title, im paid by the hour so im wondering if its calculable the amount of time id need to be clocked in n not work to match the surplus value extracted from me

or am i stupid n misunderstanding surplus value

  • Johnny_Arson [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    your boss hasn’t tricked people into buying mud pies

    This, unfortunately, is my job. I saw some presentation for one of our new products (can’t say which ofc) but the presentation included how we should focus sales on x because high profile influencers like Joe Rogan were promoting it and so it’s in a viral boom phase. I hate it so much, but I do genuinely like the people I work with and have good rapport with my clients, but there is certainly times where I just feel like I am selling snake oil.

    I had someone asking for something to help with a certain ailment, to which I broke and had to just tell them “Sounds like your customer actually urgently needs anti-biotics and that is a life threatening affliction, we are not doctors and they need to go to urgent care yesterday”.