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I have a great job- good pay, great team, love the work. I am happy here.

Early last week, me and the only other un-shot employee on our team were told that we needed to be shot by December 8th or else we couldn't work. If we showed up un-shot and worked, the company would be fined for something like $14k per day, per un-shot employee.

So there I am, thinking "I'm going to lose this job that I'm finally fucking happy with over this goddamned shot?!" I am ashamed to admit this, but for a few moments, I had actually thought "Fuck it, I'm tired of stressing out over this, I'm tired of wondering if I'm going to have a fucking job next month, I'll just go get the fucking shot and either get all fucked from it, or be fine- but at least I'll have work." So they stressed me out with this pressure, this looming "deadline" (the language they use in shit like this is always very deliberate- deadlines are for work, the government doesn't get to demand deadlines from me).

As the initial anger and fear of the future faded, as my emotions receded and my rational mind took the wheel again, I had an epiphany- THE PURPOSE OF THESE "DEADLINES" IS TO GET GUYS LIKE ME TO JUST THROW THEIR HANDS UP IN FRUSTRATION, SAY "FUCK IT, I'LL GET THE DAMNED SHOT SO I CAN KEEP MY JOB"! And they almost got me. This is a subtle, bizarre kind of peer pressure. I'd argue that it's coercion.

Fucking federal government puts a gun to all employers heads- "Either your employees are shot, or we will fine you into oblivion." So the company, terrified of being fined, then turns and points a gun to the head of their employees- "Either you get the shot, or you don't get to work, and by extension you do not get to earn a living wage." THIS IS THINLY VEILED VIOLENCE. THIS IS A THREAT. THIS IS FORCE.

It seems all the lawyers are finally crawling out of the woodwork. I've been wondering- where the fuck have all the lawyers been over the last two years? We are the most litigious country on earth, lawsuits against anything and anyone for almost any fucking reason.... but no lawyers stepped up and filed suits for civil rights violations, Constitutional violations, etc.? Wtf? There's BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to be made in these lawsuits. But they just sort of went dark during all of this. Very sus.

Anyway, don't let yourself feel pressured like I did. I had planned on waiting until the last day, then getting the shot when it became clear I'd be fired. This plan was folly. I HAVE DRAWN A LINE. I WILL NOT TAKE THAT FUCKING SHOT, I DON'T CARE HOW SAFE THEY CLAIM IT IS, THIS IS THE LINE I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO CROSS.

I have a great job- good pay, great team, love the work. I am happy here. Early last week, me and the only other un-shot employee on our team were told that we needed to be shot by December 8th or else we couldn't work. If we showed up un-shot and worked, the company would be fined for something like $14k per day, per un-shot employee. So there I am, thinking "I'm going to lose this job that I'm finally fucking happy with over this goddamned shot?!" I am ashamed to admit this, but for a few moments, I had actually thought "Fuck it, I'm tired of stressing out over this, I'm tired of wondering if I'm going to have a fucking job next month, I'll just go get the fucking shot and either get all fucked from it, or be fine- but at least I'll have work." So they stressed me out with this pressure, this looming "deadline" (the language they use in shit like this is always very deliberate- deadlines are for work, the government doesn't get to demand deadlines from me). As the initial anger and fear of the future faded, as my emotions receded and my rational mind took the wheel again, I had an epiphany- **THE PURPOSE OF THESE "DEADLINES" IS TO GET GUYS LIKE ME TO JUST THROW THEIR HANDS UP IN FRUSTRATION, SAY "FUCK IT, I'LL GET THE DAMNED SHOT SO I CAN KEEP MY JOB"!** And they almost got me. This is a subtle, bizarre kind of peer pressure. I'd argue that it's coercion. Fucking federal government puts a gun to all employers heads- "Either your employees are shot, or we will fine you into oblivion." So the company, terrified of being fined, then turns and points a gun to the head of their employees- "Either you get the shot, or you don't get to work, and by extension you do not get to earn a living wage." **THIS IS THINLY VEILED VIOLENCE. THIS IS A THREAT. THIS IS FORCE.** It seems all the lawyers are finally crawling out of the woodwork. I've been wondering- where the fuck have all the lawyers been over the last two years? We are the most litigious country on earth, lawsuits against anything and anyone for almost any fucking reason.... but no lawyers stepped up and filed suits for civil rights violations, Constitutional violations, etc.? Wtf? There's **BILLIONS OF DOLLARS** to be made in these lawsuits. But they just sort of went dark during all of this. Very sus. Anyway, don't let yourself feel pressured like I did. I had planned on waiting until the last day, then getting the shot when it became clear I'd be fired. **This plan was folly. I HAVE DRAWN A LINE. I WILL NOT TAKE THAT FUCKING SHOT, I DON'T CARE HOW SAFE THEY CLAIM IT IS, THIS IS THE LINE I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO CROSS.**

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[–] • 3 pts

They made a mandate at my work too about 2 months ago. Told me that if I didn't get the jab I couldn't work. I ended up telling them that I wouldn't be getting the jab, and that if they felt the need to fire me that was on their head and their loss, not mine, and that quite bluntly I didn't give a fuck. The deadline passed, I still had my job, and in the end they've since removed the mandate that all people be double jabbed (so several who caved and got the first one have said "fuck off" to the second one). My work has zero leverage whatsoever over me, be it with financial pressure or pressure to keep a job. I think my job realised that they would end up losing a lot more than I would if I no longer was there (I have knowledge that nobody else at the business has, and I won't be teaching anyone else said knowledge), so they ended up caving on their rules.

[–] • 3 pts

I think you're partially right, but I also believe that these "deadlines" are part of the plan to pressure people into getting the shot.

How many fucking deadlines have we seen so far? Six or seven? These most recent two were executive orders, first for all companies that have federal contracts to all be shot by December 8, and all other businesses with 100+ employees shot by January 6 (or 7th?) are now meaningless, since the 5th circuit court is challenging this "mandate" on Constitutional grounds. Currently, there is no deadline.

I believe these repeated deadlines are meant to scare us into getting the shot. To stress us out. In my case, it was like "Fuck, am I going to have this job in a month from now if I don't cave in on my principles/beliefs?" That looming threat of being fired probably motivated the majority of people to get the shot. But, if they ignored these deadlines like you did.... turns out it's not enforceable.

Tangent- I am so fucking sick of this word "mandate". Number one, I don't go on them- maybe Obama does, but that's not my thing. Besides that... KINGS give mandates. I don't have any allegiance to a fucking monarch, and I kneel only before One. The Founding Fathers are spinning so fast in their graves, they may reverse the rotation of the earth at this rate. I am certain that, if you brought back to life any one of the many men who signed the Declaration of Independence, and brought him up to speed on our current situation, he would demand that each state form a militia and arrest all of the sitting tyrants.

[–] • 0 pt

That's exactly what these deadlines are for - to push the ones who will cave into doing it.

[–] • 0 pt

I think the founding fathers may have been transgender satanists and we know no truth about anything prior to 1900.