Post #4366385
2026-08-03 21:33 UTC
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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-08-03 22:43
@bagder@mastodon.social Unpaid work is a big thing in too many industries https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs https://medium.com/@carmitage/elon-musk-keeps-refusing-to-pay-his-bills-in-california-that-is-felony-theft-by-false-pretenses-130ad6f46d84 https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/07/31/spacexai-liens-construction-colossus-darana.html https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210507-why-we-glorify-the-cult-of-burnout-and-overwork https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/china-tech-employees-push-back-against-long-hours-996-alibaba-huawei Unpaid content https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/449690-talk-show-host-david-pakman-analyzes-youtube-demonetization/ Unpaid content moderation https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/30/reddit-moderator-protest-communities-social-media Unpaid overtime https://medium.com/career-programming/why-swes-must-work-unpaid-overtime-4b4ce9571185 https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211013-how-working-unpaid-hours-became-part-of-the-job Unpaid invoices https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/nearly-half-of-creative-freelancers-regularly-work-unpaid-hours-report https://www.ibtimes.com.au/spacexai-570-million-claim-ihra-financial-turmoil-1873420 Unpaid marketing https://www.businessinsider.com/cision-faces-collective-action-lawsuit-alleging-unpaid-overtime-2021-5 Wage theft https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees
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@masek@infosec.exchange 2026-08-04 07:54
@bagder@mastodon.social This is not by accident. That way they can make sure they only talk to "proper professionals" payed by Microsoft and other companies. God forbids they get someone who knows what he is talking about...
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@celeduc@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 07:13
@bagder@mastodon.social "lobbying" is how we say "corruption" in the 21st century
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@marcusgreen@fosstodon.org 2026-08-04 09:37
@bagder@mastodon.social I have found my local grocery store is reluctant to take payment in the form of my (limited) open source reputation and insist on various forms of money .....