The work culture at rich tech companies (people read something upsetting in the news and want to discuss and 'process' it on company time) is so alien from most people's experience of work that it makes me despair for ever finding common ground with the actual working class
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Replying to @Pinboard
Ever been to a construction site or a shipyard? That particular aspect is not that alien at all. Arguably, it’s worse (YMMV).
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Replying to @GrayMachop @Pinboard
Construction sites will literally have political talk radio playing all day…
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Replying to @coneslayer @GrayMachop
That is a good point. But... people are doing stuff in the meantime. Burly construction things
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I might just be a soft tech worker but I was under the impression that a lot of trades work involved a lot of standing around waiting and shooting the shit because things go over schedule and you can't start shit until the other person finishes.
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Or because you have a cushy no-work union job!
12:17 PM - 27 Apr 2021
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