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Re: Complaining about work... said by KrK:No, no, just ask all these far-right types, they should in fact be donating their OT back to the company for being so wonderful even giving them a job. I can see their position. I recently worked at a polling place for our primary election. (I did it as a public service because the county had trouble finding workers.). About 18 hours (with 15 hours in one day) for $100.
Anyway, there was another guy working who was doing it just for the $100. He'd been unemployed for a long time. Obsessed with how long it would take to get the $100. And then, around noon, he asks me "do you know how long we get off for lunch? They're required by law to give us breaks and one hour for lunch."
I thought I could see why he couldn't find a job, with that kind of attitude.
16 other poll workers were taking quick 3-5 minute breaks here and there. Pausing for a bite to eat when the traffic slowed down. And he wants fixed, rigid 15-minute breaks, and a one-hour lunch. (When he's working for less than minimum wage, doing what most consider to be a public service, with heavy doses of "doing your patriotic duty.").
I'm the kind of person who would try to give good value for my pay. I'd be willing to work overtime for free. Especially if I worked a temporary job after months of not working. (I'd be glad to have something to do!).
But, there's no doubt executives have taken advantage of that kind of cheerful enthusiasm. All we have to do is consider how CEO pay went from 33 times the average worker's in 1977 to 300 times the average worker's in the year 2000.
Stuff like that is why we have laws requiring fixed lunch periods. Because a few people ruin it for everyone else. We've become a nation where CEOs shamelessly increase their pay while expecting everyone else to do more for less. |
