Comment on Shoppers Drug Mart Recruiting Volunteers to Staff Stores

Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Volunteering is a common graduation requirement for American high schools and liberal arts college courses.

  Got to get them nice and docile for corporate drone life while they’re still in their formative years.

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  • ech@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is completely incorrect. It is not common at all (honestly I doubt it exists anywhere) to require students to volunteer work for a damn convenience store, or anything of the like. Some might require volunteering with community programs and non-profits, which has nothing to do with making anyone “docile” for future employment. Keep your crap cynicism to yourself and leave proper volunteer programs alone.

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    • teamevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yo I never got paid as an intern

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      • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        While highly abused, internships are narrowly defined by law as educational and not the same as volunteering. I’ve also never heard of high schools requiring them. Usually a requirement for some college/uni degrees.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not for a fucking for-profit business, it isn’t!

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah, yeah didn’t think of this. I volunteered cleaning garbage from nature to get those hours. Seems kind of weird to go work for a corpo for free but I don’t wanna judge people’s options too hard.

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    • newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah if you’re gonna volunteer, do it for something less soul crushing. You got the rest of your life for the soul crushing work.

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      • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Can recommend cleanup crews. It feels good to remove tonnes of waste from the environment.

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    • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did you do it to get your diploma? Or did you do it to maintain membership in the National Honor Society or the Student Council or some such?

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      • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It was a specific class at community college. I’m pretty sure it was some sort of “college success” course.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This seems to have been in Canada

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• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why steal, sell the goods and go to a dealer and buy oxycodone when I can volunteer here and just steal Oxy.

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  • macisr@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good point haha.

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• nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For the glory of the Mammon!

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