[DH]

Some places, it’s a form of slavery.

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You are wrong. Slavery means that you can’t leave. You have the absolute freedom to leave any job you wish if you don’t like it. Don’t confuse your employer’s expectations with slavery. You came looking for a job and you are free to leave and look for another job here in America.

[NorthMountain]

< shrug >

Then it's stupidity. Some folks apparently value themselves and their time so little that they'll work for no pay at all.

[9YearLurker]

That is true, but the costs to employ someone outright have been pushed so high that employers now look so carefully at work history before bringing someone on board that in practicality employers get a free year of servitude, before unhappy employees can realistically move on to a new job without mucking up their resume and severely limiting their options.

That’s just the way of the modern world.