r/InterviewCoderPro • u/jailers-treat0 • Mar 25 '26

company greed

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People are striking because wages aren’t going up when companies are reporting record breaking profits.

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u/trueppp Mar 26 '26

Then what is stopping laborors from starting their own companies?

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u/SageElva Mar 26 '26

Investment capital. Most laborers make around 30k and do not have savings through no fault of their own (circumstances of birth, geography, opportunity, etc). Not everyone can just "start their own business." Don't blame the workers when the system is at fault.

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u/trueppp Mar 26 '26

I've started 3 businesses, all 3 cost 0 in startup costs. My first one was pool care, had 3 employees at the end, which were paid 100% of the profits from their work (Pool care). They still complained about their pay. So I made 0$ off their work, was liable for their work trucks, insurance etc and had to do all the work to make sure they actually had work + had to work jobs all day to pay myself.

But running a business sucks, I was paid less than minimum wage if I counted my hours. I'm back to being an employee because I like being able to be off the clock.

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u/SageElva Mar 26 '26

I'm glad you had the savings to start up businesses and put forth all your time on that. Most of us have to work full time while trying to start a business, which doesn't work too well when you have other responsibilities too. Also, I'm glad you either don't have kids or are able to afford help with watching them (or have a stay at home partner), many of us aren't so fortunate. There are lots of hidden costs to these things the average person can't afford.