teft's transporter clone to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoRemember Sean Aloysius O'Brien on this auspicious day. Happy Labor Day!imagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down17
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAt the last few jobs I’ve had? Yeah. Cheap bastards made me buy my own fucking tools
minus-squareTb0n3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoWould that make you a contractor? You own the tools you use then you can go wherever else. If you aren’t a contractor then refuse and go elsewhere.
minus-squareroy_mustang76@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNah, it’s not uncommon in the trades in the US to expect workers to bring their own tools. It’s bullshit, but unfortunately we’ve normalized lots of bullshit here.
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd when every company in my industry requires me to own tools?
minus-squareTb0n3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLet me guess. You’re a mechanic? Pretty much a contractor who can pick up and leave.
At the last few jobs I’ve had? Yeah. Cheap bastards made me buy my own fucking tools
Would that make you a contractor? You own the tools you use then you can go wherever else. If you aren’t a contractor then refuse and go elsewhere.
Nah, it’s not uncommon in the trades in the US to expect workers to bring their own tools. It’s bullshit, but unfortunately we’ve normalized lots of bullshit here.
And when every company in my industry requires me to own tools?
Let me guess. You’re a mechanic? Pretty much a contractor who can pick up and leave.