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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8887529" data-attributes="member: 67338">I mean I 100% understand and more or less agree (since this announcement the financial and stress strain on people has been 99% of my concern)However you just described half the people I know that work bad jobs. Walmart, Sears, Gas Station, Pizza Hut, Duncan Doughnuts, heck some call centers. You work with a sword of Damocles over your head that a single misstep (not worth even mentioning as a mistake) and a manager in a bad mood is you are gone.  Heck a down turn in sales got one of my friends 'layed off' right before covid when he himself was the best seller... the reason, he was the 'most expensive' since he got more bonuses. SO yeah, I can't imagine today in my 40's working like that. However I know people who do. I have a woman that I met LARPing Vampire in the 90's, and she works at Walmart. She has seen people fired over literally no issue. She wakes up terrified of losing her job. She lives with a daughter (1 or 2 kids she raised as a single parent) and her 2 grandchildren... she is the main income. I have never worked in gaming. I don't know if it's like me and my buddies with decent (I would not say any of us have good or great) jobs and feel secure week to week month to month... or is it like retail where you could just be fired on a whim. I am guessing it has to be closer to my current experience because the way you just described this change...NOw I want to make sure I am 100% clear, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. However the fact that this may turn into what at least some of the fans already live like reminds me how bad the job situation is in general. WotC please don't turn good office jobs into Walmart and Pizza Hut. PLEASE.</blockquote>

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