What an utterly privileged life we lead when we can just decide to quit our jobs because things are getting too “absurd”.

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pron 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, but because work is something we spend so much time on, when workers can quit when the work feels meaningless or absurd, that's a good thing. We should aspire for a society where all workers can do that.

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Edd314159 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I’m making no comment about how things _should_ broadly be. Only that we should consciously appreciate how rare it is for quitting to be a practical, and non-ruinous, option.

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antihipocrat 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's not privilege, it was demanded by workers who fought hard to obtain it. We should be more conscious of this, if only to help stave off the constant attempts to erode what our ancestors gained for us.

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irishcoffee 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My spouse and I both work. We also live so far within our means that either one of us could quit tomorrow and our lifestyle would not change.

Is that privilege? I consider it basic fiscal responsibility.

	▲	ryandrake 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		We should all aspire to that, but by that measurement, a huge percentage of the population don't have "basic fiscal responsibility." I know exactly one person who could quit their job tomorrow and not have to change his lifestyle. It's extremely rare, and I think qualifies as "privilege."
	▲	Edd314159 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’m in a similar situation. I’m just saying that I know a lot of people who work much harder than me, without anywhere near the same financial freedom. I think it’s good to meditate on that fact regularly.

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Longlius 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well yeah. We collectively figure out that the industry is toxic as hell and quit in large numbers. Then a year or two later, suddenly everyone's hiring with somehow even higher pay than the previous cycle because all the competent people have left and now the companies who tried negging us are on fire.

Maybe this time management will learn its lesson but probably not.

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witx 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sure and what is the issue of that? Myself and those close to me have worked very hard so I can be confortable in life

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skeeter2020 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think it's fine if a person (1) recognizes and appreciates the situation, and (2) can make it work without starving to death. There are a million examples of luxury in the first world and we're ignorant of most of them.

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jagged-chisel 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't this how it should be? To have the freedom to not tolerate (and to not encourage) bullshit "added value" companies, rent-seeking parasites ...

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ctenb 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you literally can't quit your job, that's called slavery, you realize that?

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test6554 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Kinda sounds like "not slavery" with extra steps

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hnfong 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You might be factually correct about the privileged part, but if you think about it, it's simply a privilege to not be a slave of capitalism...

	▲	malfist 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Careful now, you mustn't upset the cult of the job creator.