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Challenge everything
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But, according to this administration, corporations can police themselves to regulate industry.
Or, since Wal-Mart can get away with so many abuses, many other companies are following suit. My husband ran into this same thing at a furniture company. He was salaried so he was not compensated for extra hours, but he was expected to be there. The labor board said there is nothing they could do because they did not represent salaried workers, only hourly. So all a company has to do is change the job description to salaried, and voila! instant abuse protection for them. All in the name of obscene profit for the few at the top. Welcome to the United Corporation of America. And before anyone accuses me of class warfare, the war is over and we lost.
Another point:
When I was in the Air Force working in Travel Pay we were expected to work through lunch, work overtime until 7:00PM and come in on Saturday until 3:00 to get the work done. Since we knew we could not go home until those arbitrary hours were complete, we worked accordingly. (You don’t question military orders too much.) When the supervisor was transferred to another base, I became supervisor as the next highest ranking individual.I immediately brought back lunch and told everyone the set hours were gone. We would work until the work was finished, then go home. We still ended up working overtime sometimes, especially when there was a big excercise, but it was amazing how efficient we all became. No one wants to work OT and will work much harder to get everything finished so we can go home. And lunch breaks refresh the mind an spirit, even if it is not evident, so the afternoon’s chores can be accomplished with a minimum of errors.
I don’t understand corporate America. Common sense has left the country.
Karen,
I read accounts like this and think that people in Corporate America are reading “Dilbert” and deciding that Catbert and the Pointy Haired Boss are the models that they should all immulate. Sort of like what happened with Archie Bunker.
But, according to this administration, corporations can police themselves to regulate industry.
Or, since Wal-Mart can get away with so many abuses, many other companies are following suit. My husband ran into this same thing at a furniture company. He was salaried so he was not compensated for extra hours, but he was expected to be there. The labor board said there is nothing they could do because they did not represent salaried workers, only hourly. So all a company has to do is change the job description to salaried, and voila! instant abuse protection for them. All in the name of obscene profit for the few at the top. Welcome to the United Corporation of America. And before anyone accuses me of class warfare, the war is over and we lost.
Another point:
When I was in the Air Force working in Travel Pay we were expected to work through lunch, work overtime until 7:00PM and come in on Saturday until 3:00 to get the work done. Since we knew we could not go home until those arbitrary hours were complete, we worked accordingly. (You don’t question military orders too much.) When the supervisor was transferred to another base, I became supervisor as the next highest ranking individual.I immediately brought back lunch and told everyone the set hours were gone. We would work until the work was finished, then go home. We still ended up working overtime sometimes, especially when there was a big excercise, but it was amazing how efficient we all became. No one wants to work OT and will work much harder to get everything finished so we can go home. And lunch breaks refresh the mind an spirit, even if it is not evident, so the afternoon’s chores can be accomplished with a minimum of errors.
I don’t understand corporate America. Common sense has left the country.
Karen,
I read accounts like this and think that people in Corporate America are reading “Dilbert” and deciding that Catbert and the Pointy Haired Boss are the models that they should all immulate. Sort of like what happened with Archie Bunker.