…you can clock out any time you like, but you can never leave.

62 points

I find this meme very classist.

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Like unironically, right SMCF?

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I’m not sure what unironically means, sorry.

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50 points

I worked for Walmart in the mid 2000s.

It’s not classist. That place is a hellhole. There’s a reason so many people who work there are on food stamps.

It’s classist to be mad at people who live in food deserts and can’t shop elsewhere. It’s classist to be fine with the system that puts people in jobs that don’t actually support them. It’s classist to look down on folks who get stuck in those jobs. It’s not classist for someone to be unhappy that they got stuck in such a job.

Fuck Walmart.

(I worked there and was a CSM before being able to move to a better job in 2010.)

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Yes Walmart is a shithole but don’t begrudge the people trying to make an honest living. It’s classist, it’s punching down at the wage worker by calling them a clown rather than punching up at the corporation for being a shithole.

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88 points

Easier to get a job if you have a job. Probably should use the earnings to see a therapist to deal with the job application anxiety.

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That’s exactly what I did.
Got an underpaid shit job that was forced to take anyone.
Went to therapy for a year to overcome application anxiety.
Started a job application marathon.
Landed my dream job half a year later.

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Took me nine months of applications. Nothing for 7 months, suddenly 3 offers in a month. I got a hell of a good step up from my part time IT gig though, so it was worth the trouble.

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6 points

That’s really great to read. Congrats! I’m very happy for you.

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Wow you are the success story I needed to hear. I’ve been struggling with depression and unemployment for more than a year, and recently got a plebe job at Famous Retail Chain. I did some therapy and it helped but I’m now running out of government support for it so I won’t be able to afford it anymore. I’m considering a psychologist online in my country of origin which would be substantially cheaper.

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8 points

Taking initiatives … It’s hard for most of people.

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That, and society does not like it when you do so, and the more you get off the beaten path, the harder it gets.

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43 points

We are all just prisoners here

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9 points

Of our own device

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The last panel caught me by surprise and got a good laugh.

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