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[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Also curious about that. Why not work more and cry less?

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 28 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I commented above, but in the US some employers will refuse to give you more hours to keep you as a part time employee, since full time employees are guaranteed certain benefits. Those benefits include access to healthcare. They would rather hire 2 people part time than 1 person full time. This is not Obamacare's fault, but for some reason people in the middle of nowhere who make very little money have convinced themselves that it's Obama who's to blame instead of the shitty companies and their shitty owners.

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Interesting! In summary:

Anon brags with above-average hourly wage. In the meantime, their employer will not let them work more to dodge paying social security.

Anon proceeds to cry that they don’t earn enough money, even though they’re payed above-average.

Anon‘s a moron.

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We were paid 19/h doing barista work working 30-39 hours (never allowed to hit 40 because they would have to give us more rights blah blah stuff) had to live in a tiny illegal room for rent and was barely surviving. After we saved up a little bit of money we moved into a van and now we’re in EU.

Mind you, not flashily, not rich, not even making it. Had to get so much help friends and family and especially our significant other just to get here by the skin of our teeth and now that we’re here we’re struggling to even stay due to visa issues. So fucn scared to go back we literally cry almost nightly every day our last chance to stay here slips away only because we just need 1500€ euro more… hhh when will this stress end?

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Damn, that sounds rough, sorry to hear - hang in there ❤️

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