Erika RadisOwner at Working Moms of San Antonio

🎙️ If we don’t show up, we don’t get paid.

16 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief multi‑speaker excerpt, Speaker A asserts a straightforward principle: you must be present at work to receive pay, and they defend this stance despite anticipating criticism. Speaker B reacts with disbelief, calling the idea "crazy," while Speaker C reflects on how unusual it would be for a world where attendance isn’t tied to compensation, echoing the sentiment that the norm is taken for granted. The dialogue highlights a tension between the accepted work‑attendance‑pay model and the perception that it may be arbitrary or oppressive, hinting at broader conversations about hustle culture and workplace expectations.

If we don't show up to work, we don't get paid. Now I know, I'm not naive, I know I'm gonna get pushback, but I'm 100% pro, if we don't show up to work, we don't get paid.
That's just crazy.
How, yeah, you're right. In what other world does that happen? It just doesn't, it never does. And I said like, you know, you watch the news and stuff and you see these rooms and there's like 4 people in there. And I'm like, you're right, yeah. What?
Yes. How?
Yes, absolutely.
And just like you ladies, you know, Marie, you were saying, if I don't hustle, I don't get money.