• the_q@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I wonder how much she “needed” and how much they offered. I bet whatever it was, she doesn’t live anywhere near the poverty line.

    Edit: Why all the downvotes?

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      The c-suite execs making the payments aren’t anywhere near the poverty line either.

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        Perhaps none of them should be this far above the poverty line? (Big disclaimer, I didn’t read the article.)

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      Did you read the article? It’s obvious what her needs were (see no parenthesis needed), they didn’t meet them so she bowed out. Should she take a deal that’s bad for her because in your mind she doesn’t “need” it?

      That’s why you got downvoted.

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      would you take any job offered as long as it’s above the poverty line, or do you have compensation standards based on the job market and your experience?

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        Do you think celebrities with all the perks they have really get to be applauded for standing up for themselves when a teacher doesn’t have that kind of privilege?

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          The solution is not to drag everyone down. Teachers deserve to get paid more but their pay comes mostly from local property taxes instead of a trillion dollar company that owns a third of all media.

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          This is a relative privation argument. Just because other people are less privileged than Claudia Black doesn’t mean she should be a Disney doormat.

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      When you’re at the top of your craft, you should know your worth, and when someone else doesn’t. A corollary to this is that your should not tolerate when someone doesn’t recognize your worth.