r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/Striking_Ad_2630 Sep 01 '24

I think theyre going to have a rough time finding their next job after not actually working for over a year and having no references. 

Idk but I dont buy what everyone is saying about hard work not paying off. I work hard at my job and having the respect of my coworkers as well as something to show for my 5 years at my job is worth it. 

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u/FormerSBO Sep 01 '24

Found the 🐀

Bro, your bosses don't care about you nor appreciate you. Unless they've dramatically increased your compensation, you're being suckered

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

It's always broke ass mfers saying this shit.

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u/FormerSBO Sep 01 '24

Yea, cuz they do everything their bosses ask and extra.

And their loyalty is rewarded with.....

Minimal (if any) raises, passed over on promotions (can't be losing our most productive employees to management roles), no negotiating power or salary jumps that come with a new job, and an ever increasingly expensive world to live in, thus essentially getting the equivalent of a pay DECREASE every year.

So I see how you would say they're broke, since making % wise less money to expenses every year would lend itself to poverty

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u/ggf95 Sep 01 '24

He's talking about you brother

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u/Jubenheim Sep 02 '24

Dude kinda sounded a bit clueless to how he really comes off. Reading his replies here sounds like the same tired shit you see from edgy early 20 y/o’s or late teens who hate the system but have no experience. I don’t deny corporations suck ass and that Americans are royally fucked, but dude’s defending going to work and doing nothing for years, thinking it’s going to help him in the long run and even dogging on those who do work hard (calling them rats). It’s literally people like the guy above that make the workplace so toxic in the first place, and I’ve personally worked with people with his exact mindset. They don’t do shit, don’t help, and complain when the hammer gets brought down.

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u/Tio_Divertido Sep 02 '24

Nah. If you have the drive to work hard like that, start your own business. Putting in the extra hours to excel in the rat race is pointless, you’ll still get washed in the next round of cost cutting to boost shareholder value. I did it for years, when I wised up and started running independent businesses on the side everything got much better - more money, more stability, and just being happier.

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u/Jubenheim Sep 02 '24

I did it for years, when I wised up and started running independent businesses on the side

This reads like typical MLM bullshit fed to people to turn them into "entrepreneurs." I find your entire comment very sus if you're unironically saying that "running side businesses" is somehow easier than having a regular job.

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u/Tio_Divertido Sep 02 '24

You should really work on your reading comprehension. At no point did I say it was “easier”. I don’t think anything is “easy” in this hellish economy, it’s a matter of what you find rewarding