Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: JohnT on 22 Jul 2006 14:07 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7ui4c2d5kprqgrb0k5aan6ioo4kk3pl8aq(a)4ax.com... > des small writes: > >> I get 42 days (i.e., more than 8 weeks) at my brand new company in the >> Netherlands. Of course, the higher reaches of USAian leave are widely >> rumoured to be largely fictional anyway, since it is allegedly not >> considered "team-spirited" to take them. > > And because, in today's world, one's job is likely to be eliminated or > outsourced long before one reaches the necessary level of seniority. > That happened to you? And you are not clever or resourceful enough to respond positively to the situation? JohnT
From: Dave Frightens Me on 22 Jul 2006 14:17 On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:55:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: >> There are many means of dealing with heat other than air-con. > >The only way to remove heat is with refrigeration. The only way to >remove cold is with heating. > >The fundamental difference between the two is that buildings and >people produce heat continuously, No building produces heat. >which must be removed, no matter >what the weather is like. This means that you can keep people warm >just by insulating them, but you cannot keep them cool without some >form of active cooling. You can survive without any type of heating >even at -80 C if you are wearing the right clothing, but you cannot >survive for more than a few minutes at +80 C unless you have active >cooling systems to remove heat. > >> I know this, because I have dealt with the heat effectively, and don't >> suffer. Wanna learn how? > >Try me. I was born and raised in a desert. You left. That suggests you didn't learn a thing. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 22 Jul 2006 14:18 On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:51:49 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> As there will always be senior staff, you simply need to work to find >> another way to get there. > >There may not be any senior staff. In some companies turnover is high >at all levels. And in some companies the highest positions are >revolving doors. In most companies they are not. These are the ones you want to work for. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Mxsmanic on 22 Jul 2006 15:15 JohnT writes: > That happened to you? No. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 22 Jul 2006 15:17
Dave Frightens Me writes: > No building produces heat. All buildings produce heat, from lights, office machines, the people inside, and so on. Large buildings must be air-conditioned even in cool climates, in order to remove the heat that they generate. Modern skyscrapers wouldn't be possible without air conditioning to keep them cool. The same is true for shopping centers, factories, etc. > You left. That suggests you didn't learn a thing. On the contrary, I learned that a hellhole with air conditioning is still a hellhole, and I decided to move somewhere where I don't have to spend nine months of the year indoors. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |