[HN Gopher] We Will Do Anything to Get You to Work for Us Except...
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       We Will Do Anything to Get You to Work for Us Except Pay You Enough
       [McSweeneys]
        
       Author : randycupertino
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2021-08-20 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | realce wrote:
       | Just rolled through McDonald's and every lane has huge signs
       | saying they'll pay for your college and training and sign-on
       | bonus and....
       | 
       | I want money to purchase housing, land, and food. Just give me
       | the money. There's only 4 people in that building serving 100+
       | people an hour - how does it not make sense to just pay them 20$
       | an hour?
        
         | rdtwo wrote:
         | The college stuff is a scam because most can't collect and the
         | hours aren't flexible enough to allow it. It might also get
         | preferential tax treatment
        
       | randycupertino wrote:
       | McSweeneys is an internet writing/parody site. Their lists
       | section is always amusing:
       | https://www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lists
        
       | rdtwo wrote:
       | I mean it's true but the reverse sucks too. If my company spent
       | 2-3k per employee to make the work environment better is
       | appreciate that way more than the 5k bonus that's 3k after taxes
       | we get and it would improve my quality of life more. We get paid
       | quite fairly but not being able to get decent cafeteria food or
       | coffee is a huge drag
        
         | version_five wrote:
         | I had the opposite experience (in my well funded tech company
         | days). We got free food at my job, and we had to pay tax on it
         | as a benefit (for which we were reimbursed). The food, and
         | cafeteria, were not my thing at all, and 95% of the time I
         | either skipped lunch or grabbed something outside. I had no
         | problem with my salary, but given the choice, I would have been
         | happy to get more money and no food. (Just to be clear, it was
         | very popular, I just would have liked the choice)
        
           | rdtwo wrote:
           | Yeah I guess it depends on priorities we're in a big campus
           | so it's hard to go anywhere. I don't always have time to pack
           | a lunch so I'd like to have a healthy non prison style food
           | option as a backup. Also I'd like to not get changed 5x if I
           | need a snack and not have to provide my own coffee and tea
        
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