Anyways, I don’t even know what we are arguing about anymore in here. Both sides are really fucked up right now. There is a mental health crises going on in the States. I see it the second I step foot in the country. People are angry, half the time I don’t even know why because the quality of life is so much better than other places in the world.
I’m starting to really think there’s too much consumerism in the states (we knew this), but it is manifesting in such a different way right now. People work simply to buy shit. No one interacts, everything is superficial, no one enjoys life it seems.
Even traveling is about taking pics and putting it on fucking instagram for accolades, not about actually traveling and enjoying your time. Really bizzarrooo stuff.
I really need to seek another remote job and move to another country. Enjoy the benefits of capitalism making U.S dollar while living in a different country where people may have less but actually seem to enjoy their lives.
Willingly. They were orders that could have been, disobeyed isn’t the right word, not followed. In essence, they volunteered.
I would agree. But there is also a spiritual crisis as well. Addressing that would mean questioning many of the things we think of as American values.
And questioning this makes you a socialist or something because it inevitably leads to questioning capitalism. It doesn’t need to but it does. Somewhere along the way we went from having capitalism and culture to capitalism as culture. In education you see the push for STEM at the expense of art and music.
might be because someone somewhere convinced them that it’s not their fault their lives are the way they are and people willingly have given up their agency to affect positive change in their own lives (i.e. not taking action to improve their situation where they can) in the hopes someone will do it for them.
This isn’t a new thing. Just more people have access to cameras and the ability to upload them so other people can see their photos. I saw a good deal of people taking pictures, then they’d put their cameras away and enjoy their time in the space they were in with the people they travelled with or to see…I think you’re jumping to conclusions with this particular observation.
I’ve thought similar things. There are less material comforts in some of the places I’d like to do this in (Azores specifically) but what is there as far as food goes is pretty damn great. The other comforts take adjusting (bedding being inferior is just one example) but do-able.
Working at a staffing company that employs tens of thousands monthly in other countries, don’t count on this being a thing.
If you’re a C suite guy you can demand American wages while working in another country. Anything else and they’ll just laugh hysterically until they realize you were serious
Yes. It is true that if you live in the inner city the road to success will be harder and have more obstacles but, it doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Is it fair? Probably not when you consider the past injustices that led to the creation of inner cities but crying about the past won’t help you go forward. It’s easier to complain about white privilege and racism (which may very well exist in some form) than it is to “fight” it by focusing on individual goals and success.
When I taught inner city kids I would tell them the truth (which admin hates) that like it or not, they will have to work harder but it won’t be as hard as those who came before them.
Wasn’t this a complaint about the typical Japanese tourist? I think the people who take pictures of their lunch to show others is retarded (and my wife does it).
In the sense of inaction, sure. There’s a boogeyman holding you back is a great excuse for not taking control of those things which you feasibly can.
Or the trailer park, but it’s the same issue from what I understand - disengaged community and low to no ‘legitimate’ income. The mindset fostered in those environments don’t help and can be a bitch to overcome - especially without positive mentoring.
Yea, I remember those caricatures in '80s movies. But then again, I also remember hordes of Japanese people armed with Kodak’s in Disneyland when I was a kid in the 80’s so … art imitating life??
My wife does it every so often. I tease her about it but, in moderation, it’s pretty harmless.
I know some friends that are programmers and they get to do it. I think some of them lied though and said they were still in the States.
But I’ve never understood the issue of allowing employees to work remotely in other countries ? what is the difference, really? If they hire you, you’re a U.S citizen, but are currently abroad what is the issue?
Oh, and most of you staffing guys are dicks anyways. There’s a real weird smugness to you staffing fuckers, and I’m just not talking about you
The employer has no incentive to pay you 1%'r wages in a locale where you don’t need it. Not only that but there’s a slew of tax and compliance boxes that have to be checked.
I’ve never heard anything close to this from anyone in the staffing industry lol. If staffing people having a reputation for being smug exists nobody told us
But I’m pretty sure if you are a United States citizen and they are paying you as such there is nothing else on their end they have to do. The U.S government doesn’t give a shit either way as long as they get their money. The company files taxes wherever their headquarter is located.
It is on you, if you live in another country more than a specific amount of time you’d have to start claiming taxes in said country, and in the U.S.
Not true at all. There’s tons of stuff they’d have to deal with where you reside, data compliance issues, etc.
If you’re not 1099, the taxes come out of your paycheck, and your employer pays them on your behalf. You then file a return summation end of year. It’s rough to sync with foreign locales.
Plus, they just have no incentive to allow it. There’s tons of risks associated with hiring remote in another country. Zero reason to take it on unless you’re an S tier candidate.
It’s just a sign that somehow with camera phones and social media we feel compelled to tell everyone everything about our life all the time. And then we complain about invasions of privacy or something. As if anyone had to invade us to know every possible thing we did in the last year.
We’re so convinced now that everyone cares about everything that could possibly happen to us in a day. By all means share cool shit if you want. You met Patrick Mahomes and here’s a picture. You saw a whale and describe it. You’re eating at an amazing restaurant fucking go for that picture.
But the smallest most mundane things? Before this I don’t remember people making phone calls and saying “yeah Carol I just wanted you to know we had grilled chicken breast tonight and it was amazing. I wish you could have seen it. If they ever invent something that can take instant pictures I can give to you in a second you’ll never miss out on something that I will shit out again. I can promise you that.”
And yes my wife thinks I’m annoying as shit rolling my eyes at what she does on social media (and she’s not bad at all.). She does think those fucking look your a zombie, dog, old, or a unicorn now filter things are a hoot.
Leaving flowers, notes, etc at the scene is not my bag.
However, in a world that has added daily outright incivility and bitter hatred , l don’t see the harm in voicing some attempt at expressing humanity.
Mom has cancer - ‘Oh well, she’s old anyway.’
Is that somehow better than ‘l’m sorry to hear that. Hope she beats it quickly.’?
I think he is commenting on the need to take to social media to express compassion vs doing it in the real world. If I say to someone I know that I’m sorry about his mother having cancer, face to face, over the phone or in a letter, that’s one thing. But to say it in social media so everyone knows how sensitive and caring I am, is another thing.
This. Not to mention I think he is pointing out that you expressing your sympathies on social media doesn’t do anything for the victims. Donate money, time, effort something. Write a letter like you said.
From a buddy of mine that does it - his employee switched him to a 1099 when he requested to be abroad for a certain period of time. The biggest hurdle is the other implications about compliance like you mentioned which I already knew would be a thing since I already worked abroad for a period of time but not full time.
It seems like most people are requesting this to be a thing, according to him, I imagine it to be true. I researched a bit as well and it seems like bigger companies are also willing to do it as long as there isn’t international taxation issues like avoiding double taxation, and some absurd social security that may have to be paid in another country.
But there is ways around all of that, especially if you are willing to go back and forth.
nah, Social Media is doing a number on society in the U.S.
Did you not see that ‘social media personality’ or whatever the fuck she calls herself upload the wrong unedited clip where she beat her fucking dog? that stupid cunt. She’s uses the dog to get clicks.
