what, just because I lucked into having a home with a garage and some disposable income to throw at tools start this thing, then I should bring in some other poor fuckers with less opportunity and income and take advantage of them???

what the actual fuck is wrong with people

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but when will you hire employees?

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fucking never?! If somebody desperately wanted to service tractors and mowers with us, we'd make them part owner.

I just can't see profiting off somebody else's labor?? I didn't earn the luck that enabled us to keep tools and parts when we had to abruptly move, shit just happens.

It just doesn't seem fair to tell somebody who can do the job just as well that they deserve less money for their time just because our chips fell differently. I genuinely don't understand how anybody is okay with that.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you really needed help you could hire someone who’s willing to learn, pay them decently, then once you feel they’ve learned enough ask them if they’d like to be a partner. That seems fair to me personally since you’re giving them a free education.

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And we’ve circled back to apprenticeships!

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sort of, this is pretty much how it’s done in the trades except for the becoming a partner part. That part is replaced by starting your own business and becoming a small business tyrant in our timeline.

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I was thinking about euro cottage industry apprentices like ye old village blacksmith

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

loony lefty millennials refusing to create jobs, thus destroying the economy

smh joever