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a lot of the advice around employer exploitation and work-life balance aimed at freshers feels like teaching them to refuse to take the offer in the ultimatum game. you'd rather let the both of us have zero dollars than have a dollar yourself and let them have nine.
but the sad part is the employer will get someone else to work for that dollar, while you will remain jobless without even having a way to improve those skills.
the only way to not be exploited is to work with better people. the only way to work with better people is to have better skills. and sometimes, the only way to have better skills is to work with shitty people. that's a sad reality. but this doesn't even need to be said as...
... to not be exploited as a fresher in itself is a highly privileged take. the majority of people in the country have no option but to be exploited initially to be able to move up the ladder so one day they may get to work with decent people who value their humanity.
after engineering, i started working on a monthly pay of ₹5000. i used to work for 12 hours on average every day + spend another 3 hours total in travelling. did i feel "exploited?" not really.
i was happy to at least have a job i liked after having a dismal academic record in college. i had no choice then. anything was better than unemployment. working on that first job is what allowed me to not only upskill, but find out what to upskill in and create more choices.
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