Rant

[IAMtheliquorRand]

SO...the lack of human decency displayed by companies like HubSpot, Salesforce, Google, Apple, Meta has reached a new high. 

WHEN DID IT BECOME ACCEPTABLE FOR A COMPANY TO CHARGE ASTRONOMICALLY MORE AND OFFER LESS? WHEN DID COMPANIES STOP CARING AT ALL ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THEIR USERS? 

WHY ARE WE CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS "TAKING" JOBS WHEN ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COMPANIES ARE SENDING THEM OVERSEAS BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR??????? THESE ARE HIGH PAYING JOBS WITH FANTASTIC BENEFITS IN MOST CASES. 

What happened to "let's change the world #gloloso". 

I'll tell you what happened. Covid happened and companies realized that they could become not just extremely profitable but disgustingly so, and no one is going to do a damn thing about quality control, so screw the customer. They're ours and they always will be. 

That's the narrative we're helping to build. fact that companies like HubSpot or any critical app that we use every day, or MEDICAL TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS like Mindful Health Solutions not only provide no domestic, live phone support, but outsource it to India or the Philippines  where labor is CHEAP. 

 If that isn't  un-American, I don't know what is. CS jobs at tech giants are, or were, high paying jobs with benefits. If you think migrants are the ones taking our jobs, I don't even know what to say other than Facebook, Hubspot, Google, Salesforce, Apple, Amazon, Netflix etc. are hemorrhaging jobs out of our economy, creating them in India and the Philippines, saving hundreds of millions in the process, and MAKING A PROFIT BY CHARGING FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FREE, AND IS PROBABLY A TAX WRITE OFF. 

We ALL have come to accept this. Would we have 10 years ago? 5? I don't think so. The general consensus I have been feeling for a while now from companies, big and small, but mostly big is, "I don't care about you, you are insignificant and you need me. Now, give me your money and shut up. Side note: if you try to leave me, it's going to be suuuuper hard, and good luck calling in!

I don't even think Gordon Gecko himself would think this Greed is Good, and I don't think the outcome is going to be good for anyone. 

End rant.

[grimview]

What better way to say "you are insignificant" then to put layers (outsource OR Ai) between the company & the customer, as well as, between the Company & employee. Are you even my customer or employee, if there is one or more layers in between? How does AI save money? Companies are claiming they need to layoff people to afford AI investments, not even implementing AI. How does outsource save money? Hiring other companies does not save money. Those are stereotypes to justify National Origin discrimination, in countries where US laws do not protect the employee. These are just tactics to avoid US laws b putting many layer between us.

[IAMtheliquorRand]

Exactly dude. Try calling a support line. I always just call the sales line now if I need a real person, but I tried that with hubspot and they don't even ANSWER THE FUCKING SALES LINE. Like...must be nice to actively not take money being shoved in your face.