I don’t need to know exact companies, no need to unnecessarily expose yourself or anything, but as we are a workers rights instance of Lemmy, I safely assume we are all proletarians. I for example work at a unionized grocery and I work outside. I have many complaints but I try my best to work as little as possible while getting my paycheck. Customers are usually fine but occasionally just dumb af to the point where it’s annoying(I have millions of stories) managers are very kind, only ones who were dicks left(unfortunately they probably got promoted if I remember correctly) and my coworkers are eh. Some are great to confide in and joke with, while others are rude or annoying, some are very nice but have garbage politics (libertarians who don’t understand their benefits from being in a union/don’t care enough about the differences to advocate for it). I plan on becoming a firefighter, not only for the pay, job security and union benefits, but it’s also an essential job that doesn’t exist just to create capital (no judgement to those who work in corporate environments, I’ve never done it and can’t judge it). I like my job overall but Goddamn the weather. Edit: Kinda cool to see so many people who are in tech.
I am lucky to work at public university in Poland as teacher an researcher, mostly work with automation, control and computer modeling. Money are not so well (I am afraid that liberal fucks want to sink the whole public sector to privatize it). I work also in side project (also publicly funded) to feed my family, since wife takes care about our small child, so I constantly feel overworked. But I think the job is interesting, and I think teaching is very valuable. Sadly, most students are not so interested in intellectual pursuits, they want to just get a job (they are forced by high life cost) and they finish their higher education earlier and earlier (few are taking effort to make MSc).
That’s extremely interesting! It is sad how academics and creative functions are forced to the side by threat of homelessness and poverty so “finding a job” as soon as humanely possible becomes the main priority. It’s difficult because I see myself slipping into that sometimes, but you can’t really do much or you’ll go insane from being trapped in the system and being unable to find a way out. Especially if you aren’t privileged enough to have financial support for your studies.