THE QUESTION
Why does a steady life take more than it used to?
Group cards you judge alike. Groups organise reading; they decide nothing.
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Clusters form from similarity, names come last
Canonical order: link pairs of ideas you judge similar — links are symmetric (A~B is B~A; direction never matters) and a tie holds once 2 members make it.
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Links are symmetric — A~B is B~A. Clusters are the groups that emerge from held ties, and only a formed cluster can be named, by a person. Your own links carry a ✕ to withdraw; you cannot remove someone else's. Clusters organise the wall and never gate the vote — two cards making the same CLAIM are a merge back in Clarify.
Links and names are made while Cluster is live; the steward’s ← reopens it.
So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses
To be precise: this is about the mechanism, not anyone's motives.
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unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
Compliance costs the same for nine employees as for nine hundred
~ A large competitor ca…A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us (17)
A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us
~ Compliance costs the …Compliance costs the same for nine employees as for nine hundred (17)
unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever
~ What used to be a job…What used to be a job is now a series of contracts (16)
What used to be a job is now a series of contracts
~ The things that used …The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever (16)
· not yet clustered (28)
Assets rose faster than wages for four decades
Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on
Every new rule consolidates the market a little more
The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place
~ Agencies take a margi…Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves (16)
~ So we use contracts a…So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses (15)
Automation is subsidised through the tax code and hiring is not
Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut
The apprenticeship system is designed for firms with an HR department
The chain that replaced the shop pays less and takes the money out of town
We would take the risk on a person if the risk were shared
~ Agencies take a margi…Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves (18)
~ We would pay more if …We would pay more if the work carried the price (20)
We would pay more if the work carried the price
~ Agencies take a margi…Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves (15)
~ We would take the ris…We would take the risk on a person if the risk were shared (20)
~ We are paid in ninety…We are paid in ninety days and pay wages in thirty (16)
~ We train people and a…We train people and a larger firm hires them at more (15)
Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not
One large buyer sets our margin and our payment terms
We are the ones who see it and nobody asks us anything
So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills
~ So we use contracts a…So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses (13)
Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage
Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired
Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll
We are paid in ninety days and pay wages in thirty
~ We would pay more if …We would pay more if the work carried the price (16)
Profit leaves the town on the day it is made
So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses
~ So nobody trains and …So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills (13)
~ Agencies take a margi…Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves (15)
~ The rules make dismis…The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place (15)
The customer chooses on price and always has
A single wage no longer supports a household
Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages
The policies are written for a company with a government affairs team
We train people and a larger firm hires them at more
~ We would pay more if …We would pay more if the work carried the price (15)
A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability
Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours
Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves