Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Jim Ley on 3 Aug 2006 06:42 On 2 Aug 2006 17:02:55 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Jim Ley wrote: >> On 1 Aug 2006 17:08:10 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Experience in fact correlates directly with productivity. In all jobs. >> >The longer you're in the job (up to limits, of course) the better you >> >can perform and the more productive you are. >> >> No, not at all, you're ignoring boredom, which is something most >> knowledge workers suffer from if they do the same job, ditto the >> repetitive factory worker. > >Who said anything about "repetitive"? Workers get promoted, new >opportunities, new challenges. So you mean people change to do a new job, with new challenges and new opportunities, I thought you said people were unproductive in new jobs so shouldn't be getting much holiday - now you're saying people should be promoted out of where they're productive? >Sounds to me like someone is in a dead end job and doesn't see how >others can enjoy what they are doing and how they can get better by >experience. I'm a homeless person who's regularly unemployed, but the jobs I do and the people I do them with are far from dead end. >> It definately is in the UK, I'm surprised it's different in the US, do >> you have any evidence to back your assertion up? > >Yeah, go look at the stats I posted from BLS. Didn't show any such thing. Jim.
From: Jim Ley on 3 Aug 2006 06:42 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:42:52 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Tchiowa writes: > >> Do you have any idea how it works? > >Yes. Wires lead from the service provider to your house. Electricity >flows through these wires. To receive power from a different >provider, you need wires that physically lead to a different source. No you don't... you seem to be confusing the method of delivery and the provision of the service. If I buy goods from store X and Y, and both use DHL for delivery, it's not a DHL monopoly. In electricity, both Company X and Company Y lease the right to use the wires to deliver electricity to an individual house, you don't need to change wires, you just need to change who is leasing them. >Then how does a given provider ensure that you are using electricity >generated only by that provider? Because you have meters measuring the electricity usage... Jim.
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 3 Aug 2006 07:23 Mxsmanic a mis l'ide suivante : > Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > >> The fact that the website's URL is http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org >> is NOT a proof that you didn't translate beforehand (actually before >> searching for the website). > > I don't need a _proof_ of anything. What difference does it make? You don't need a proof, but _we_ do. How can we be sure that you did not translate? How is www.doctorswithoutborders.org a _reliable_ source of information ? -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 3 Aug 2006 07:27 Il se trouve que Mxsmanic a formul : >> The words "Mdecins sans frontires" appear at the top of the page, >> obviously this isn't English. > > Everything else on the page is in English. No. -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 3 Aug 2006 07:29
Mxsmanic a couch sur son cran : > JohnT writes: > >> Look at your original reference to this. > > Look at the antecedent of my original reference. The assertion was > made that asking for donations makes me a non-professional. I pointed > out Doctors without Borders, which has doctors and asks for donations, > and wondered if the doctors working for that organization were no > longer professionals because it solicits donations. OK, let's assume you are a professional from your website. But there is a lack of information. We know very well what kind of professionals doctors working for DwB are. How do you define yourself as a professional ? Your website shows a wide variety of talents. What kind of professional do you think defines yourself ? IT professional ? ESL teacher ? Tour leader ? Real-life columnist ? -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me |