Absolutely correct. The only thing is, your point 3). They keep employees under 30 hours to keep them out of benefits. That incentive is one of the very worst aspects of ACA.
Meanwhile, the employee puts in a minimum of 60 hours a week, between work, going to and from work, and sitting around just in case they get the call. In return for poverty-level income and no benefits.
My insight comes via my little brother, who works in tech. There’s also a pattern where people work together in these small departments as teams, and if one of them locates a better position elsewhere, word gets out, and often the first to leave can later on try to bring in someone from their old team once there’s an opening. There are limited openings at any given time, so the teams diversify, but there’s still the occasional mass exodus. I think a lot of businesses still don’t know anything about the coding type tech stuff, and rely entirely upon what the people in those departments tell them. It’s kind of hands off, but for dragging them into the bureaucratic machinery… meetings about meetings where nobody accomplishes anything, but the big bosses get to say things and issue arbitrary orders. Then they all just go back to their hole and do what they do. They also make them wear dress shirts and ties.
William MacNeill's Plagues and Peoples is a great read, if you want to know more about the historic effects of infectious disease. (Not a light read, though. You probably would have guessed that without me telling you.)
"For now, at least, it really is a labor-seller's market..." Seems like a good time for organized labor to try and re-capture ground in the workplace. The selling point to management, we can stabilize your work force and get you some predictability in your labor costs. The selling point to workers, we can be sure they don't try to take away your good benefits and try to harden down on a few more. IMHO
The people doing really well are doing much, much better. The people doing ok are doing slightly better to somewhat stable. And the people not doing well at all are doing worse than ever.
If you can say that, I'm guessing you do not have a degree in Management from a school of Business.
Absolutely correct. The only thing is, your point 3). They keep employees under 30 hours to keep them out of benefits. That incentive is one of the very worst aspects of ACA.
Meanwhile, the employee puts in a minimum of 60 hours a week, between work, going to and from work, and sitting around just in case they get the call. In return for poverty-level income and no benefits.
Employers broke the loyalty pact when they made it clear that they valued selling just one more cheap ass burger over the lives of their workers.
"Either get busy living, or get busy dying. That's goddamn right."
My insight comes via my little brother, who works in tech. There’s also a pattern where people work together in these small departments as teams, and if one of them locates a better position elsewhere, word gets out, and often the first to leave can later on try to bring in someone from their old team once there’s an opening. There are limited openings at any given time, so the teams diversify, but there’s still the occasional mass exodus. I think a lot of businesses still don’t know anything about the coding type tech stuff, and rely entirely upon what the people in those departments tell them. It’s kind of hands off, but for dragging them into the bureaucratic machinery… meetings about meetings where nobody accomplishes anything, but the big bosses get to say things and issue arbitrary orders. Then they all just go back to their hole and do what they do. They also make them wear dress shirts and ties.
“I intend to stay at Wonkette until President Ivanka Trump orders us closed but feels very sad about it.”
Dok, I’m surprised at you. Fear mongering on so many levels.
William MacNeill's Plagues and Peoples is a great read, if you want to know more about the historic effects of infectious disease. (Not a light read, though. You probably would have guessed that without me telling you.)
I would rather have this picture in my mental theatre than President Ivanka.
I work for a mortgage company and we're losing loan officers to companies giving out nearly million dollar bonuses right now.
"For now, at least, it really is a labor-seller's market..." Seems like a good time for organized labor to try and re-capture ground in the workplace. The selling point to management, we can stabilize your work force and get you some predictability in your labor costs. The selling point to workers, we can be sure they don't try to take away your good benefits and try to harden down on a few more. IMHO
Union Yes!
The people doing really well are doing much, much better. The people doing ok are doing slightly better to somewhat stable. And the people not doing well at all are doing worse than ever.
We never questioned it up til now. And the oligarchs got comfortable on the assumption we never would.
UNION
So the fact that I've felt this way for a little over a decade now means that perhaps it is time?
If that.