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by jcgrillo 615 days ago
> but competent humans can asses those risks and proceed in a thoughtful way to achieve their goals.

As a competent human, here's how I approach these risks. There's simply nothing an employer can possibly do to me that matters significantly. Firing is an opportunity--I can collect unemployment and apply to better jobs and probably get a raise. Failing that, I'm confident in my skills to survive and thrive in any north american climate and--with a small amount of luck and some learning curve--by extension just about anywhere else on the planet. So I'm not actually super worried about the worst case scenario. But I'm not super confident it won't happen, because to be so i'd have to trust employers which is a known mistake.

> grubhub and ubereats

Ah ok, i've never used apps like that. I'm probably not the demographic who'd be caught in this sting.

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So firing is an opportunity, but you categorically avoid engaging with your employer out of fear of giving them pretense to fire you. something isn't adding up for me.
Less is always more when it comes to work. The faster I can coast towards retirement the better, but if they want a fight fuck it let's go.