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arrow-up154external-linkGAME staff discovered zero hours contracts move via mass Microsoft Teams callswww.eurogamer.net ylai ( @ylai@lemmy.ml ) Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago message-square21fedilink
minus-square kindenough ( @kindenough@kbin.social ) linkfedilink13•edit-26 months agoAh, modern slavery. Zero hours contracts should be banned. Anyone thinking about offering you one, should be poofed out of existence
minus-square allywilson ( @allywilson@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink6•6 months ago should be poofed out of existence This means something very specific in the UK.
minus-square Maestro ( @Maestro@fedia.io ) linkfedilink5•6 months agoYou can’t just drop that and then not explain…
minus-square ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoPretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.
minus-square Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) linkfedilink2•6 months agoIt’s a bad thing, to be sure, but it’s just not anything like slavery.
minus-square metaStatic ( @metaStatic@kbin.social ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoyeah, people treated their slaves much better.
minus-square Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoDid I miss a /s? Because at face value, that’s utter bollocks (since we’re talking about the UK).
Ah, modern slavery. Zero hours contracts should be banned. Anyone thinking about offering you one, should be poofed out of existence
This means something very specific in the UK.
You can’t just drop that and then not explain…
Pretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.
It’s a bad thing, to be sure, but it’s just not anything like slavery.
yeah, people treated their slaves much better.
Did I miss a /s? Because at face value, that’s utter bollocks (since we’re talking about the UK).