Your beholden to your employment to keep it and if you work for a smaller company they usually have shittier plans leading to worse bargaining power. Also if that company is looking to cut costs they may choose even worse plans which you have ZERO control over.

Just because that's the way it is doesn't mean things couldn't improve.

I find it really hard to understand how people will continually go against their own self interests to align with their beliefs, without question.

Things can be different, things do change and we're not always right.

Data has shown we could all be spending considerably less on Healthcare with single player [1] and not be at the mercy of our employment for it... But it's still shunned because it's socialism or some other reason.

1. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416416/single-payer-system...

Maybe I shouldn't, though I justify it because it allows me to focus on the bespoke bits of whatever I'm doing...

Feels a bit double edged to me still.

I get it, it's a bit annoying but nothing worth the effort of squeezing.

I feel like is nudity wasn't so taboo and sexualized it may not be that bad.

But I do realize there's a difference between erotica art like in the video and art that happens to contain nudity.

Not all r&d leads to something viable. So I'm guessing we'll see more of these capital assets being recorded as losses to reduce tax liability.

I was there for about a year IIRC, other than cleaning the machine "making ice cream" was dumping the premixed liquid into the top two compartments.

My mbp 2015 is the only Intel device I have Available and the main position died...so my only working position is windows and I'm running into issues getting into recovery. Even internet recovery wont work :/.

Purchased a washer and dryer set when our old unit was shot and had multiple issues within two years. Also purchased an oven with a similar outcome.

Fortunately my tv is going strong ish. Had to have the mainboard replaced around 4-5 years and patiently waiting for the day it won't power on. The TV situation isn't as horrible with my only lasting gripe being hdmi-cec getting out of sync and only full power loss for 15-30+ minutes seems to fix it.

I'm avoiding their products like the plague after all this....

Their designs look great but... lipstick on a pig.

Outside of this salary nonsense it's an overall good place to work though and a pretty cush job. Just frustrating that loyalty is punished because it can be.

It's been months and I received the same answer when I asked.

They're also actively hiring to expand our team and the upper end for the same role is 50k more than I'm currently getting.

When we hire someone new I'm definitely inquiring how much they're getting... It's unfortunate companies treat people this way.