Off the Kuff: Postcards from the labor market

Off the Kuff: Postcards from the labor market

The staunchest advocates say whiners should find new professions. Richard Spitz, who leads the technology division of the recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International, says corporate clients want employees who embrace a 24-hour business cycle.


This crap is infuriating...
you want 24 hour coverage? hire three shifts you cheap bastards!!!
how long did we fight for the 8 hour workday?
how many people made serious sacrifices (some their lives) so that we could have some decent fucking standards in this country?


and this...

No-fault policies eliminate judgments about whether an absence could have been avoided. Instead, they draw a strict line between planned and unplanned time off. Typically, no more than six unscheduled absences are tolerated within a year, although multiday illnesses count as one "occurrence."

Those with paid days off for illness or emergencies still get paid, but these unplanned absences count against their attendance records.



This crap really just leaves me bewildered...
if you don't treat your employees with respect you should expect them to steal, lie, and take a damn day off whenever they feel like it...
treat the right, and they'll work for you...
even lazy fucks like me can be motivated by the proper treatment...
it might not be a carrot, but it sure as hell ain't the stick...

grrr...