reply to post by ProfEmeritus
Yes, my friend, it was rhetorical... or should have been so at least. I am familiar enough with MSNBC to know how liberal and out-of-touch with
mainstream America they are.
But I still believe this shows a disturbing issue. What rights do employers have over their employees?
I recently had a part-time job where a quota was imposed. The ability to achieve that quota was not so much dependent on the ability to perform the
job, but more in the locations that were assigned to individuals. I was regularly assigned to locations that made achieving quota literally
impossible. The solution was that I would be asked after completion if I wanted to report fewer hours than I actually worked to make my numbers look
better.
My choice? In lieu of the scarcity of jobs, it was to accept the recommendation and work 8 hours to be paid for 6... I needed the job. My ability to
pass the background checks necessary allowed me to drive the company van, which paid a little more per hour and allowed me to scrape by despite the
shaving of hours.
Of course, when I was pulled off a job in the middle of the day, with no warning, stranded 40 miles from home and dependent on the company van, simply
for being too close to overtime... well, let's just say things went downhill from there. It eventually led to my separation form that company.
Is that legal? NO! There is now a class-action lawsuit against them. But it worked, and it shows just how employers can manipulate employees. In my
case, I had been keeping my eye open for a back door should this happen, and found one thankfully, but most of the employees were not doing so. I know
some of them who I ran into later were thrown into a terrible financial situation when something similar happened to them.
Now, Pat Buchanan is not going to go hungry over this. The man makes tons of cash from several different avenues, but he is the exception to the rule.
The majority of us assume that we are going to be treated properly by our employer. So when the employer decides they will no longer allow employees
to smoke tobacco on their off time, we accept it. When the employer wants us to work extra time for free, we accept it. When the employer tells us
what we are supposed to think, we accept it. Just as the majority of posters in this thread accept the actions by MSNBC.
I will not accept it.
I will state my beliefs that this goes too far.
Even if I am in the minority... until it happens to enough others anyway.
TheRedneck
