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Re: Why support companies that overwork their employees? Posted by Caarma [Email]  (#592)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Caarma) on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:33:46
In Reply to: Why support companies that overwork their employees?, Caarma [Profile/Gallery]
, Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:11:38
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It's interesting that many of the responses were of the nature...
- That's the way it is.
- I work more than that.
But then, just because things are a certain way, and you deal with it, does that mean we should accept it?
And those arguments don't take away from the whole intent of my post which is when you can tell that one company in industry A seems to expect so much of its employees that their health suffers or they die, while other companies in that same industry treat their employees better, then shouldn't you think twice about who you're buying from?
If we would stand up for ourselves somehow, things wouldn't be this way. But we have let some employers get away with it for a long time. Executives pockets are lined nicely while many of us suffer. They do thing like get rid of positions and tacking on responsibilities to already existing jobs, or not allowing employees to talk about their salaries with coworkers so that employers can pay some of us unfairly. I do realize that things have been much worse in the past and that's why unions started. Perhaps it all stems from what I call our "over-capitalistic society". (And I'm not a socialist).
I should clarify that at my current job, I'm not overworked because I manage, but I am busy to the point that there's more to do than one person can handle properly. If we had more people handling my variety of responsibilities, we would be better able to focus on different job functions and it would make the company more profitable and productive in the long term. I've seen that at past employers too. As positions were eliminated, many important tasks fell through the cracks and the focus can only be on the short term. This is what gets companies into trouble.
Atul
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