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Anyone else find the prospect of switching to a better job scary? (lemmy.ml)
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I think it's that if the switching fails, I'll be left without any job and risk homelessness. And that the general narrative I hear is that "we should be grateful to have a job at all".

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[–] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're right about being exposed to instant firing, but generally being short staffed on short notice hurts the company. For random garnished wages or whatever I depended on labor law protections. It is literally illegal to do what you describe in the places I have worked. There are probably less extreme examples that the law doesn't protect against that a contract could, but what incentive does a company have to write protections for you into their contract? There are probably good contragts out there. I just personally don't trust them.