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Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:I'm afraid to ask .... What's a Kano?
Roger Sterling wrote:
Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:I'm afraid to ask .... What's a Kano?
If the U. S. were to eliminate the guest worker program here, there would be very little unemployment for U. S. citizen Millennials, especially in IT.
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:The New York Times debate this week was about the 40 hour work week.
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Pat Farrell wrote:
Roger Sterling wrote:
Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:I'm afraid to ask .... What's a Kano?
If the U. S. were to eliminate the guest worker program here, there would be very little unemployment for U. S. citizen Millennials, especially in IT.
I see very little unemployment for US Citizen millennials already.
The tone of these two postings about "kanos" bothers me. It feels most than a little racist.
Robert D. Smith wrote:Haven't seen the debate, but I agree with the points you have listed. I quite charging OT and took it in comp time -- My math had me paying about 29 percent of my pay went out in various taxes. OT hours were taxed near the 50 percent mark.
Steve Fahlbusch wrote:Greg -
the us tax code only cares how much you make --- many employers will take out more when you work overtime -
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:I can't help but think that we've become hopelessly spoiled when we think 40 hours a week is too much. My grandfather was a coal miner who worked 12 hours a day, six days a week for his entire life starting at the age of 13. He never, ever had a vacation. If he were around today he would be appalled at our attitude.
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
That was called truck, as in, “have no truck with”, and was prohibited in the UK by statute in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. The Truck Acts require wages to be paid in “coin of the Realm”.chris webster wrote: . . . forcing people to take their pay in the form of over-priced goods from the company store. . . .
Campbell Ritchie wrote:
That was called truck, as in, “have no truck with”, and was prohibited in the UK by statute in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. The Truck Acts require wages to be paid in “coin of the Realm”.chris webster wrote: . . . forcing people to take their pay in the form of over-priced goods from the company store. . . .
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
although certainly not into my grandfather's day . . .
margaret gillon wrote:Does anyone else think about the commuting as part of their work time?
Bear Bibeault wrote:
margaret gillon wrote:Does anyone else think about the commuting as part of their work time?
Absolutely. I try not to work any jobs that require more than a 20 minute commute
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chris webster wrote:Wow, I am jealous!
margaret gillon wrote: Does anyone else think about the commuting as part of their work time?
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J. Kevin Robbins wrote:I can't help but think that we've become hopelessly spoiled when we think 40 hours a week is too much. My grandfather was a coal miner who worked 12 hours a day.
Maybe in Europe and North America, but that was hardly true worldwide.Jan de Boer wrote: . . . But back in the fifties, there hardly was any unemployment. . . .
Jan de Boer wrote: So I greatly oppose this, 'we in the old days had it much worse and the youth always complains for no reason' thing.
Jan de Boer wrote:You cannot really compare. Your grandfather, and my grandfather too, did not have to travel two hours a day to get to his job,...
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
Chan Ag wrote:I agree that you can't really compare things.
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:I can't help but think that we've become hopelessly spoiled when we think 40 hours a week is too much. My grandfather was a coal miner who worked 12 hours a day, six days a week for his entire life starting at the age of 13. He never, ever had a vacation. If he were around today he would be appalled at our attitude.
Having said that, there is no way I could work like he did. I think there are very few people who are that tough anymore, except maybe farmers and soldiers. I know I'm not that tough. It's all indicative of the "wussification" of America, I guess.
My name was Borat Sagdiyev. But the forum does not allow such names.
Roger Sterling wrote:
Pat Farrell wrote:
Roger Sterling wrote:
Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:I'm afraid to ask .... What's a Kano?
If the U. S. were to eliminate the guest worker program here, there would be very little unemployment for U. S. citizen Millennials, especially in IT.
I see very little unemployment for US Citizen millennials already.
The tone of these two postings about "kanos" bothers me. It feels most than a little racist.
Hi Pat - There are 318,000 hits on Google regarding IT unemployment for Millennials. One IT staffing firm, Adecco advocates a positive outlook, but recognizes the problem. If you view my previous posts through a neutral prism, without prejudicial bias, you may see them in a more informative light. Putting blinders on to pretend that discrimination does not exist in the workplace, whether overt or covert, won't help improve the situation. For us to really address the issue honestly , which in the context of my two previous posts, pinpoints guest worker preference (ie. reverse-discrimination) over that of the country's citizens in hiring practices , vacation enforcement policy , promotion opportunity and others. Do we, as a country, really need 1.4 million documented guest workers, and 22 million undocumented guest workers ? Since you are employed, your employment rate is 100 percent for you. This cannot be said for the under-employed or the un-employed in our country. Can you clarify what you mean by "I see very little unemployment for US Citizen millennials already."? Are you saying that all these college graduates have the jobs they need and there is no employment crisis?
My name was Borat Sagdiyev. But the forum does not allow such names.
chris webster wrote:
Today it seems the executive classes no longer want to share even a small proportion of the fruits of the labours or ordinary working people - in terms of better pay or shorter hours - and insist on grabbing an ever larger slice of the cake for themselves: the average pay ratio of CEOs to average workers in US companies was around 30:1 in the 1970s, and it's now more like 300:1. The ratios are similar if slightly less extreme here in the UK, and this even applies to companies where the performance of the company - and implicitly of its executives - has been truly dismal, and executives continue to enjoy vast pay-offs even when they're fired for poor performance. If I had a choice between working harder for less pay at IT (as I'm doing right now) or taking a job as a CEO of a big bank I know which I'd choose - I'm sure I could f**k it up as badly as the last guy and then enjoy a similarly fat pension for the rest of my days!
But if growing numbers of ordinary workers can no longer support their families and enjoy at least a reasonable quality of life through their own labours, you have to ask yourself whether the current version of capitalism is sustainable in the longer term?
Portland, Oregon-based Wells Fargo branch employee Tyrel Oates emailed the bank's CEO asking for a $10,000 raise for himself and his colleagues, the Charlotte Observer reported.
He also CC'd 200,000 other Wells Fargo employees on the email to CEO John Stumpf. Talk about some chutzpah!
Oates confirmed to The Oregonian that a copy of the letter posted on Reddit was authentic.
In the letter, Oates brought up the issue of income inequality. He pointed out that Stumpf took home $19 million in compensation for 2013.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/tyrel-oates-letter-to-wells-fargo-ceo-2014-10#ixzz3HHybjpwj
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