Big corpo jobs are fucked, yes, but my worst bosses were small business tyrants. Even corpos have some internal sense of organizational standards that most petty bosses also have to adhere to, but small business tyrants have little crowns on their heads.
Hey they give us 2 pies for thanksgiving and some holidays off! That way more than makes up for the fact that they're paying machinists here taco bell wages and no raises for 5 years!
Based off the comments on this post, I'm just now realizing that my experience has been pretty atypical. I've always had a better time working for local businesses, but I guess I've just been lucky.
For example, I'm working at a pizzeria right now and the owner will deliver pizzas or work in the kitchen pretty frequently. He pays us above min wage (not very common for a pizza job here) and makes sure tips are split evenly between foh and boh. It's a much better environment than when I worked corporate fast food stuff. I find that working for a well liked local businesses can make working feel a bit less alienating. But again, I guess I've just been lucky with the jobs I've managed to land.
Chuds will try to paint workers who want better pay as being entitled, but good lord small business owners are the most entitled fucks.
Big corpo jobs are fucked, yes, but my worst bosses were small business tyrants. Even corpos have some internal sense of organizational standards that most petty bosses also have to adhere to, but small business tyrants have little crowns on their heads.
Corpo jobs are a lot more self-aware from what I've encountered, small business tyrants think they're actually good people
Hey they give us 2 pies for thanksgiving and some holidays off! That way more than makes up for the fact that they're paying machinists here taco bell wages and no raises for 5 years!
I have known small business owners who weren't like this but the material incentives of the position are definitely to be like this
There is one exception to the rule: local non-profits.
But they're strapped for cash so it's not like they can pay you much even if they wanted to.
Based off the comments on this post, I'm just now realizing that my experience has been pretty atypical. I've always had a better time working for local businesses, but I guess I've just been lucky.
For example, I'm working at a pizzeria right now and the owner will deliver pizzas or work in the kitchen pretty frequently. He pays us above min wage (not very common for a pizza job here) and makes sure tips are split evenly between foh and boh. It's a much better environment than when I worked corporate fast food stuff. I find that working for a well liked local businesses can make working feel a bit less alienating. But again, I guess I've just been lucky with the jobs I've managed to land.