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Google's Second-Class Citizens
theodp writes "Valleywag reports on a new caste system at Google, which will mean compulsory lunch breaks, two additional unpaid 15-minute breaks, limited OT, and e-clock punching for those reclassified as hourly workers starting April 1. Could be worse, though. Google also offers gigs through WorkforceLogic (the company that helped Microsoft deal with its pesky permatemps), which come with a guarantee of unemployment after one year. Guess that's what passes for the Best Employer in the US these days."
All of them at my company. Of course I work at a government contractor. The janitor that takes out my trash has a higher security classification than I do.
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No problem. How about 15 minutes. I'll even throw in another one in 4 hours.
As opposed to, you know, surfing slashdot during the day.
You can't be "productive" 100% of the time, because otherwise you wouldn't get anything done at all. Humans != machines. We're significantly smarter (well, at least some of us) and that price is paid by being less than perfectly efficient in some ways.
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't realize that "salaried" often equivocates to "exploited." It's the last "golden handcuff" whose shine hasn't worn off.
Michigan must expect that everyone knows about those special NASA diapers.
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