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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 7676548" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>My ideal "if I ruled the world and could grant wishes" scenario would probably be companies that don't have to worry about firing people who aren't needed because we have a strong social safety net that means that employees who can't work can still get some minimum standard of life without having to have a job, but since even people who DO work often <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8679889/minimum-wage-housing-map" target="_blank">can't get</a> a decent standard of life, a company is caught in a situation where they often have to chose between making life suck for someone and maximizing profits next quarter. That decision is basically always already made for you if you're publicly traded, regardless of how people feel about it (and I'm sure those people who have empathy for you don't feel great!). </p><p></p><p>Though discussing what would happen in an ideal world in some big way would probably mean shifting to the Off-Topic forum for some politics action. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>At the moment, for me, it's enough to acknowledge that it sucks to get fired, like it sucks to get caught in any event beyond your control that takes an element of life you trusted and removes it from under you. It sucks even if it was the best decision WotC could possibly make - that logic doesn't make it NOT suck to be suddenly jobless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 7676548, member: 2067"] My ideal "if I ruled the world and could grant wishes" scenario would probably be companies that don't have to worry about firing people who aren't needed because we have a strong social safety net that means that employees who can't work can still get some minimum standard of life without having to have a job, but since even people who DO work often [URL="http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8679889/minimum-wage-housing-map"]can't get[/URL] a decent standard of life, a company is caught in a situation where they often have to chose between making life suck for someone and maximizing profits next quarter. That decision is basically always already made for you if you're publicly traded, regardless of how people feel about it (and I'm sure those people who have empathy for you don't feel great!). Though discussing what would happen in an ideal world in some big way would probably mean shifting to the Off-Topic forum for some politics action. ;) At the moment, for me, it's enough to acknowledge that it sucks to get fired, like it sucks to get caught in any event beyond your control that takes an element of life you trusted and removes it from under you. It sucks even if it was the best decision WotC could possibly make - that logic doesn't make it NOT suck to be suddenly jobless. [/QUOTE]
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