All the rat has to do is climb the wall to the ot…
On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane
by
Emily Guendelsberger
Dec. 15, 2019 - Dec. 22, 2019
(read/class-struggle)
Guendelsberger, E. (2019). On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane. Little, Brown and Company.
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the learned helplessness of unpredictability
p.308
tipped the balance of power in the workplace
Businesses used to accept Wanda’s inefficiencies …
p.292
the managers told me to put mustard on it
That puts me in good company. According to a 2015…
p.287
cutting someone’s hours is a common punishment
I don’t know if it’s crazy-guy germs or just bad …
p.284
the expectation that the world should be better
The whisper comes from whatever it is inside me t…