It was the same at UPS and I would guess basically any other large company. You are expected to give your life away for the good of the company.
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Thatâs not counting wage theft issues where they prohibit people from getting paid accurately for hours worked. Either legally (via exception) or illegally via intimidation.
America is, afterall, not a Democracy but a Corporatocracy.
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If youâre not first, youâre last!
I want you to know I chuckled - morbidly - at this comment.
âThereâs class warfare, all right, but itâs my class, the rich class, thatâs making war, and weâre winning.â -Warren Buffet.
Whatâs fascinating to me is how effective theyâve been in their messaging. Almost anyone you ask, for example, about the famous McDonaldâs Coffee Lawsuit just knows it was a money grab.
Itâs become synonymous with frivolous lawsuits, but it was anything but. Thatâs some insane power.
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Well itâs easy when people have a presumption about hot coffee beforehand
I think Iâm in a serious minority, Iâve seen the film and before the film Iâd talked to a lawyer that was friends with the plaintiffs lawyer (family friend). When you hear about the skin grafts, third degree burns, non disclosure agreements, and actuarial calculations that it was cheaper to pay people off than just fix it⌠it makes a lot more sense.
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The last 5 years before I quit without notice were all 4000+ hour work years. The mental and physical health issues that couldnât be treated due to having no time wasnât worth the 6 figure salary anymore.
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If you donât mind me asking: What was your effective hourly wage once you factor in unpaid overtime and other âoff the clockâ things you had to do for your employer?
Your personal well being is more important than any salary
None of this is surprisingâŚthis is just normal American business practices
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In the wake of all of this, I think the thing that surprised me the most is that they actually still have a QA department. I had genuinely thought that they had gone over to having their testing done by their players, and thatâs the impression that they gave when people complained about broken, buggy, poorly-implemented systems and they were like, âWell, players didnât give us enough feedback when it was on the PTR.â
Imagine how broken the game is when it first gets to their internal testers, if what weâve actually been getting is a fully tested product.
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Call of Duty QA most likely. Got to make sure there are no problems with the loot boxes.
We actually live in a much more toxic social society than just 40 years ago. Many more people are will to yell at a drop of a dime at anything and at the same time try to kill someoneâs business out of spite. Because simply they donât agree with them on anything.
I have seen a lot change over 50 years in how people act between each other. Go back 40 years a lot of people would be walking around with their front teeth knocked out for running their mouths. And no the police wouldnât have done anything about it than say shut up and behave next time.
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1981 sounds like a horrible place to live.
By the way, there were plenty of people running their mouths in the 80s that kept thier teeth. I think you are showing a bit of bias in your story
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$26/hr calculated at 4000 hours and counting the hours in excess of 2080/yr as OT. That is a high estimate though as I was working 5am - 10pm 7 days a week for a majority of that 5 year period.
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The difference is McDonaldâs isnât paying you 40 hours unless youâre a manager
The McDonaldâs employees making fries and burgers are part time and no benefits
People know how to behave back then instead of acting like fools and idiots with loud obnoxious mouths.