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Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines) (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago by chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Boo for OP who didn't name and shame

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/nyc-restaurants-use-zoom-cashiers-from-philippines/

adding that she splits tips with her manager and kitchen staff at the restaurant.

They don't even let her keep her entire tips. The whole situation is fucked. Somebody mentioned in the article also brought up a great point...

“Today, this is a Filipino woman behind a screen, controlling a POS system — but it’s not crazy to believe that probably in the next six to twelve months, this could be an AI avatar doing all the same things,” he said.

What a shitty future we have.