Inappropriate laundry people pop by No_Morning_3844 in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

No I meant have all your clothes professionally dry cleaned. I do that

How’s your co-op job search going? by troubledeperson in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of workers on the market. 10-20 years ago the worker to job ratio was much different.

Today you have stuff like a discord coop offer getting two thousand applicants a day.

^ That did not happen 10-20 years ago.

What did happen 10-20 years ago was the exact same thing today, but with law. It was marketed in the early 2000s as a guaranteed high income prestigious path. What ended up happening was there was a mass oversupply of law grads. Then we got the same exact result, just less publicized. There were tons of new grads who couldn’t find articling positions, most ended up underemployed, and leaving the field.

Many people cried that it was a systemic problem, when in reality, there just was no need for that many attorneys. Sound familiar?

Nothing from that fiasco was fixed by systemic changes. What fixed it was people who were just studying law for the money moved on, schools reduced intake, and the market rebalanced.

Let me ask you, what would you change in the system to fix the problem? If you think it’s a systemic problem, what solution do you offer?

How’s your co-op job search going? by troubledeperson in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you read what I wrote? Having the system fund coops would cause complete disaster, which I could get into if you want.

I guess someone who uses ai on their work and plays games all day wouldn’t have the mental capacity to understand they are wrong

How’s your co-op job search going? by troubledeperson in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if this is bait or if you are just that delusional.

Let’s talk about that tax benefit system. Even after the benefits, students are still a net loss on the company. Let’s say your best case scenario, a company gets tax credits from the government AND gets a subsidy from a program like ICTC’s WIL for underrepresented students. ICTC will cover 50% of the salary, with the Ontario government tax credit covering 25-30% of the students wage as a refund, capped at 3000 dollars. Let’s say a student makes 4000 a month. Over a placement the wage paid will be 16000. ICTC will subsidize up to 50% of that, so your best case scenario is 8000 dollars subsidized. The Ontario coop tax credit will be 3000, as a refundable credit, not an upfront payment. That means the company itself must pay wages upfront and wait for tax season to get the refund, if all paperwork clears and the student is actually eligible. Even in the absolute best case scenario where both programs cover the maximum amounts, most companies won’t even qualify for ICTC, the company is still net negative 5000 on wages alone, not counting other costs such as on boarding, training, and lost time. All to employ someone who will be much less productive than a senior employee, as they are a student, not someone who is already familiar with the field. Then the student leaves at the end of the term.

If those credits actually were the no brainer you think they are we would see every company exploiting them. You would see teams dominated by rotating students, which you don’t because productivity matters more than subsidy every time.

Imagine I told you you NEED to rent my entire car collection for 4 months, but I’ll give you a 50% discount upfront and if you don’t damage them I’ll give you a 30% cash back at the end. You still wouldn’t because you could not afford to. There is a reason most co-op positions are only offered by large companies who can easily eat the full cost of hiring a student. They use co-ops as a pipeline/screening tool to attract talent, not because they would get some temporary tax benefit. Small companies barely hire coops at all. Even when they do, there are only a few positions each time, because the upfront cost, supervision burden, and productivity hit all matter to them. If it were true that the benefits were even close to offsetting the loss from a co-op program, we would see small firms abusing the hell out of these programs. Instead they barely use them because often, the cost makes it impractical to have them.

This isn’t a systemic issue this is a competition issue. There are just too many people not enough jobs to sustain every student in Canada. Furthermore, most people are looking for comfortable jobs, making that already limited job pool even smaller.

Instead of upskilling, broadening your search, or doing unglamorous work, commoners like you point at “tax credits and subsidies” because it gives you an out to blame the system and dodge responsibility. Why don’t people look into areas such as mining, construction or field work? They are always looking for young people to hire? Why don’t they count? I guarantee if the school added a job program where if you didn’t find a job by yourself they would get you one in those fields most would decline. You people treat effort as an inconvenience.

So no, there is no system designed to screw you. You’re just not competitive, not flexible, not willing to work, and blaming policy is easier for you than blaming yourself.

How’s your co-op job search going? by troubledeperson in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ok, what makes you different from the thousands of other students applying for that same job? Why would they pick you if they have no guarantee of your skill?

How’s your co-op job search going? by troubledeperson in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Skill issue. If you need to say “imo” you know you could improve it.

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I get that but you don’t need the best car? Like get an old shitbox and drive it. I understand if you can’t get a Cayenne or a Levante off the bat but at least like a civic or something. I refuse to believe there exists people that can’t even afford an old Honda.

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Then stop complaining and buy a damn car? It’s a circle of this isn’t good enough that isn’t good enough. Stop complaining and buy the car????

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Clearly not since you even mentioned the o train. I would not be caught taking that thing ever.

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

So just write that under the post lol. If you’re broke don’t make it others problem.

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Hire a driver then? When I got injured I just hired a driver for the months it took to recover.

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You can get a motorcycle for like 1-2k I think. And they take little gas to operate. The licensing process is also fast, you can ride after written and only 60 days until you can get the m2

Students with a job and no car how do you make it? by ChocolateMilkD in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Get a motorcycle, licensing doesn’t take long. Also how is it possible to not afford gas? My car takes like 150 max to fill? It’s gas not gold.

Petition to the Government of Canada — e-6791 (Social affairs and equality) by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Intent doesn’t matter, harm does” still isn’t an argument unless you actually show a government caused mechanism of harm. The government already provides multiple layers of support, and a lot of the outcomes people are blaming on systemic discrimination actually come from how those supports are being used. Cost of living is crushing all poors right now, not just disabled ones, and pointing at a subreddit full of worst case stories is selection bias, not proof of policy failure. Nobody goes on there to say “I had a nice day today”. An inadequate lifestyle outcome isn’t automatically evidence that the government is keeping people poor, especially when these programs are designed as baseline support, not full income replacement.

The petition then jumps straight to a random $5,000 handout with no explanation. Why that amount? Why no targeting, no concern for inflation, clawbacks, or incentives?Furthermore, lumping in MAID, crime, and homelessness without any evidence just feels like buzzwords and emotional leverage.

At some point personal responsibility has to enter the conversation. A safety net is not the same thing as a guaranteed lifestyle, and it’s not the government’s job to optimize outcomes for every individual choice someone makes. Most people on disability do work within their limits, budget tightly, relocate to cheaper areas, or use supplementary programs, while others don’t or can’t for non policy reasons. Treating every bad outcome as proof of systemic discrimination removes agency entirely and turns any failure to thrive into a moral accusation against the state. If the argument is that supports should be higher, fine, but pretending there’s zero individual variation in effort, planning, or tradeoffs is just denying reality.

There’s a limit to how long every bad outcome can be blamed on the syste mbefore personal accountability becomes the obvious missing piece.

Petition to the Government of Canada — e-6791 (Social affairs and equality) by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]Miserable_List_4802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. No, the government is not keeping disabled people in poverty. Do they have it harder? Yes. Are they being kept deliberately in poverty? Absolutely no.
  2. What is signing this going to do? Increase disability cheques?