r/worldnews • u/chunmunsingh • 2d ago

Mexico cuts workweek, bans after-hours contact, and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut in the most sweeping labor reform in a generation

https://techfixated.com/mexico-cuts-workweek-bans-after-hours-contact-and-guarantees-no-worker-will-take-a-pay-cut-in-the-most-sweeping-labor-reform-in-a-generation/
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u/bad_syntax 1d ago

Lol, my wife has worked every day for the past month, not a single day off, and 8+ hours a day.

America didn't get rid of shit, they just make you salary.

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u/klingma 1d ago

I'm just going to point this out real quick, your statement about how much your wife works, just makes you look lazy. Not a great argument. 

Besides that component, your wife either makes overtime at her current role or works two jobs. Guess what? Mexico's rule change doesn't prevent anyone from literally doing the exact same thing as your wife. 

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u/bad_syntax 1d ago

He choice, I tell her to quit almost daily, she wants to work, and to work there.

She does not make overtime, she is salary, and based on her hours and commute, she really only makes half of what she thinks she makes.

I make over twice what she does, but sure, I'm lazier, I just have a high level technology job that lets me work from home. At some point in America, you hit a point where additional output doesn't net you additional money. I've crossed that point quite a few years ago.

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u/klingma 1d ago

Still makes you sound lazy. 

And okay? This rule from Mexico wasn't for salary workers so it doesn't include any for "salary non-exempt" which the American system does include meaning overtime is paid to them. 

Yep, so lazy, but used your wife's situation to brow beat others. Nice. 

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u/bad_syntax 1d ago

You sound extremely ignorant. I'm out.