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Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)

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Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)

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Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Zatore@lemm.ee
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    shouldn’t the federal minimum wage apply to everyone who is doing work in the US? This seems like fraud

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      This practice is rampant across industries and only getting worse. We must demand an end to it through legislation.

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    I would just unplug the camera and computer. Every day. Even if I wasn’t buying anything.

    Fuck this business.

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      Be sure to wear gloves.

      • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
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        Why?

        • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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          Because a person 8000 miles away can’t wipe down anything so the place has to be dirty

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    this should be straight up illegal.

  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Boo for OP who didn’t name and shame

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      https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/nyc-restaurants-use-zoom-cashiers-from-philippines/

      adding that she splits tips with her manager and kitchen staff at the restaurant.

      They don’t even let her keep her entire tips. The whole situation is fucked. Somebody mentioned in the article also brought up a great point…

      “Today, this is a Filipino woman behind a screen, controlling a POS system — but it’s not crazy to believe that probably in the next six to twelve months, this could be an AI avatar doing all the same things,” he said.

      What a shitty future we have.

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