Why did it have to be Florida?

May 26, 2023 3:28 AM

GWZipper

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Would be a huge $$ increase (not that I'm doing bad now) but seriously - what kind of person with options relocates to a place as backwards as they're becoming? I wonder if the people there have any idea what the rest of the country thinks of their recent political choices.
I realize half the country agrees with that shit, but not the educated half that has the wherewithal and the drive to relocate there and build things up.

FP edit-

funny enough, the recruiter mentioned in his email, "if relocating to Florida is a deal breaker, I'd understand", to which I replied, "sorry, but you're correct in that Florida is a deal breaker". I have a feeling I'm not the first person they've reached out to, by a long shot. I hope he's hearing this from a lot of candidates, and it gets back to the company hiring.

I feel bad for the company; they've been established in Florida for a long time, with a lot of immovable infrastructure. Hopefully they can do their part to push the political spectrum.

Stay safe, @OP

3 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

Florida is full of idiots supporting fascist shitheads. Just like Texas and its people. Screw them all!

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

PLEASE TELL THEM THATS WHY!! Mass corporate pressure is all these fucks will eventually listen to.

3 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

This, this so many times. LOUDER!!!

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Some of us are trying to make FL better.

3 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

We can't be shouted down. Deathsantis is going to burn himself soon enough and maybe take Rubio and the Pensacola Perv with him.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's not half the country. It's less than half the voters

3 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

It doesn’t matter what percentage the are if they get outa vote in larger numbers

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

When you have multiple institutions notifying people of travel advisories for Florida, it's a HUGE fucking problem. We should receive travel advisories when going to Iraq or Russia. Not our own goddamn states. Get your shit together Flordians.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Guess what, not everyone in Florida (or any red state), is 100% red. The major cities are all blue and with gerrymandering our vote doesn’t hold up against the seas of red surrounding us.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

My partner has been offered by his work other positions with a decent pay increase. We live in CA. One offer was for an office in Idaho, the other for Florida. When he told me about them we were both like “hell fuckin no”. I don’t think any amount of money could get us to live in either of those states.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

See, shit like this happening in the south is why I just can't see myself moving out of Minnesota.

3 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Always upvote Minnesota!

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My sister moved to Wisconsin several years ago, and now she desperately wants to move back to Minnesota.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Funny thing about Wisconsin. I was getting headhunted by a recruiter for some agency in Madison. Says about getting 6 months training in Minnesota, then move to Wisconsin for the job. I turned it down because I have no interest living in Wisconsin at all. Mainly, because of the Green Bay Packers fans everywhere there.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I lived in Madison during college. It was fun when I was in my early 20s from 2006 - 2009. It is the drunkest state, after all! I am so glad that I was able to move back to Minnesota. https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/ill-drink-to-that-inside-americas-drunkest-states

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Just a note: it’s not just what the rest of the states think of Florida, it’s the rest of the world. Spoke with a friend whose family was planning their first US trip to Florida to go visit Disney World. Showed them few articles of what’s going on in there and now they’re going to Paris instead.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Well Disneyland in California could have been an option, but yeah I suggest avoiding our country in general now.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I‘m glad I visited Orlando, Miami and the Keys many years ago (coming from Europe). I wouldn’t want to stay for a single night in this red swamp nowadays.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

And you add to the top of it all the mass shootings and police violence and the entire US is looking less and less inviting each year. I used to visit almost every summer but now, even visiting some of the blue states puts me off. I really don’t want to get shot by Karen in a Walmart parking lot because she had a bad day.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Had a similar experience for an opportunity in Austin. Sure, it's Austin, but hell no - it's still Texas.

3 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 1

As an f1 I'm very conflicted these days. Tbf a lot of the venues are in countries with dubious human rights records, but specifically the US races are in texas, florida and Las Vegas. I want to boycott most of the races on principle, but it's the only sport I follow lol.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

And this is why companies don't change. As well as fascists getting away with shit. Americans never do the right thing until forced to do it. WWII and the Civil War show that quite well.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Did you see the new proposal for the light rail. The original plan was an underground concourse in downtown with rails branching out all over the city. Now for the same amount they are just adding one line. And the only existing line is an existing freight line they runs second priority to the freight. Limited if any service outside the work week hours.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

A decade ago, I would say that Austin was able to keep Texas out... but a big priority of the Republican party has been killing the "blueberry in the tomato soup." I love Austin, Texas. I'd never move back there.

3 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Ask if they will let you work remotely.

3 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 3

Nope, relocation required.

3 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

Now you know why the position is available and why they're willing to pay for it. No one wants to touch it

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah VPs mostly are onsite

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

☹️☹️☹️

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I am a disabled army vet, I have a friend that wants me to move to Florida and I can live rent free and no worries. I would rather live out of my car in a blue state then go to that hell hole.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I treat FL like a crazy ex. No contact in any way. Ever

3 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

They'll consolidate power here, then fine tune the method, then come for you in your state. We already know this. How is it "fuck those floridians if they can't help themselves" when we KNOW how this works. You're next.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

3 years ago | Likes 143 Dislikes 8

80% of the county my rural home town is in voted for Trump. Most of hat kindness is just the whitewash on corruption filled tombs

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Which is why I bitch about the governments down there, not the people, and why grass roots mutual aid is great and there should be more of it to help the common people stuck under a shitty government.

3 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Then they need to take drastic measures to fight back. Because when fighting literal Nazis doing as fuck all little as they do is on them. They rolled over for a long time for it to get this bad.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

So? What does this fact have to do with anything being discussed here? Nobody with half a brain is going to be convinced to move to a fascist hellhole just because there are (gasp!) decent people. Guess what? There are decent people everywhere, so we'll move to a better state, thanks.

3 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

Cool, doesn't mean you should move down here.

3 years ago | Likes 68 Dislikes 4

Pushing people out of red states to consolidate power in the senate is one of their main strategies. Just saying.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wish this were true in Texas, but all of the noncity counties vote 95% GOP. Even Uvalde went for Abbott.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's best to abandon Florida and Texas and take over Ohio

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

There is also no social mobility. Can't leave if you can't afford to. Minimum wage doesn't come close to covering the cost of living. There are so many tolls that commuting to work costs a fortune. Our local hospitals are faith-based. Democrats don't try to appeal to Spanish voters. Pharmacies can deny you hormone therapy or plan b pills. They beat you so bad you can't even fight back. We need help.

3 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 1

If you can afford feet you can leave, just ask the native Americans.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

At this point it might be safer to just buy a greyhound bus ticket to elsewhere and spend a few months homeless.

3 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

Sounds like someone who's never been homeless...

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Those good people need to get out and vote more reliably. I know gerrymandering cuts back on the effectiveness of that, but it's been shown that we can win. Also, even when we don't win, when the margin is close, it shows how supposedly strong the 'people's mandate' for the winner really is (which is to say not so strong after all).

3 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 6

Remember gerrymandering doesn't work for Governor races and they still elect dickbags. Yeah I know bla bla bla voter suppression. If you can't make the sacrifice to get your vote out to save your state then you are complicit.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Be careful with that honesty. You aren't V, who can gently let people know they've made a mistake, but still have the power to correct that mistake at the next opportunity.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think getting out is what they want. It forces states to stay red. What we need is truck loads of blue people to move there and over turn red states. Blue people easily out number red and it's not even close.

3 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Sounds like Florida could benefit from more people like you moving there

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

We know it's bad

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That’s what the other side wants. If all progressives leave, who the duck is gonna fight against them? There will be no one. That’s their plan.

3 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

As someone forced to live in Florida, what's the name of the company (if you feel comfortable naming), so that I can perhaps support them?

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Unless you've got a little north of a million $$ sitting around burning a hole in your pocket, I doubt it

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If I had that, I wouldn't be in Florida. But thank you for answering

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My SO got offered a big promotion, it would move them up two positions and nearly quadruple their pay, but I don’t think they could survive being in FL these days.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My friend's kid has a free ride at Florida State from his rich aunt. That shit ain't happening.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Good. Tell them that. Make sure they understand you're definitely interested, but you're not willing to move to a state where that kind of politics is tolerated. Make them actively consider what candidates they want to donate to.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My parents moved down there because "wE JuST sAvE SO mUcH oN tAXes!" Because; like many Americans, they've been indoctrinated and conditioned into this mentality of blaming their bad luck, bad financial decisions, inadequacies and failures on taxes and the government.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

A lot of execs i deal with in Florida say they want to move but the only thing that is making it hard to make that decision is family. Spouses, really. Like 99% of them have kids in college. But they all want to get the fuck out of there.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Tell them that if they don't get out of there before 2024, they may never be able to leave. Ever. Because when Tyranny becomes law, things are going to get very, very nasty.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Take a WILD guess what what happens after an exodus from Florida. Throw a dart at a chart. ... yeah. There you go.... You're next. It's how this works.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fort Meyers is pretty much doomed. The "Services" industry will need to move out in the Swamp on the other side of the Interstate and commute. All that sweet low cost housing is gone. I here the Governor is trying to relocate to DC. Schlick parasite 🪱 he is.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Hear here.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not half of the country. Not even close. Dont fall for that easy tactic.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Headhunters need to hear 'No way I'm going to Florida' over and over. So do the employers. Morals won't do it. corpses won't do it, their wallets might.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm moving out by the end of next month. You don't want to be here. It's getting bad.

3 years ago | Likes 358 Dislikes 7

I’m hoping to be out in a week after nearly 20 years here. I’ve been working toward this for two years. Finally. Safe and quick move, fellow soon-to-be-ex-Floridian.

3 years ago | Likes 48 Dislikes 0

Hello soon to be ex-Floridian, from a soon to be ex-Texan!

3 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Why howdy there, and happy trails on your way to a new place. Best of luck moving, and I hope your life is awesome :-D

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Germany 1939 flashbacks.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Peeps who live there long term probably acclimate to the toxic environment -unless they've got a wider experience outside the state, or a wild liberal hair up their ass ;)

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

If you give an undocumented person a ride you can go to jail. Unless you're white

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

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3 years ago (deleted Dec 4, 2023 5:39 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

So people should live in an oppressive or hate filled state just so it can stay purple? If people have the means to get out and be/feel safe, they should.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

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3 years ago (deleted Dec 4, 2023 5:40 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

They still vote. If they go to another purple state it shifts more blue. Not a loss, AND safe people.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've voted, and will continue to do so no matter where I end up, but at this point it's feeling like if a jew politely asked Hitler to be nice. The people in charge here want me dead. My father is on a government list of radical leftists. I live just a few minutes away from the Pulse nightclub, I pass signs every day mocking my existence, and a few outright wanting to kill me. made the news, but it's not the only one of its kind...

3 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

All signs point to this only getting worse. It's just safe to stay, and while I wish I could be doing more, I'll be moving myself and my family to somewhere.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Stay strong fam, GTFO

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

think about this comment for one second "you don't want to be here,its getting bad" FLORIDA, Florida the bath salt zombie, alligator wrestling, guy broke into house to cook fish and pet dog state. Florida man and his many escapades couldn't make this guy move but Ron "Nazi" Desantis policies are so terrible that people who already live in Florida deal with Florida levels of crazy are moving if that aint the most damning bit of evidence that Desantis isn't fit for governor I don't know what is.

3 years ago | Likes 137 Dislikes 1

Yup. Nearly 20 years of this bullshit, trying to make it work and trying to make people do/be better around me, and I was DONE like 2 years ago, but the last few months in particular have been intolerable. I feel like I can’t breathe, and any time I have to leave the house is nearly panic inducing (trans person of color with a working uterus who just lost gender affirming care last week). Mixed feelings of joy and sorrow to finally be able to leave, with much regret I couldn’t do it sooner.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Comment of the year!

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The brain washing is real down there. Even the immigrants that not long ago were refugees fleeing a ruthless dictator that drove their country to the ground are supporting a man that basically is the same as the dictator they fled from. Insane !

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The "florida man" craziness actually came from the "sunshine law" or whatever it was called that allowed complete freedom for journalists to access any records of any crime, whereas many states do not allow this sort of transparency or access to the criminal records. So we were getting these crazy stories but they actually happen a lot in other states too, it's just that florida actually allowed reporting on this stuff. Anyway this was before Deathsantis the fascist took over...

3 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Time out ... Does that mean that Florida will publicize the details of women arrested for abortion and people/kids arrested for transitioning as those fascist laws take place?

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I believe so, but of course deSantis may try to change the laws to obscure this kind of transparency, just as he tried to censor the covid data and sent goons to intimidate the data scientist...

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Which is not to say that Florida isn’t full of batshit crazy fucks but just to reinforce the fact that other states have their share

3 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

the sunshine laws are probably one of the things worth supporting florida for, the other states just hide their freaks.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Time for operation bugs bunny?

3 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 0

Not yet. We still have idjits who want to move TO Florida because they support DeSatan. Let them gather first!

3 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Good point.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yes please, we need to empty more insufferable people out of California

3 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

As a former californian, it makes me so sad to hear how polluted with fuckwits it is.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

It isn’t half the country, it is less than half of the people who vote so at most 1/3 of the population. Don’t let them fool you too. They may never win an election again if we can come together and vote. Please help us Gen Z

3 years ago | Likes 291 Dislikes 6

Getting the most votes may not be enough to win elections pretty soon.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The Murdoch Fascism-Enabling Media Empire here in Oz has turned from attacking Millenials to attacking Gen-Z. They're saying the exact same things, but they've switched up the generation. The oldies are losing power & relevancy and they're scared. Keep it up, youngsters!

3 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

They're just an obnoxiously loud minority, and not the kind you want to sympathize with.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I live in NC and just hope that voting actually matters next time around

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

GenZ has been doing an incredible job, tbh we could be doing more to help them, but purity politics and just downright exclusion and disregard for young people sometimes makes it difficult for them to be heard. I'm a millenial myself, and even though I'm 35 I still sometimes hear that I don't know what I'm talking about, or I could never understand because I'm "too young" and "wasn't there", well, HELP us understand, share your experiences and history so we can carry on and pass it down.

3 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

1) The Powell Memo, an *actual* conspiracy to make America more corporate friendly. https://billmoyers.com/content/the-powell-memo-a-call-to-arms-for-corporations/ 2) The Brainwashing of My Dad - A documentary about the rise of right wing media. https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-brainwashing-of-my-dad/ . 3) PBS Frontline "Supreme Revenge" https://www.pbs.org/video/supreme-revenge-battle-court-c79w5i/

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

People who say you're "too young" to know what you're talking about are just looking for an excuse to ignore you, as well as reality, and continue doing the things they know are wrong. Don't listen to them.

3 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Help us General Zenobi, your our only hope.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Remember Trump received MORE votes in 2020 despite everything than he got in 2016. It took a monumental Democrat showing for Biden to win, and we really can't guarantee the showing will still be there in 2024.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Voting against Trump is a powerful motivator

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

THIS! 71 million isn't even close to half of the US population. At last census, we were around 330 million, including children (not including "illegal" immigrants). Of those, we'll call it 260mil, just for the sake of how much I suck at math. So, out of that, the 71mil is a smidge over 1/4 of the adult population. (We can break it down further to "eligible voter", but I'm lazy & it's late.)

3 years ago | Likes 58 Dislikes 2

This argument is just the worst. In a functional democracy, whilst it would be just as bad, (with similar results), to completely bend over backwards for their desires, completely ignoring them would be a huge no-no that would get the offending politicians savaged at the polls as the other 3/4 took severe offence at seeing such a big part of their fellow citizens treated so poorly.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

I'm sure at this point your ready to interject pointing at all the awful things republicans support, and sure, thats true. But that doesn't make the fact that things are at this stage any less of a sign of a severely failed democratic system. A functioning Democracy requires a voter base that is unified and willing to look out for each others interests even if said interests aren't an absolute majority.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

And the fact that this isn't the case is one of the biggest red flags for the stability of the USA as a nation state, and most americans even democrats seem blind to it.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

And that was before J6 and Trump's slide from rude ass that says stupid things to BATSHIT INSANE (have you seen his truth posts, he is 100% unhinged). A lot of reluctant Rs in 2020 left the party after Trumps coup. 2024 is going to be the first national election since J6 (AND RvW), and so long as Biden doesn't die before then, I'm optimistic. And while I think Biden has done a great job clawing us back from what Trump destroyed in 4 yrs, I wish we had someone else run instead of Biden.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I'm only voting for Biden bc the alternatives will end with me & my friends in "showers".

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

But how do you deal with the fact the GOPs plan to override the electoral college? Seems like a big problem to me they try to steal the next vote for good. So the 71 million also were enough to install Trump. I really fear for you people in the US.

3 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Well Moore v Harper is now moot since North Carolina simply replaced the judge with a conservative one who promptly ruled for their favor, and that was where the big concerns over the legality of the override came from. Of course, there's always a new case set up for the Supreme Court next year before the election ...

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I will never get over that in "the land of the free", you can lose your right to vote.

3 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

But you can still become President under the same circumstances.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Or that you can be eliminated from the rolls simply because your name matches someone else in another state and conservatives use that as a reason to say you’re registered somewhere else already. It’s fucking shady the way people are removed from voter rolls.

3 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I guess we all need names like musk's kid then.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Not gonna lie—I have an unusual name, & it’s helped me prove my identity more than once. Idiots thought my plain-Jane middle name was my first one, & they didn’t know I have two middle ones.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

whenever a recruiter contacts me about a role in FL or TX I very politely summarize why I would never even consider it and ask them to let their client know, and that while I wish them well in their search, I hope they hear the same thing more than once

3 years ago | Likes 904 Dislikes 5

I was going to say something to this effect. Make sure (insofar as you can) that they're missing out on talent because Florida.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This, this right here. Make sure the company knows exactly why you refuse. Maybe if more companies have a harder time finding new employees, they will stop funding fascists.

3 years ago | Likes 332 Dislikes 0

And take their businesses elsewhere

3 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 0

yeah, I've done the same. "would you be willing to relocate to texas for this role?" Absolutely the fuck not.

3 years ago | Likes 135 Dislikes 0

Travel RN here. I'll never practice in those backward ass states. For fear of my license, really. I'll advocate. They don't like that.

3 years ago | Likes 69 Dislikes 0

i do out of state education verifications for a nursing school, and texas is bizarrely very very rigid and difficult to work with to get a license. i thought they'd be yee hawing the shit out of that but nope.

3 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

But they're compact 🙄

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You actually need to interview THEN turn them down. They won't know otherwise. Like telling at the cashier for a company policy. Higher ups won't hear it.

3 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Ditto for any company headquartered in a red state but allowing remote work. Not gonna help pay for the fascists oppressing others either.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I work in Texas. We changed our HR contractor to support fully remote work for all 50 states. Because we can't recruit for shit any more. Oh, and talking to people at industry social events, it sounds like this is an industry wide problem. Even the curmudgeonly old-man "We've been working in this office for 15 years and it works!" companies are like "whelp, we're gunna just bleed talent forever if we don't offer remote options so I guess we're moving or changing our ways". Brain drain is real.

3 years ago | Likes 87 Dislikes 0

This is great to hear

3 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

My company is headquartered in MA. When the company started laying plans for ppl to return to working from the office we starting losing ppl, especially our younger workers who were easily finding permanent remote jobs. Suddenly those plans were scrapped & management pretended they were always pro-remote work.

3 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

Floridian here, I understand your decision. However, I'm not going to let them run me out of my home and to continue to strive for a better Florida. I have faith in the young ones who seem to recognize the bullshit.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Wish in one hand, shit in the other. See which fills up first.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you don't think that those young ones have multiple escape plans by now then you are going to be blindsided when they pull their cords on their parachutes. Optimism has its place, but the sheep, pigs, and cows lined up at the slaughterhouse are also optimistic.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Good luck with that.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

With the wages and housing where they're at, most young people are forced to move out of Florida to find opportunities when they hit the workforce(typically returning around age 30). You are relying on an extremely marginalized group.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm from Houston, born and raised. It is a very diverse city here. But aside from that, I do not blame you one bit for turning down an opportunity here in TX. For as long as trash keeps running out of state, it's only a matter of time before people start bailing.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm in spring and we're planning on washington in about 3 years.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I meant as long as trash keeps running this state*. Autocorrect is giving me a hard time. Lol

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If enough people move to TX or FL then couldn’t they have an effect on the politics there? They could end up Democrat if enough young people go there

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Texas is gerrymandered so fiercely. We are in all the cities blue. We are voting down here like our lives depend on it, I promise. 😭

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm 40. My husband and I are both gay men. Not really interested in being targeted by the state, or, you know, murdered for being gay on the off chance that our 2 votes might somehow improve those shitholes. Hard pass.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm glad you're both gay men. I feel it might be a bit awkward otherwise.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You shouldn’t have to live a life where you fight for your existence every day, that wouldn’t be fair on you. You should be able to live your life and have the privilege to be able to choose your battles instead of being forced into a fight for survival every election. Those that have an easier life where they can profit from Texas and Florida should go there and change it for the better instead of merely blaming the people there or leaving it for someone else.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It makes me sad that you can’t live in a certain place in your own country out of fear of being killed or discriminated against by your own state. I wish a ‘benevolent’ country would invade USA and sort out their backwards shit (a joke one bad taste, invasions only make things worse for everyone not even USA deserves a taste of their own medicine because people aren’t the state)

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Recruiter here - as much as I love this they don’t care /:

3 years ago | Likes 66 Dislikes 2

And do you live in florida?

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 6

With respect to you, the too damn bad. Guess they’ll go without.

3 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

I believe you. They’ll find some fool that will line up with the screwed up values of that place.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's gotta start somewhere. The fascists have started with actual violence, bomb threats, etc to try to force companies to 'their side'. Those of us that are sane will not start calling in bomb threats to kids cancer hospitals to get our point of view across, but we must take a stand somewhere. Without violence it takes longer to get any real pressure, but every little bit helps, even if only minutely. There is precedent for companies not bringing business to areas that have unfriendly laws

3 years ago | Likes 74 Dislikes 0

I’m guessing they will if they can’t fill the position or do they get paid either way?

3 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

“Worst” case, compensation requirements go up for more senior positions. Long term there is brain drain. The biggest impact especially for Florida is cutting off tourist dollars.

3 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Nope and companies don’t care. And with tech layoffs it’s an employers market.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The layoffs, though much reported on, were a blip. Nearly everyone laid off had a job within a few months and plenty of employers are having trouble hiring. My company is looking to hire a mid career engineer and pay low 6 figures and in the past 6 months we've had one who accepted another offer after we made ours and one who straight up said we weren't offering enough

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I love that the Feds way of “fighting inflation” is to increase unemployment and reduce labor’s rare power in wages. And by love I mean I wish Jerome Powell had to survive on unemployment benefits if it goes up while he holds that job. Too bad it’s a private organization and not the government that gets to play with interest rates like that

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have military friends that live in Florida that recently posted on fb about all the great things DeSantis is doing. Went to the comments and it was filled with more fl ppl saying oh yea we love him. I'm at the point in which I have started blocking ppl, even milbros for it.

3 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

Report them to their CO. Military has some strict social media policies and chances are they're involved with things they're not supposed to be.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Out of sheer, morbid as fuck curiosity what do they THINK he has done that is so great? Beyond all the fascist crap we already know about obviously.

3 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

.... all the fascist crap. Obviously.

3 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Pretty much the fascist crap that we know about. They think it's great. It sucks, but he has supporters

3 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I guess maybe that there might be some weird "improved the economy" style BS despite the fact that he made it worse obviously.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0