<story><title>Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditions in Ireland</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mqj4/watch-facebook-moderators-speak-out-about-poor-working-conditions-in-ireland</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>throw2838</author><text>I deal with FB mods in Athens, Greece. This job is subcontracted to tech support company that usually handles phones. Low skilled, unqualified work, done mostly by students for a year after school. Working conditions and pay are ok for Greece. There is no trauma, worst stuff is soft core p#rn. Most of them work from home, as mandated by Greek gov.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditions in Ireland</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mqj4/watch-facebook-moderators-speak-out-about-poor-working-conditions-in-ireland</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jmeister</author><text>So these contractors went all the way to Varadkar for minor inconveniences at their job, essentially internal disputes?&lt;p&gt;Upset about not getting the same perks as other employees?&lt;p&gt;Signing restrictive NDAs for a job with exposure to extremely sensitive company processes and customer data?&lt;p&gt;The more I read about these stories, the more I’m inclined to believe Haidt’s “Coddled Mind” and Turchin’s “Elite Overproduction” theories as the root of much of the problems we’re facing in the west today.</text></comment>