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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Demand more.

...wait, it's the Netherlands...

Demand more!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The lowest paid pharmacy workers earn 27,746 euros per year, before taxes.

In the Netherlands, a pharmacist is a protected proffesion that require a specific university 3-year university master's degree, with a mandatory 1000-hour internship (for a pittance, of course).

The median national income for everyone is 43k, so yeah, they really should be getting a raise!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A pharmacist and a pharmacy worker are not the same thing though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, that's fair, not everyone there has to be a pharmacist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

it's insane how standard it is to exploit healthcare workers just because they can't really strike without killing people, nor can they quit without the knowledge that people will die as a consequence since no one else wants to do the shit work for shit pay.

It's just a tax on having a conscience, the more you care about others the more you can be exploited.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

6% is still a pay cut tho.