warmhappycat:

itsthemissa:

kinetic-elaboration:

paramud:

black-geek-supremacy:

officialweatherwax:

lolotehe:

portentsofwoe:

soih:

kaijuno:

HR: if they work 40 hours a week u have to give them benefits

Big company: hmm okay. They shall work 39

HR: if they work 8 hours u have to give them a half hour lunch and intermittent breaks 

company: 7 hours and 50 minutes, it is 

the law: if theyre employees you have to pay for benefits

company: lets staff through a temp service and wait so long to hire them in they quit out of frustration

the law: You must pay them this and no less.

company: I shall pay them that and no more.

The law: you have to pay your employees

Company: then we’ll replace them all with interns

The law: you gotta increase wages

Company: we’ll cut hours

the law: you have to give raises

company: mayhaps they would enjoy an extra five cents

the law: employees have rights

company: around here we call them “independent contractors”

I swear EVERY SINGLE ONE of my employers has been at LEAST two of these at once.

Me, banging pots and pans together: UNIONIZE