurd. - Just like cats. - Hey! My cats may be unknowable but they’re not…on second thought, good point 😄 
 
 
- Erwin Schrödinger wants to know your location. - He can know my location, or he can know my speed, but he can’t know both. 
- His cat should step up on the game. 50% alive, 50% dead? That’s for noobs. Pros can be in more than one place at the moment: inside the box, and on - her human’s bedher human-sized bed, and on the desk (dropping stuff on the floor) and 30% circling human legs so they trip.
 
 
- Does not work very well. Raising pat only works for about 6 to 8 months. Then you need another raise. So to stay truly happy and productive, more elements need to be introduced to the equation. - This is true. No realistic pay raise can compensate for a toxic work environment. At some point, most people will value their mental health over high pay. - In my last place of work we called it the “golden handcuffs” Money was great, work was terrible. In the end I took a pay cut to get out, best decision I ever made - back on the same salary and much happier within 8 months 
 
 
- Game show question: Is this the right talking about how to get better teachers, or the left talking about how to get better police? 










