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mizmoxiev t1_je0gnsh wrote

Twitter Infinity: For -150,000 a year you can be a brilliant Twitter Engineer holding Twitter together by the strings of your amazing skills, while you get Elongated Muskrat's coffee AND the privilege of him taking credit for all your hard work!

(While paying HIM for the privilege of being in his presence)

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wizardstrikes2 t1_je0exhe wrote

Nobody is forced to work for Apple or any company.

If you don’t like the ethics of the business, it is very simple, don’t work for them. Stop buying and using their products.

Choice is a powerful thing.

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outsidetheparty t1_je0epkp wrote

> after talking to a chatbot named ELIZA

Ummmmm……. this ELIZA?

[EDIT] ok I found a nonpaywalled summary; not that Eliza.

> The man apparently was so anxious about climate change he started to believe AI and tech were the only way out of disaster. During his conversations Eliza reenforced these ideas, and when the man proposed sacrificing himself if Eliza could save humanity, the chatbot encouraged him.

Sad story, but I’m not sure the AI is really the main character in it.

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UsecMyNuts t1_je0civh wrote

So let me get this straight

They used obviously made up reasons to stay off work for extended periods of time without providing any proof, doctors notes, covid tests etc

When they were actually at work they did everything they could to not actually work to the point where other workers reported them

They shit talk the company on Facebook and name drop other employees for seemingly no reason other than they were criticised for not working

And then before they’re actually fired one of them allegedly makes another post to a private Facebook group with a Union statement about their firing. He predicted his own firing…

I’m all for unions, I’m in one, and fuck Union busting, but this quite literally just lazy employees looking for a lawsuit and leveraging their Union position to make themselves look invincible

Edit; some of the comments on Facebook about the Oklahoma store where they were fired from are … interesting, lazy rude and racist employees with a few dozen or so complaints about them in the past year alone.

also I’ll just point out that the 3 were more than likely fired for time card manipulation, Apple cracked down on it a few weeks ago, whereas the other 2 were (rightfully) fired for faking covid

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No-Economics1355 t1_je08a27 wrote

imagine getting mad at your coworker for not being a good little slave. you people need to realize that doing such a nice job for your owner doesn’t actually do anything for you. if that is your meaning and reward in life i’m so sorry

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