Right-to-work Laws

[spoonitnow]

I 'agreed' to work at a wage that was about 50% less than what I was used to making.

Your quotes around agreed are hilarious. Either you agreed or you didn't. You're acting like it wasn't your choice.

My point is you can't call something fair when one party has an advantage over the other.

So it's unfair that people who study poker have an advantage over people who do not? Everyone's a snowflake!

[supa]

Your quotes around agreed are hilarious. Either you agreed or you didn't. You're acting like it wasn't your choice.

Yes, I had a choice. Wait around a couple of weeks (or months) and try to dig up something better or take the job and not be homeless. I don't blame the guy cuz he's a douchebag and did what douchebags do. When I told him I was leaving he offered me what I asked for in the first place. I told him to go fuck himself.

So it's unfair that people who study poker have an advantage over people who do not? Everyone's a snowflake!

I have a hard time finding the correlation between choosing to play poker and choosing to work. Beyond that I never really think it's unfair to anyone that doesn't get off their asses and do work.

More story of me:
Early in my trade I decided if this was what I was going to do I was going to do it well. So I studied. Read code books and studied motor controls and shit which gave me a huge edge over people I worked with. Now, if I go to work for a new company I'm usually promoted fairly quickly, which tends to make people who have been there for a while think it's unfair. These people are usually pretty lazy and not only don't have the knowledge I have but usually don't have the production at the end of the day I do either. Is it unfair that they don't get the promotion and the raise that comes with it when really all they do is open up pokerstars and sit at a table without studying any form of strategy?

[BennyLaRue]

More story of me:
Early in my trade I decided if this was what I was going to do I was going to do it well. So I studied. Read code books and studied motor controls and shit which gave me a huge edge over people I worked with. Now, if I go to work for a new company I'm usually promoted fairly quickly, which tends to make people who have been there for a while think it's unfair. These people are usually pretty lazy and not only don't have the knowledge I have but usually don't have the production at the end of the day I do either. Is it unfair that they don't get the promotion and the raise that comes with it when really all they do is open up pokerstars and sit at a table without studying any form of strategy?

You're advocating pay-for-performance here. Maybe you're not the unionist you think you are.

[supa]

You're advocating pay-for-performance here. Maybe you're not the unionist you think you are.

I'm not sure what a unionist even is. I don't really know much about unions other than the one I'm in and I like mine. I think private unions, especially constructions unions, work much differently that govt based unions. If you don't do your job you get canned. If you do well at your job you get to keep it. If you excel at your job the opportunity exists to move up and make more money.