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Kellogg’s Decides To Replace 1,400 Employees, People Online Clap Back With Fake Job Applications, Crashing Their Website
The internet is a powerful tool that, used right, can help people to achieve important goals. This was once again proven by people who actively express their thoughts and opinions in a subreddit called r/antiwork. Recently, it was found out that the Kellogg’s company, which is in a tough situation involving their striking workers, decided to permanently replace them after another failed demand to provide them with satisfactory working conditions. This news enraged people online to the point where one Redditor, @u/BloominFunions, encouraged others to apply for open positions in Kellogg’s by providing fake applications. Soon the application system was crashed, showing what could be achieved by people standing up for one another.
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Striking Kellogg’s workers are still standing their ground since October, demanding better working conditions
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The whole situation started on October 5th, 2021 when 1400 factory workers at Kellogg’s went on a strike demanding better pay. The company tried to end the strike by proposing a new contract which was soon rejected by the strikers. Their revised contract didn’t seem to look any more promising, so it was shut down once again.
After failed negotiations between the company and the workers, Kellogg’s decided to replace them with new workers
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Little did the company know that this step would cause a stir online as people were quite appalled by this move
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The new contract that was rejected by The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers And Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) stated that workers would be divided into newer and senior workers, offering newer employees lesser pay and fewer benefits. This way the company would be able to save on labor costs.
One Reddit user asked people online to send fake applications to Kellogg’s and this way “clog their toilet of an application pipeline”
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It has been known that the company failed to make sure that their employees would get a proper salary as well as acceptable working conditions
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This really enraged people online, who were quick to notice that the company isn’t the one that is struggling financially. In fact, it was shared that Kellogg’s CEO made $11.6 million during the year of 2020. Meanwhile, those who are striking for better pay confessed that despite working long hours without days off, they still struggle to provide for themselves and their families.
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It was soon noticed that the plan worked and Kellogg’s job site was crashed
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After finding out about this situation and hearing about the newest decision made by the Kellogg’s company to simply replace strikers with new employees, people online decided to help the best way that they could at this certain time. Once the redditor @u/BloominFunions posted about the situation on Reddit, numerous people started sending fake applications, this way crashing the system. Some users who had found themselves with a little bit of extra time in their schedule even decided to go to actual interviews just to waste their time without any intention of actually working there.
Despite this alarming situation taking place, users online were happy that people are finally speaking up and fighting against unfair working conditions
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It was stressed by many that these workers had to put up with challenging working hours without given a proper salary
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A lot of users online were happy to see people solidarize and help each other in times of need. They were also happy to see that something is being done with the situation where big companies use their employees without providing them with proper working conditions. What do you think about this situation? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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Someone took a more artistic approach to depicting the current situation with Kellogg’s
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Yara Balabanova 3 years ago
They're not even trying to hide their capitalist labour exploitation, I hope they won't get their new cheap workers
Zaza 3 years ago
16 hour shifts should be illegal. There are 24 hours in a day and you need 8 hours of sleep on average, so that only leaves 16 hours. You need to wake up, wash/shower, have breakfast (or a cup of coffee/tea at the least), travel to work, 5 minutes for some, 2 hours commute for others, travel back from work, do grocery shopping, cook dinner and eat dinner, prepare lunch for the next day. And that's just the bare minimum to survive. You also need to do laundry (clean clothes are necessary for work), do household chores like vacuuming, dishes, change bedsheets, scrub the shower and toilet etc and everyone needs daily downtime. Not 15 minutes of rest before you brush your teeth, but actual time to relax. And time to spend with friends and family on a regular basis. That's not a big ask, that's not unreasonable. It's the BARE FFING MINIMUM. People need to be paid enough so they can work 40 hours a week (max!) and pay bills and food without struggling
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
You made your bed Kelloggs now cry in it. Stop being a greedy s**t and pay people what they are deserved. Your probably loosing more now then what it would of taken to make it right with your employees. Times are changing and reality is people are not willing to work for crap pay. The longer it takes them to accept this the more money they will loose overall.
A dasher 3 years ago
Frankly, Kellogg's should have been condemned decades ago for marketing bowls of sugar as "part of a complete breakfast". You are not a "mighty tiger" for eating a frosted sugary cereal, you're on a sugar rush, crashing a few hours later. Sugar highs also make for lousy sports playing. Parents should have stopped buying these cereals at least 20 years ago.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
As a GenXer, I had mostly lost hope for the future over the past 20 years. My generation wasn't able to effect this kind of change, because there was no internet. I'm finding it extremely heartening that Millennials and GenZers are not only tech savvy, but also using tech to change our society. It may be a slow change, but I feel there's hope.
Laugh or not 3 years ago
Health care, paid time off, 40-hours week, retirement pension, etc. were all obtained before internet by unionists.
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Opal Starla 3 years ago
Treat your employees right, without them you get no place. The people working for you are the back bone of your company, give them what they need, pay them for a job well done and make sure they are taken care of. Without your people you have nothing, I will not buy your products anymore until you treat your employees with respect and take pride and honor your employees.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Thing is, with so many poor people in USA there is always going to be enough people desperate enough to put up with whatever awful conditions the job has. Eventually the people fight back, things are good for a while, power hungry greedy people figure new ways to exploit the masses... it's a cycle. Some times the pendulum slows down with education and human rights evening things out. Education is not so great in the USA though...
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Yara Balabanova 3 years ago
They're not even trying to hide their capitalist labour exploitation, I hope they won't get their new cheap workers
Zaza 3 years ago
16 hour shifts should be illegal. There are 24 hours in a day and you need 8 hours of sleep on average, so that only leaves 16 hours. You need to wake up, wash/shower, have breakfast (or a cup of coffee/tea at the least), travel to work, 5 minutes for some, 2 hours commute for others, travel back from work, do grocery shopping, cook dinner and eat dinner, prepare lunch for the next day. And that's just the bare minimum to survive. You also need to do laundry (clean clothes are necessary for work), do household chores like vacuuming, dishes, change bedsheets, scrub the shower and toilet etc and everyone needs daily downtime. Not 15 minutes of rest before you brush your teeth, but actual time to relax. And time to spend with friends and family on a regular basis. That's not a big ask, that's not unreasonable. It's the BARE FFING MINIMUM. People need to be paid enough so they can work 40 hours a week (max!) and pay bills and food without struggling
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
You made your bed Kelloggs now cry in it. Stop being a greedy s**t and pay people what they are deserved. Your probably loosing more now then what it would of taken to make it right with your employees. Times are changing and reality is people are not willing to work for crap pay. The longer it takes them to accept this the more money they will loose overall.
A dasher 3 years ago
Frankly, Kellogg's should have been condemned decades ago for marketing bowls of sugar as "part of a complete breakfast". You are not a "mighty tiger" for eating a frosted sugary cereal, you're on a sugar rush, crashing a few hours later. Sugar highs also make for lousy sports playing. Parents should have stopped buying these cereals at least 20 years ago.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
As a GenXer, I had mostly lost hope for the future over the past 20 years. My generation wasn't able to effect this kind of change, because there was no internet. I'm finding it extremely heartening that Millennials and GenZers are not only tech savvy, but also using tech to change our society. It may be a slow change, but I feel there's hope.
Laugh or not 3 years ago
Health care, paid time off, 40-hours week, retirement pension, etc. were all obtained before internet by unionists.
Load More Replies... Opal Starla 3 years ago
Treat your employees right, without them you get no place. The people working for you are the back bone of your company, give them what they need, pay them for a job well done and make sure they are taken care of. Without your people you have nothing, I will not buy your products anymore until you treat your employees with respect and take pride and honor your employees.
Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Thing is, with so many poor people in USA there is always going to be enough people desperate enough to put up with whatever awful conditions the job has. Eventually the people fight back, things are good for a while, power hungry greedy people figure new ways to exploit the masses... it's a cycle. Some times the pendulum slows down with education and human rights evening things out. Education is not so great in the USA though...
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