I had to deal with some guy at work trying to do some tiktok video and including me in it so I could complement his side gig or some shit (and likely only including me because women get views). And if I complain too much about being included in their grift everyone will shit on me for being a karen or for not helping him with it. Jesus fucking christ, I hate people that try to constantly plaster their face and name on everything to make money. Fuck youtubers, fuck tiktok, fuck ads, stop stealing peoples work for a quick buck ‘by doing commentary’, leave me the fuck alone
It works fine for me and most people. You just need to be dedicated and have a skill that’s valuable. If you don’t have one then you need to get one.
Valuable and in demand are not the same.
I never said they were, but if you’re good enough at your skill you will be valuable
What job are you doing that isn’t having most of the value you made taken from you?
I’m a highly skilled person, I’ve been in corporate America for 2 decades and have a long list of skills and abilities and work hard.
I’ve literally generated multiple millions of profit for companies I’ve been at. Did I ever see an extra penny? A bonus? A % raise? Anything beyond the normal bare-bones standard “cost of living raise” (which never ACTUALLY goes up as much as CoL does BTW) ? Nope. And that’s part of the issue we are talking about. I could be a STELLAR employee and generate the lion’s share of profit OR I could be a lazy unproductive idiot that costs the company money and you know what? Neither of those things changes pay for me. What does? How well liked I am, how much I brownnose, who I shake hands with, who I know, what shady deals I may do in secret, etc. But I have integrity and I refuse to lie, cheat, grift and schmooze my way up like most execs do.
It is EXTREMELY common to work your ass off, earn some CEO and shareholders millions and billions, then they can lay you off or you die and no one cares. They milked every last drop of productivity from you and will happily discard you at any time.
Dude, if you’re making your company millions of dollars and they don’t recognize it then that’s your fault. You’re obviously not playing the game right in your company.
That’s exactly my point though. It’s arbitrary and has nothing to do with “hard work” or “ability” as you claimed.
It certainly does but with your hard work you also need to make sure that you get recognized for it. And that’s up to you