Elon Musk is kind of a jerk. The richest man in the world is pretty thin skinned. A little criticism and he freaks out. Just look at how quickly he fires people who say anything he doesn’t like. He’s really quick to cut off a person’s livelihood. Now imagine living on Mars where he could cut off your very air. It’s not like you could strike out on your own.
Actually that must be the dream of all bosses. Talk about a captive workforce.
So that got me thinking of the Great Resignation. One of the big things behind people willing to quit their jobs is the ability to get another one, usually at higher pay. That little bit of freedom is driving businesses nuts.
There are other ways people are kept in check. I bet you know people who are only working because they need the medical insurance. If you have a chronic medical condition or are supporting someone who does, you are stuck.
Student debt is another method of control. That keeps the hamsters on the wheel.
High housing prices and the price of necessities keep us in chains too.
From the viewpoint of Wall Street things are working out just fine. Now once they cool the economy and increase the unemployment rate, those pesky job resigners will have no choice but to take what’s given them.
At least they can’t turn our air off . . . yet.
-Sixbears
The Space X employees were complaining about Elon being insufficiently deferent to the SJWs in his employ. You don't tell the bossman what to do like that. So he fired 'em. Good work that man, I say.
ReplyDeleteUnion, I say.
DeleteFrom what I've seen the only people Elon Musk screws with are the ones begging to be screwed with. And he's got the chutzpah to do it.
ReplyDeleteStill a jerk in my book. I get to have that opinion on this blog.
DeleteYeah , I have to remind some on my FB page . That we all get to have our own opinion.
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