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Star Wars Sickout
Brahmastra writes "The New York Post reports that it will cost employers $628,880,000 in lost productivity on the first two days of Star Wars Episode III - Return of the Sith . How many of you are planning to skip at least part of your workday on the first two days?"
...so I guess I'll pick up your slack AGAIN!
What self-respecting SW fan still has a JOB? They're all in line already. The loss will be negligible. There might even be a net increase in productivity.
No gods, no demons, and no masters. Secular Humanism!
Somehow, I'm not a bit surprised. :)
Not only am I going to Star Wars next week, I'm planning on taking my staff as well. So I guess I'll be the one responsible for the loss of productivity in my own area. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Reminder: Apple owns 1/255th of the internet.
Star Wars Episode III will also consume 38.75% of the total available Internet bandwidth once a 1337 CAM is torrented.
I know what you're thinking. Did I forward 65,535 packets or 65,536 packets?
...that they got the title of the movie wrong?
It's a flawed analysis. They study implies that these people otherwise wouldn't have these days off. People who get vacation time tend to either take it when they can so as not to lose it, or they accrue it to cash in later. It's as much a part of compensation as actual pay. On the other hand, hourly employees who don't get vacation time are only costing themselves money, so there's no business loss. *Sigh*, more people who think they can model the world with incredibly flawed assumptions.
"Nature doesn't care how smart you are. You can still be wrong." - Richard Feynman
That's a pathetic excuse. I'm just quitting.
No seriously, cheap plastic swords made in China are probably more than sufficient to keep anyone who would steal a ticket to Star Wars at bay.
English is easier said than done.
The findings are based on the assumption that attendance during the first two days will match that of the last "Star Wars" blockbuster, "Episode II -- Attack of the Clones," which attracted 9.4 million people in in 2002.
Challenger estimates that 4.8 million of those opening-day attendees are employed at least 35 hours per week. With those full-timers earning an average of $130.60 per day, the two-day cost in terms of lost wages and productivity would be a staggering $626,880,000, he said.
So, even estimating that their 4.8 million figure is right, they assume that all of these 4.8 million people will skip the entire day to watch a 2 hour movie? Not only do those attendance figures for episode 2 include midnight showings the previous night (I went the the 12:01 and was into work bright and early the next morning), but they don't even realize that probably *half* the showtimes are *after* work hours. I know a lot of people that are catching the Thursday or Friday evening of the show. Granted, there is a hit to production, but it's nowhere *near* the figure they speculate in the article.
-- Jinsaku
dude, your sig is awesome, either that or you should really take a look at your sig cause Mike fuckin hates you.
Frylock: "We should have cloned twenties, Jackson wouldn't have given a fuck."
Funny thing is, according to the short stories about the bounty hunters, Boba didn't die in the Sarlacc pit.
I sense a disturbance in the labor force. Its as if a million people all called in sick.
God spoke to me.
Download your official Star Wars Excuse Note to give to your employer / school / etc.
Pffft. They're assuming that any of us were productive to begin with. Judging by the sheer volume of posts on Slashdot these days, productivity is a pipe dream.
I think that firewalling Slashdot would wipe out any financial losses caused by geeks taking time off to see Episode III.
Then again, we're taking a work sponsored outing to see the movie. heh.
My employers decided that it would be smarter to rent out a theater on premiere day for a showing at 4 PM rather than have people skip out. No lines or sleeping in tents for me. It also helps that my company is a hedge fund founded by a bunch of engineering nerds. They want to go as much as we do. It's a win-win situation. Boost morale, prevent "sick" leaves, and satisfy your inner nerd. The company is run by smart people I tell you :-).
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You can't ride a bike or hike in those fancy shoes if the people decide to not work the factories anymore. Most people's idea of recreation requires a good deal of industry to be as enjoyable as it is. You work hard to give yourself the ability to take some time off and enjoy the fruits of humanity's labors.
"Because Science" is one step from "Because old book". Try "Because of my experiment testing my falsifiable assertion".
Why do we measure things with money?
Because money is fungible.
Is money God?
Yes, see above. But, God is not fungible so God is not money.
Is money happiness?
Yes, see above. But, happiness is not fungible so happiness is not money.
Or is money just something the rich dangle to make the poor jump through hoops??
Yes, see above. But, poor jumping through hoops are not fungible, so poor jumping through hoops is not money.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Why does it always come back to the costs to business? When did they become more important to people? How about the costs to individuals caused by businesses (e.g. days cut from life-span due to job-related stress)? There's more to life than big business.
That should be "too stupid to NOT see"...
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Or religious holidays. Or the first "beach day" of summer. Or when Lynard Skynard/Rolling Stones comes to town and all the baby boomers try to squeeze into blue jeans they bought 25 years ago. Or hang-over day after cinco de mayo. Or April 20th.
Oh wait, the double standard.
Picking on geeks is easy. Picking on religion, the boomers who run business, and minorities isn't. Its like the New York Post is high school all over again.
It's okay. Most of the IT staff at the company I work for think there are too many managers and executives.
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I'm also 22, and work twice as many hours a week...
Call me when you're done working 80 hour weeks for 3 years and we'll talk
I think most of us have been there, including Motherfucker. If you're not careful, you're going to burn out before you're 30. These are your prime years. Use them wisely.
And don't fool yourself, working 80 hours a week is NOT twice as productive as working 40 hours a week. Not even close.
Look when you're older and have kids, you have a good idea of what's important. Get the shit done in 8 hours. Go home and spend time doing the stuff that really matters. Anything else is probably a waste of your life.
The other guy has more experience, and figured out how to get the job done in a shorter amount of time.
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
At least this is going to be better than the first two. They were so bad that I had to take the *next* day off sick just to recover.
'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'
In law school, there is the famous case of 4 guys who were adrift at sea and nearing death from starvation. 3 had wives and families, one was young and just starting his career. The 3 older men decided they'd kill the younger as the younger had the least to lose and they'd eat him. That's what they did. They were rescued the next day.
So this reasoning has been used for worse consequences than your situation
BTW, the 3 were convicted but later released with time served. Apparently, public opinion was that the 3 were reasonable in what they did, as they didn't know they'd be rescued.