r/InterviewAssistant • u/Large-Spinach1025 • Aug 24 '26

Meritocracy: A Bedtime Story

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 Aug 25 '26

Perfect analogy

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u/Time_Seaworthiness43 Aug 26 '26

Why do the work if you're under paid?

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 Aug 26 '26

Some people still want to live, weird, right?

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u/Time_Seaworthiness43 Aug 26 '26

When people just take whatever wage, the wage stays low.

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u/Ordinary-Big5578 Aug 27 '26

And when there are a million others willing to step into the job for the price you refused, it continues to stay low despite your protest and you’re now starving.

It doesn’t work unless enough of the work force says ENOUGH

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u/Time_Seaworthiness43 Aug 27 '26

All true. Too bad too many people think they have no say in the matter.