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"hustle culture" is a scam that's tricking you into robbing yourself of worker's rights

I suppose when it comes to the advertising industry, hustle culture is at least better than misogyny and alcoholism



A culture with a major component being the consumption of alcohol does not escape advertising, FWIW.


Would setting up an LLC for yourself help protect some of those rights?


Probably not.

As an LLC you might also be entering a whole new world devoid of worker rights by being considered a contractor rather than an employee — which of course means you don't qualify for benefits. Ask a freelancer about how wonderful their healthcare options are.

The American variety of capitalism has successfully vilified unions and coined nonsense like "hustle" and "gig economy" to make it seem like this shift in work came from the bottom-up, but it's all just a guise to cut benefits and wages.

It's essentially a system that rewards executives for doing anything possible to exploit labor as much as the law allows for.

If you don't believe me, just look at the ever-increasing gap between employee and executive pay. Or check out the salary plateau despite the enormous increases in worker productivity. We've been suckered into doing more for less.


It would probably just confuse HR directors and your application would get passed over.




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