It amazes me that people who can’t distinguish between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ are allowed to manage people

  • tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Hot take: a million dollar company is a small company. The owner better stop acting like his company is something exceptional

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      I’d say it’s a lukewarm take at best. A million dollar company is something like a small (<10 people) consulting agency or a couple hot dog stands in a relatively busy area. So like you said, nothing exceptional.

      Leaving out self-employed individuals and 2-3 person hair salons and the like, a million dollar revenue is not really something difficult to reach. Especially if you include things like retail, where moving any inventory increases revenue a lot. Even for companies outside retail, when keeping in mind how much one is able to bill for things like trades in the US, revenue increases quite quickly.

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      Never mind that surely a big company doesn’t explode the second someone calls in sick. The whole sign makes no sense at all.

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    “we are a million dollar company, you have no choice but to come in and make your $90 on this day”

    Ya ok. If we are a million dollar company then where’s my share?

    Fuck that mentality.

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      I worked in a service center for a big company back in my 20’s, they would factor in callouts to their staffing plan, and use historical data for it. They also paid 2.5x time on holidays like the 25/26 December. That’s what a million dollar company should look like…if you want to make sure there’s coverage, you pay for it.

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        A million dollar company is relatively a small fry. That’s what an average auto repair shop can make in a year in revenue. Small companies are way more likely to break labor laws and treat their employees like shit.

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        out of the four? There’s Northern Northern (Canada), Middle Northern (shithole), and Southern Northern (Mexico). And of course all of Southern.

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        I dont believe in that separation. Its all just people. Politics try to make you guys two sides fighting eachother but you have much more incommon with eachother than the owner class.

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          They said that to point out you said ‘America’ when there’s a north America and a south America and your statement is only true for one country within one of those. We all know what you meant, but let’s stop playing into US exceptionalism by using the name for two whole continents as a synonym for it.

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            I don’t really like anyone else assuming what I meant, but in this case yes, exactly that.

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            America is never associated with South America. It always means North America. If someone means South America, they always say so.

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      I was wondering the same thing. Maybe referring to a specific sickness a person has?

      But more likely just skipped English class.

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    If you want me to show up on Christmas, just pay me enough to show up on Christmas. It’s really that simple, you’re a million dollar company, act like it.

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    “We are a million dollar company”

    • Doesn’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.
    • Can’t pay for parental leave.
    • Can’t pay for sick day benefits.
    • Can’t give employees a decent wage to afford transport that doesn’t break down.