• RBG
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    This reads like some crappy anti-union propaganda.

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    137 months ago

    I tried my hand at being an independent consultant for a while. I hated having to manage everything myself. Realized I want someone else to handle all of that and just want to show up, do a job, go home. Much happier working for others. Might be a personality thing.

  • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I once wrote and sold some extremely shitty software, most of the effort was in the testing and support “departments”, which were merged as I just had my (fortunately mostly very patient) customers work through the bugs with me.

  • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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    Rather brave to believe that you’ll have a product, an engineering departement, a marketing departement, a support departement or any employees in your startup.

  • Barx [none/use name]
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    67 months ago

    Fairy tales that middle managers tell themselves so they feel important and smart for sucking up to the company owner.

  • Cruxifux
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    This is idiotic. This is not how owning a business works at all. I own a small contracting business and even I hire someone else for payroll.

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        57 months ago

        I’m a Marxist myself but let’s call a spade a spade here boys

          • Cruxifux
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            Like what specifically? I haven’t really even seen any Marxist vs socialist fighting on Lemmy.

              • Cruxifux
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                17 months ago

                I get annoyed with people who Stan for any politician and don’t use dialectics and nuance and historical significance to talk about these issues. It’s an issue with marxists just as much as any political leaning, but a lot of my fellow marxists should know better honestly.

                Leftist infighting has been the death of many leftist movements in the last 100 years.

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      Yes. Most of those are just costs. I’d replace that with building a customer base and doing the math for how much of it you need to keep income over costs. That’s what kills most business ideas.

  • @Delphia@lemmy.world
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    Depends on the job.

    Mine is great, I wouldnt trade having a narrow set of well defined goals and a known set of giant pains in the ass for the plethora of ever changing issues a small business startup has to deal with.

    I know plenty of people who would.

  • @UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    The best case scenario while living a capitalist way of life is to be the exploiter. Sure some can save up to buy their emancipation from the economic system, but they will always be behind those who take advantage of others.

    What a beautiful life to leave your kids…