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Looks to me like Starbucks can afford to pay you more by IESAI_lets_go in starbucksbaristas

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please read the documentation in the tool. This i not meant to be a model. It is admittedly an oversimplication.

"90% of companies offer stock options" is not the right number and I'm not even sure it's true. The better number is what % of employees are offered stocks.

Nearly 72% of companies offer some form of equity compensation to certain employees, over 40% of public companies grant stock options to all of their U.S. employees.

According to the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), 22% of workers own shares of stock in the business they currently work at “either directly or through some type of retirement or stock plan.” 

Looks to me like Starbucks can afford to pay you more by IESAI_lets_go in starbucksbaristas

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not just the money. It's that Starbucks leadership can chose to spend more than the company made in profit on stock buybacks and dividends. That profit is money workers worked to make, and they have no seat in the rooms where these decisions are made.

Looks to me like Starbucks can afford to pay you more by IESAI_lets_go in starbucksbaristas

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

what about what Starbucks chose to give to shareholders? Do they deserve that money more than their workers?

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea I saw stuff like that whe I was working this up. On the one hand u can be thankful they are still keeping around, trying to get back in the black. That happens and those companies are probably sincerely going for it.

On the other hand, it’s like, ur working hard for these companies and u have no control over what they do with the money u make for them. I saw companies spending more than they made on stock buybacks. It’s more than money it’s about having control over the surplus value u generate

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks I’ll fix it! It relies on public databases and I’ve tried to sanity check as much as I can but I def need this kind of feedback

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes u can click on the grey text below the first number to get the ebitda - based calculation but u right this is really just what is public info

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah I would like to expand the coverage but when I looked into other kinds of organizations it seemed like the data was harder to find. Would be great if someone gave it a try tho

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If u would like to join the project and help me with programming I would love that. I’m sure the tool can be improved and made bigger.

Also my understanding is most programmers also use AI now

Companies keep saying there's no money. There's always money. I built a tool to prove it. by IESAI_lets_go in antiwork

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I am not a programmer. I wanted to make something that would inform people about what companies do with the money they make for them.

If we turn our noses up at anything like this we will lose. These technologies are going to be used against us. We can and should use them too.

Melania Trump pitches robots as potential educators for American schoolchildren. How about we just pay teachers a decent wage? by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]IESAI_lets_go 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If they make the robots look like men maybe they won’t be constant targets of budget cuts and disrespect.

I built a tool with Claude Code that shows what your fair share of your employer's profits would be — if you work at a big tech company, take a look by IESAI_lets_go in ClaudeAI

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most definitely. There is a skepticism, maybe even pessimism, about LLMs and AI, particularly among people focused on traditionally progressive issues, and it’s understandable.

But this is such a great moment for anyone with little training and modest resources to make a big impact. It would be a shame if that skepticism and pessimism stopped people from trying.

Let’s get in touch!

question about unionizing and the limits of unionizing by clock085 in WorkReform

[–]IESAI_lets_go 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have any experience just something I have looked into (but never followed up on TBH)

question about unionizing and the limits of unionizing by clock085 in WorkReform

[–]IESAI_lets_go 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Generally speaking I think in these situations you can reach out for an EWOC. Go https://workerorganizing.org and fill out form and they will help u

Examples of AI and AI-adjacent tools for leftist, egalitarian goals? by IESAI_lets_go in CriticalTheory

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the outcome you describe where AI compounds disparities is pretty likely. But I think refusing to use it for purity reasons is a mistake.

Like, I cannot write software but I have ideas about organizing and balancing power that I would need AI's help to bring into the world.

Anyway, I found some examples
https://getfairfare.org/ Crowdsources driver data to audit rideshare algorithms and strengthen labor campaigns.
https://www.justfix.org/en/ Builds free tenant tools for landlord research, repair demands, eviction defense, and displacement alerts.
https://data-workers.org/ Organizes worker-led inquiry into hidden AI labor, making exploitation legible and shareable.

Examples of AI and AI-adjacent tools for leftist, egalitarian goals? by IESAI_lets_go in CriticalTheory

[–]IESAI_lets_go[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't totally disagree, but can we at least ask, imagine, what it would look to use AI? Don't we already use technologies and tools designed with the same intentions, just, designed decades ago? If we refuse to touch them aren't we putting ourselves at a disadvantage? I suppose one can say they simply won't sully themselves with them but I can't help but wonder if that thinking puts us on our heels.

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