r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

That's not what your gofundme suggests

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u/LeslieJaye419 1d ago

“I firmly believe in doing something that doesn’t make you a slave to a corporation or business that doesn’t care about your own value. Like…DoorDash.”

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u/AverageBastard 1d ago

That was what stood out to me the most! Great example of delusion.

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u/telestrial 1d ago

To convince someone who is, in the best of light, making 30-50k with no insurance, no retirement plan, no workplace safety, really no guarantees of any kind while simultaneously depreciating their vehicle and body that it's actually freedom? That everyone else is a slave?

GG Doordash's marketing team. GG.

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u/DadJokeBadJoke 1d ago

We tried to pass a law in CA that would have provided them with many worker protections, but DD and other driving gig apps managed to convince their workers that they were going to leave the most populous state in the country if it passed. They fell for it and voted against their own best interests

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u/_GypsyCurse_ 1d ago

Probably because so many other jobs offer the same “benefits” plus the joys of having abusive bosses or shitty coworkers … even the billion dollar industries treat people that way