probably the simplest but most dramatic conceptual reframing tool i am trying to use more nowadays is whenever a company says "we can't find people to work" or similar, what they're actually saying is "we are underpaying for this position".

a wage is a bribe you pay a person to sit in one place and do a job, no matter how crappy that job is. if you are struggling to find a person to take that job you should raise the level of bribe. basic shit

They have figured this out. Compare the new hiring sign (taped in the window) to the old (little plastic sign), and apologies for the photo quality.

• $5k-9k for childcare or tuition? it's now $28k (and looking at the website, it seems that you may get both childcare and tuition money if relevant, it's not completely clear)
• free health insurance? they specify it's Platinum now
• even the starting wage is somewhere between "above" (~$1/hr) and "significantly above" (~$5/hr) minimum wage depending on the Dick's location--which is why it's relevant to say the starting wage is $20/hr at all locations

EDIT: To be clear, this is a place where a burger is $2.30, a cheeseburger is $2.75, a shake is $3.60, and a coffee is $1.85. If they can figure it out, so can anyone.

gul dukats nemesis being garak is so fucking funny. hes literally like one of the highest leaders on cardassia and hes convinced that the tailor on deep space nine is out to get him. its like if the secretary of state had a bitter feud with some random hot topic manager in detroit

Other cardassian guys like "hey man is that guy from the laundromat still giving you trouble" and dukat is like "that -guy- was in the Obsidian Order and he actually poses a serious threat to cardassian leadership, ok?? He's PRETENDING to be harmless"

all looking at each other like "...Ok, man"