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AZJonnie

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1. Because they are trying to get the employees to say "well fuck this then" and quit

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 01:17 PM

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They probably can NOT refuse to pay these people, but if they can get a non-zero % of the employees to "hear they're never getting paid" and stop showing up, every one of them they'd regard as a "win".

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