DRACONIAN WORK POLICIES

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AT MY WORK PLACE WE GET A POINT TOTAL, 30 IF YOU ARE NEW. IF YOU CALL IN SICK, -50. IF YOU GO HOME SICK , -25. IF YOU ARE 1 MINUTE LATE, -3. A TOTAL OF 0 MEANS YOU'RE FIRED. I THINK ITS RIDICULOUS.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 21 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How do you earn new points? (Otherwise anyone who calls in sick is fired.)

And what if you don't get EXACTLY 0, hmm?

― Josh, Monday, 21 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

10 POINTS PER MONTH ARE AWARDED. IF YOU HAVE 3 LEFT YOU ARE NOT CANNED.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 21 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Surely sacking someone for calling in sick is massively illegal?

― RickyT, Monday, 21 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I HOPE SO! I ACTUALY AM STILL TEMPO SO I WOULD JUST BE TAKEN OFF TEH ASSIGNMENTR

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 21 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ah, the joys of at-will employment means an American employer can do pretty much anything they want -- however stupid or mean-spirited -- as long as it doesn't violate Title VII or there isn't a collective bargaining agreement in place (and even then ...)

makes one nostalgic for the Wobblies, it does

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i hear that the amreican worker is one of the easiest to fire, far easier than japan pr europe

― mike hanle y, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes, but such flexible work practices means your economy is enormously successful and you are all RICH. Aren't you Mike?

― N., Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

flexible work practices have done a lot to make rich people very rich.

I'm not so sure about people who aren't rich to start off with. Still, they're losers. who cares about losers?

arse, I lose 20 points for surfing the web in company time... anyone want to hire an unemployed dirty vicar?

― DV, Tuesday, 22 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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