• cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
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    24 days ago

    it isnt weird when most workers here dont get sick leave, let alone vacation time. Europeans are straight up ignorant when it comes to the US but they sure do like to spread their opinions.

    edit: holy shit, thank you all for proving my point. of COURSE we want better conditions. europeans are too ignorant to understand why we cant “just change things then.” and they dont want to listen to the reasons why. we are glorified slaves here and whenever we bring it up, all we get is abuse from people who will never comprehend our system or why we havent waved our magic wands over the situation.

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      25 days ago

      I suppose we find it weird as you have some dystopian levels of worker rights. Land of the free sure does love to bow down to their corporate masters.

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      25 days ago

      No it is definitely weird when anyone wouldn’t be able to get sick days. Every human gets sick. And bringing those germs to work spreads it even worse.

      Sorry for expecting a first world country to act civilized.

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        24 days ago

        i have a union and i still got in trouble for using too much of the sick leave i was lucky enough to have with this job. we are not a civilised country and its time people like you realised that and stop victim blaming. it isnt helpful at all

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      25 days ago

      I’m sorry, I was kind of smug , you’re right. Let me rephrase that. For me it is very strange that you are discussing, if needing time to take care of ones children is unfair to people who don’t get this time off. It is a fair point, but it is such a nuance. I think it would not be an issue if most Americans would be able to spend some time on their self. But I’m not saying that our system is the ideal.