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Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines) (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It's not only legal it's effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    When the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They don't help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It's an inevitability.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    They're being paid minimum wage. It's not a great job.

    Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    If this is right:

    Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.

    • $5.24 (306 PHP)
      to
    • $9.76 (570 PHP)

    How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.

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