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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 20:31:28 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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   • Nicole Parsons
   @Npars01 as an independent hundredaire non-donor I also bitterly resent having to pay taxes.
   • Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 20:31:29 JST Nicole Parsons

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     the elements of the social safety net like employment insurance using a false narrative that EI discourages the work ethic.

     Republican billionaire donors bitterly resent having to pay taxes.

     6. Preparation for scab labor if there's a strike or a unionization drive

     Constantly maintaining a pool of readily available candidates undercuts union drives.

   • Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 20:31:30 JST Nicole Parsons

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     3. Deliberately instilling feelings of employment precarity.

     Employees don't ask for raises or improvements in working conditions if their job is always advertised

     4. Wage suppression

     When employees see jobs advertised at salary levels below their current salary, they don't ask for raises and are more likely to tolerate compensation package rollbacks like poorer health insurance benefits

     5. Political/economic disinformation

     Republican billionaire donors like Marcus want to end ...

   • Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 20:31:31 JST Nicole Parsons

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     • Robert Reich

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     Reasons for ghost employment advertisements:

     1. Salary manipulation tactics.
     It ensures new hires accept the 1st offer & thwarts attempts to renegotiate salaries after finding out the true scope of duties after their probationary period ends
     - "You are easily replaceable"
     - "We treat employees as interchangeable cogs"
     - "You are a dime a dozen"

     2. Budget preservation. Employers hire a body to fill a chair until they find someone "more suitable" ie white, Christian & male

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   • Robert Reich (rbreich@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 20:31:32 JST Robert Reich

     "No one wants to work anymore."
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     RT @jamieson
     This is demented https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-plum-job-listing-may-just-be-a-ghost-3aafc794?mod=mhp
     https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1637817227410825225