TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can't work from home | TechCrunch
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Wildfires are currently devastating the greater Los Angeles area, burning over 45 square miles, torching over 1,300 structures, and putting nearly 180,000
  • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    8 days ago

    They have WFH and make 6 figures per year. Explain to me why it’s surprising the company converted it to WFH. You take the perks with the disadvantages they entail, unless, we’re supposed to be angry with tiktok and don’t really care for the workers 🤔

    If it sounds bad and it’s not illegal, the problem isn’t tik tok!

    • chobeat@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Quit this bullshit. A lot of tech workers working remotely are contractors, precarious workers. Content moderators, data labelers, and the likes are not paid 6 figures and they are not privileged. Most of the workforce of these companies are not white, rich dudebros. Stuff like this adds insult to injury.