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IT Services Company Wipro Forces 600 Employees To Work In Bed Bug Infested Office (11alive.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the pest-control dept.

McGruber writes: Information Technology Services CorporationWipro's 600-employee call center in Chamblee, Georgia is in infected with bed bugs according to Atlanta television station 11Alive. The facilities manager admits there is a bed bug problem and it's been an issue since late May. Employees told the tv station that the bugs are all over the three floors -- and they're biting. But employees are being told they still must go to work. Kwanita Holmes sent 11Alive photos of what she said is a bed bug bite on her arm: "We're at work 8 hours a day and we're getting munched on all day," she said. Wipro said it's paying for in-home bed bug consultations and treatments for employees.

127 comments

  1. For the humanity of it, by MountainLogic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please file a Jira ticket on this and mark it as a blocker!

    1. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Call center operator and humanity? lol. call centers are often no better than chinese sweatshops...

    2. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      DDT resistance would have easily come about by now.

    3. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      - Georgia

      - Bangalore-based Wipro

      - Employees named 'Kwanita'

      That explains the problem.

    4. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Marry her!

    5. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Will nobody do the needful?

    6. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      LOL, acutally tried this once with JIRA when our office AC was out for two weeks. No one saw the issue since it didn't have the correct hidden fields setup to show-up on the Scrum board. It sucks after six years of using JIRA that we still can't get all of the damn options correct just to open an issue.

    7. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We have this problem after bringing in someone from Atlassian. We now have seven different workflows that no one understands. Our product people have resorted going back to paper. It shouldn't be so damn hard to open an issue and add it to a sprint.

    8. Re:For the humanity of it, by skids · · Score: 1

      Well, "Georgia" may. Up where it gets well below freezing all you have to do is let the room freeze for a few days in the winter and problem solved (dust mites, too). Just be careful not to burst your water pipes. This also means they don't migrate as much between houses in the winter, at least not via car.

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    9. Re:For the humanity of it, by supremebob · · Score: 1

      Bah, that's a Medium at best. The worker can still function after being bitten, right? Push it into the next sprint.

    10. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, that's your wife you want him to marry.

    11. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If it's a magic mushroom, you need to find her & propose

    12. Re: For the humanity of it, by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      You spelled "sister" wrong.

      As for the mushroom growing out of the guys' penis - it's magic. The problem will magically go away when his dick falls off tomorrow. Or earlier if he goes back for seconds.

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    13. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yep, I'll bet that all the employees live in dormitories (shared apartments and houses) together.

    14. Re: For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sorry that you can't work out proper workflow; it must be the bedbugs, and Obama.

    15. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In Singapore, they have oil based bed bug traps.
      So in your cubicle, lay out some oil traps and sticky boards.
      You can catch and release on the executive level floor.

    16. Re:For the humanity of it, by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 1, Insightful

      DDT was "banned" for agricultural use, not indoor use, where it is still used for malaria prevention.

      At any rate, what makes you think that bedbugs won't become highly resistant to DDT, just as they have for most every other insecticide used on them? DDT is already nearly useless on other insects that have become resistant to it.

    17. Re:For the humanity of it, by arglebargle_xiv · · Score: 1

      Exactly. They should reintroduce Amiton, you can't develop any resistance to that. One fumigation and you'd clear the building.

    18. Re:For the humanity of it, by Rockoon · · Score: 2

      At any rate, what makes you think that bedbugs won't become highly resistant to DDT, just as they have for most every other insecticide used on them?

      I already said it. Apparently you ban-defenders can't even fucking read. Bed bugs were nearly wiped out, AS IN EXTINCT, and then we banned DDT.

      And no, they didnt ban ddt for only for "agricultural use" ... they banned it entirely. It wasn't until 2006 that they started allowing it for indoor use.... IN AFRICA ONLY ... all these facts right here combined make you a lying fuck. You literally pretended to know something that you knew you didnt know. Surely you wont pretend to have simply been mistaken while getting a long series of facts wrong.

      STOP PRETENDING TO BE EXPERTS WHEN YOU AREN'T YOU LYING FUCKS

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    19. Re:For the humanity of it, by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 1

      There is not way in hell that bedbugs would become "extinct" before developing resistance to any single insecticide.

      Given the way you're foaming at the mouth, I think you should be more concerned about rabies than bedbugs anyway.

    20. Re:For the humanity of it, by unixisc · · Score: 1

      When I lived in Atlanta, I used to have a roach problem - despite not having food or such stuff in the open. I called in the pest control a number of times, sometimes it was needed as frequently as once every two weeks. The pest control guy on one occasion explained to me the types of roaches, and told me that I was lucky enough to be visited by just Georgian roaches and not the African ones. Also, during winter, one also explained to me how the roaches were in my apartment due to the cold

      I do prefer pest control guys who are less into the immigration status or psychology of those vermin. Maybe it's just me.

    21. Re: For the humanity of it, by Brockmire · · Score: 1

      You prefer the exterminator that does it for recreation as a side job?

    22. Re:For the humanity of it, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I work in the adjacent building. Bedbugs are only a small worry in these buildings....

      Here is my ride to work this morning... https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1819829788

      Nathan

    23. Re: For the humanity of it, by MountainLogic · · Score: 1

      That would be add it to a future sprint???

  2. The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    spent more per room getting rid of bedbugs than we did remodeling them! I don't blame them for not wanting to stop work for the incredible amount and time and effort it takes to get rid of them.

    1. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Informative

      I have dealt with bedbug infestations. They generally don't bite people that are not sleeping. The "bedbug bites" shown in the video look nothing like actual bedbug bites that I have seen. To see what real bites look like, go to images.google.com and type "bedbug bites".

      Insecticides and fumigation don't work well because they only kill the bugs, and not the eggs, so a week later they will be back. The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed. Then buy or rent some powerful space heaters and heat up all the rooms. Luckily, they will be doing this in the summer.

      To prevent reinfestation, they need to ban people from bringing cushions, blankets, stuffed animals, etc. from home. They also need to check their contractor cleaning crew. It is best that they use your vacuum cleaner rather than their own that they move from place to place.

    2. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

      The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed.

      Or, being that they are located in Georgia, just turn off the air conditioning.

      Or, lock the employees in cars parked in the sun with the windows closed.

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    3. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.

      Virginia.gov says:

      Bed bugs exposed to 113F will die if they receive constant exposure to that temperature for 90 minutes or more. However, they will die within 20 minutes if exposed to 118F. Interestingly, bed bug eggs must be exposed to 118F for 90 minutes to reach 100% mortality.

      For non-Americans, 118F is slightly less than 48C.

    4. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by lgw · · Score: 5, Insightful

      60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.

      Massive overkill is exactly the right amount of overkill for bedbugs.

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    5. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.

      The problem is that bedbugs hide in cracks and crevices, under carpets, inside furniture stuffing, etc. You need to get sufficient heat into all those places ... and the hard part isn't killing the bugs, but killing the eggs. If you don't kill all the eggs, the bugs will be back in a few weeks. It is better to do "massive overkill" once than to do it twice with less heat.

    6. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Compare the cost of heat-soaking an entire office building to 120F vs 140F.

      140 is prohibitively expensive and also extremely dangerous to humans, but you can easily reach 120F in the summer by opening all the doors and windows to get the building up to 100-105F in the early afternoon, and then close the doors/windows and crank up the heat in the late afternoon. At 120F, humans will be able to enter the building to take measurements.

      p.s. I guarantee you that someone brought the infection from home, and they'll bring it back again after the treatment is done.

    7. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by hey! · · Score: 1

      I worked for years in mosquito control so I know a lot of entomologists, including one who has for years now operated a service for identifying pests like hair lice and bedbugs. More than half of the time the samples of bedbugs he's been asked to look at are something else.

      The first step in a problem like this is to get someone who knows what he's doing to look at samples of what you're seeing. You could have a completely different problem going on -- a different kind of insect like fleas or bat bugs -- or even mass hysteria over an innocuous insect infestation.

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    8. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So you dealt with bedbugs one time and now you're an expert huh? GTFO.

    9. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat.

      Well, that's one good thing about living in Phoenix right now. If I turn off the AC and open the windows, 140F shouldn't be hard to get...

    10. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Swave+An+deBwoner · · Score: 1

      The inflammation on her arm suggests that she is very allergic to the bugs' bites. Not everybody reacts the same - some develop huge bumps and swelling, others show no reaction at all. There is no indication that anybody involved disputes the presence of bedbugs at that site.

    11. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by marciot · · Score: 1

      The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours.

      Good lord, don't give them any ideas. It seems like work conditions there are bad enough without you having them make it into a *literal* sweatshop for an entire workday.

    12. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      The best way is to be the type of person the bedbugs won't bite in the first place. They'll completely avoid some type 1 diabetics for some reason. Same with lice. YMMV. Type 2 diabetes - sorry, you're a bug magnet.

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    13. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Darinbob · · Score: 1

      This however is exactly what the pros recommend.

    14. Re: The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The eggs die after cooking at that temp for 8 hours.
        In order to get the entire structure, includings places like inside the walls, up to full temp in a reasonable time, you're going to need the temp in the open spaces to be around 140 for about a day.

      And even then there's a pretty good chance that you'll have to do it again in a week.

    15. Re: The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was literally 122F outside my house and 129F outside my friend's house in other side of town in Vegas last Tuesday.

    16. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's good to know if I ever get bedbugs in the summer. Around here we just sat through several days of 100+. Close up all the windows during a heat wave, pull the drapes back to let the Sun in, and it should hit those temps easy. Winter's another matter. I bet I could hit those temps by stoking the wood stove real good in the afternoon, but that's asking for all kinds of trouble. I guess I'd just call an exterminator who might be able to heat the place up with a more controllable portable gas heater.

    17. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Z00L00K · · Score: 1

      No, it's not overkill. Overkill doesn't exist for the bedbugs.

      Notice that to reach the level for killing the bugs and their eggs in the hidden parts of a building you need to exceed the heat needed to kill them in the building and make sure that the whole building gets hot enough.

      But all people working in that workplace has to get their homes cleaned as well.

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    18. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or we could just legalize DDT again.

    19. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > I have dealt with bedbug infestations. They generally don't bite people that are not sleeping. The "bedbug bites" shown in the video look nothing like actual bedbug bites that I have seen. To see what real bites look like, go to images.google.com and type "bedbug bites".

      Somehow, I don't think what you call them is the point.

    20. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by ebvwfbw · · Score: 1

      Yes. I have a package in the basement. Price on it is 43 cents. Probably from the 1960s. I found it in a house I bought. Still works very well. I remember they used to put DDT on playgrounds it was so safe. Nothing like the crazy environmentalists want us to believe.

    21. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes. I have a package in the basement. Price on it is 43 cents. Probably from the 1960s. I found it in a house I bought. Still works very well. I remember they used to put DDT on playgrounds it was so safe. Nothing like the crazy environmentalists want us to believe.

      "Safe" for humans but not for fish and birds. How well do you think we'll survive without them?

    22. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by syntotic · · Score: 0

      They seem to come from Indonesia or Indochina, just found the picture in G+ in a tagalog (?) ad post on mattresses, the same insects I have found in NYC several times every so many years.

    23. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by Vadim+Makarov · · Score: 1

      I wonder how many employee's homes got infested by bringing bedbugs in clothing and personal belongings. The facility is surely possible to treat with heat, but would then re-infestation occur via employees bringing them back from their homes? Should the employer offer bedbug treatment to any employee who needs it, at the same time?

      This is an expensive problem.

      I've just had a misfortune to stay in a hotel in Paris infested with bedbugs (Hotel Aladin at Les Gobelins). Found them after two nights in the place, after bites inflamed all over my body. To be on the safe side, I ordered emergency treatment of my luggage, which was performed by dousing it with a chemical, with all my belongings laid out right on a Paris street. Possibly an overkill, but better be on the safe side. I also washed the clothes I was in as soon as I could. I also packed electronics in tight plastic bags and ran it through thermal treatment back home.

      Funnily when I tried to check in to another, better, Paris hotel _after the treatment_ and told them of the problem I had, the hotel manager swiftly escorted me out of the reception. He told they had bedbugs and it took them two months to get rid of, so they were not taking any chances. I had to stay silent when searching for a room after that.

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    24. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by LunaticTippy · · Score: 1

      You experience is vastly different from mine. Worst case I've seen was from infested books. I've been bitten at theaters and on transit. If they are hungry they will feed, sleeping or not. A badly infected home will have everything covered with eggs. Shoes, backpacks, books, pens, everything that is taken out of the house will spread the evil little fuckers.

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  3. Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its business by McGruber · · Score: 0

    Back on June 9, 2017, CNN reported that Wipro was claiming that Trump's election as U.S. president would harm its business:

    Bangalore-based Wipro has included Trump's election as U.S. president in a list of "risk factors" in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    "Significant developments stemming from the recent U.S. presidential election could have a material adverse effect on our business," Wipro said.

    It called out Trump's opposition to the North America Free Trade Agreement and his advocacy for "greater restrictions on free trade" as specific risks.

    Wipro, much like its peers Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys (INFY), Tech Mahindra and others, depends heavily on the U.S. The company gets more than half its total revenues from U.S. clients.

    But Trump and his administration have accused Indian firms of using the popular H-1B work visa program to send millions of foreign tech workers to the United States to take jobs Americans could do. Around 70% of all H-1B visas go to Indian workers.

    The article: CNNTech article: Indian tech firm makes it official: Trump is a risk to its business

  4. The hotel chain I worked for...Tent and gas. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's why you see entire buildings tented and gassed.

    1. Re:The hotel chain I worked for...Tent and gas. by slashdice · · Score: 1

      Just give employees free Soylent for lunch. That building will be gassed out by 2:45.

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    2. Re: The hotel chain I worked for...Tent and gas. by richardellisjr · · Score: 1

      Unfortunately if it's that bad them likely many of the employees now have them at home so they'll just keep getting reinfected. The only was for this to get solved is for the company to rent the building and everyone's house. But expect a massive amount of hotel infections to follow.

    3. Re: The hotel chain I worked for...Tent and gas. by Slashdot+Junky · · Score: 1

      many of the employees now have them at home

      The bugs probably came to the house initially from someone's home. They likely will return to the office again if all employee homes aren't included in the kill approach.

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  5. Noobs! Kill bedbugs with a hosts file~!! -APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just pipe the bedbugs to 128.0.0.0 you stupidz noobiex!

    -APK

  6. Real bugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Their IT folks write buggy code, so it fits right in having real bugs in the call center. Just gives me more business fixing crappy outsourced projects!

  7. Very unfair portrayal. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was just a debugging training facility and all the bugs have been trained raised for that purpose.

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  8. They're not bugs... by nuckfuts · · Score: 5, Funny

    they're undocumented features.

    1. Re:They're not bugs... by omnichad · · Score: 1

      Are undocumented features better or worse than H1B features?

    2. Re:They're not bugs... by DigiShaman · · Score: 1

      Delt with bedbugs before. It's like fucking Zerglings! Nuke em from orbit; it's the only way to be sure!

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    3. Re:They're not bugs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That will require additional pylons.

    4. Re:They're not bugs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I already have a python script. Thanks you!
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  9. WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

    Bedbugs are nasty. My apartment complex had a "beetle" infestation in the summer of 2008. My apartment had to be bug bombed once a month for three months. Took a year to get my life back to normal.

    1. Re:WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What was happening the other 9 months?

    2. Re:WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bedbugs are nasty.

      Nevertheless, they persisted.

      My apartment complex had a "beetle" infestation in the summer of 2008.

      "beetles" probably means you had carpet beetles, not bedbugs. They look similar, but they're different.

      Took a year to get my life back to normal.

      So a 3 month inconvenience caused a 12 month disruption in your life?

    3. Re:WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! by ls671 · · Score: 1

      What do you mean carpet beagles?
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    4. Re:WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      he means him and his friends.
      http://imgur.com/a/Bqufg

      cap: bouncy

  10. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, I'm sure Trump sent them bedbugs you fucking loon. Is there anything you can't blame him for?

  11. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by clonehappy · · Score: 0

    We should all sympathize with the H1B abusing foreign company that forces employees to work in dangerous, insect infested offices. Because they hate Trump too!
    We gotta stand together!

  12. I wonder who breeds bugs faster by JoeyRox · · Score: 1

    Indian sweat-shop programmers or bed bugs.

    1. Re:I wonder who breeds bugs faster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      short term: any programmer
      long term: bed bugs (they multiply exponentially)

      (lol, the "Prove Yourself" is "insect"...)

    2. Re:I wonder who breeds bugs faster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uhh, they go hand in hand. I live in an apartment a few hundred feet from Microsoft Red West. We've had several bed bug infestations the past 11 years I've lived here. Other people struggled greatly to get rid of them since they try using poisons rather than heat. I haven't had any trouble getting rid of them since I have two large heaters. I keep the room at about 120 degrees for eight hours then they're gone for a while.

      I just wish my coworkers would believe me so that I wouldn't have to always take my own chair to meetings.

    3. Re: I wonder who breeds bugs faster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hi neighbor. I live in Hampton Greens. Correct about the Indians here. One of them gave whooping cough to my neighbor's two kids. I'm currently looking into getting vaccinated for more things.

  13. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by xevioso · · Score: 1

    Being competent.

  14. for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc suc by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 1

    for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc suck it up and no we can't pay you more then 60K

  15. The Fix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Bring in a bottle of rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle. Kills them on contact. Our DR site used to be a hotel, and I've gotten bedbugs from the place. The rubbing alcohol has worked the best compared to the multitude of other things I've tried.

    1. Re:The Fix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bring in a bottle of rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle. Kills them on contact. Our DR site used to be a hotel, and I've gotten bedbugs from the place. The rubbing alcohol has worked the best compared to the multitude of other things I've tried.

      I used daily treatments of vacuuming around mattress/box spring seam areas where they congregated, general vacuum of mattress and floor area, and application of rubbing alcohol spray along the same seams (good area to lay eggs). After a few weeks they disappeared.

  16. In China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    I'm not surprised, working conditions at many Chinese factories are horrible...

    Chamblee, Georgia

    oh...

    1. Re: In China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bedbugs prefer dark meat.

  17. This is what happens when you don't have Unions by rsilvergun · · Score: 1

    and solidarity. Individuals don't have the power to effect meaningful change in the face of large organizations like mega corps. Join or Die.

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    1. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Indians have plenty of solidarity. Haven't you noticed that once they get into positions of authority, the percentage of Indians in IT shops jumps enormously? We're damn close to Indians being the majority in the majority of IT shops these days, if we're not already there.

    2. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We're already there.

    3. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uh-Huh

      I work in a Union shop.

      While we don't have bedbugs, we do have mold infested buildings because the company never seems to have a " budget " to properly deal with it.
      We call the corporate Environment & Safety folks out, show them the mold and they send in a cleaning crew to wipe down all the horizontal surfaces, vacuum the carpets and generally remove anything that's " green ".

      Since they've done nothing to actually remove the mold, it comes right back.

      Been fighting it for years.

      Want to take a guess just how much the Union gives a shit about it ?
      As long as it's not taking money out of their pockets ( in the form of Union Dues of course ) it's your problem.

    4. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The solution according to "The Red Stapler Man."

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0xtdN0_tA

    5. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by PrimaryConsult · · Score: 2

      We have a union, did nothing for our bedbug infested government building: Bedbugs Surprise New York state workers. As far as I know the bugs are still there (no fumigation notices went out).

  18. Oh fuck off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    I have dealt with bedbug infestations. They generally don't bite people that are not sleeping. The "bedbug bites" shown in the video look nothing like actual bedbug bites that I have seen. To see what real bites look like, go to images.google.com and type "bedbug bites".

    Dammit Bill, do you automatically think every person on the planet but you is a lying piece of shit? You ALWAYS start off with victim blaming and condemnation. You must be truly insufferable to deal with IRL.

    1. Re:Oh fuck off by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      Dammit Bill, do you automatically think every person on the planet but you is a lying piece of shit?

      No, but I have found that it is a good working assumption when dealing with journalists, lawyers, and politicians.

    2. Re: Oh fuck off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bill is my husband, and yes, he's a fucking miserable person. Just waiting for the best financial moment to divorce him.

    3. Re: Oh fuck off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't. I'm his mother, and I don't want him back in my basement eating all my Cheetoh's.

    4. Re: Oh fuck off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Meow am Bill's cat. Halp!

    5. Re:Oh fuck off by Required+Snark · · Score: 1

      What about people posting on Slashdot?

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  19. I'm posting only to see what the CAPTCHA will be. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ah there it is: CRINGING.

  20. Racism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If the employees' names were "Tiffany" instead of "Kwanita" you can bet your ass the problem would have been solved.

  21. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm sure Trump sent them bedbugs you fucking loon.

    Trump does own hotels...

  22. Re: This is what happens when you don't have Union by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not to mention "light touch" regulation, which simply means letting corporations break the law.

  23. Tired of the jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This looks like a clear violation of health and safety laws, and Wipro does a half assed band-aid "fix" rather than shut the building
    down for a few days and do a 100% scrub down/eradication of these insects.

      If this shit Wipro is allowing to happen really is legal, we are all in trouble, as we have no more rights than the serfs in Bangladesh
    sewing up Minions t-shirts for a couple cents an hour.

  24. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by McGruber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You misunderstood the intent of my post.

    If Wipro, a company that forces its employees to work in a bugbed infested building, is typical of the companies being harmed by Trump's policies, then I'm all for the policies that are harming these companies!

  25. Jobs Americans won't do? by Tablizer · · Score: 1

    Trump and his administration have accused Indian firms of using the popular H-1B work visa program to send millions of foreign tech workers to the United States to take jobs Americans could do.

    Us USA citizens also have to right to have our asses chewed off by insects, managers, and other vermin. Equal Opportunity Chewin'!

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  26. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do you airbnb the spacious cavity up your big fat ass? How many Hitlery demoncocks can you fit inside?

  27. Suspicions confirmed by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny
    WiPro really are a bunch of blood-sucking parasites.

    They won't kill the bedbugs out of professional courtesy.

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    "Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
  28. Easy fix... by drew_92123 · · Score: 1

    If you use Wipro call them, demand a manager, and tell them you want to cancel your service because of the bedbug issue and how they're treating their employees. Even even a couple of customers leave they'll jump right on it because it'll hit em where it hurts... in their wallets...

    1. Re:Easy fix... by supremebob · · Score: 1

      You're kidding, right? The psychopathic managers that outsource to places like WiPro to begin with would consider this refusal to shut down the building for fumigation as a plus! In their minds, it shows how focused they are on keeping costs low and meeting delivery targets on time.

    2. Re:Easy fix... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Better not suggest saving money like their counterparts in India by having to poo in the streets.

    3. Re:Easy fix... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Uh, yeah, hi. This is Brian, from Comcast? I've been hearing terrible things about the way you're treating your employees, and I'd like to place a formal complaint and warn you we may have to stop using your services"

      "Oh, oh dear. Mr.Roberts? I'm terribly sorry. I never even realized."

      "Yeah. I bet you didn't"

      "We'll send you a video of forcing to suffer through the infestations like the worthless trash they are right away!"

      "Good. Good. I'll hold you to that. Send me two copies and perhaps this little complaint will never have occurred."

  29. Re: for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc by KGIII · · Score: 1

    Damn it, Joe. Turn on spellcheck.

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    "So long and thanks for all the fish."
  30. Same problem at UW Health in Madison, WI in 2010 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They had the same problem at UW Health in Madison, WI in 2010. They only treated one floor of their building even though staff regularly moved between floors for meetings/etc. There was a significant exodus of patients and staff after that hit the news.

  31. Re: This is what happens when you don't have Union by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's not solidarity. But it's other Indians that pay the Indian manager their first few salaries to get a job. And yes I heard that directly from an Indian. Though she was talking about Toronto I'm sure they do it the same way everywhere.

  32. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

    The Russians who finance him / guarantee his loans through Deutsch Bank own the hotels. The usual lenders won't lend to him any more because they've been bitten too many times. And then there's this mess

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  33. Re: This is what happens when you don't have Union by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I work for a large company in the US. A guy brought a bedbug from home. Within an hour he was sent home for a week (paid), two hours later we had exterminators placing tracking traps everywhere and spot spraying. An hour after that we were sent home (paid) and given the rest of the week off (paid) while they fogged and heat treated the entire 30 story building.
    The exterminators were back every day for a month checking the traps, they never found any actual bedbugs.
    Plenty of roaches in the breakroom though.

    But tell me more about how corporations are evil and hate the employees.

  34. Worst slave owners ever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Even the slave owners in the 19th century knew to take better care of their workers.

  35. Of course by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 1

    Indian sweatshops. Cheap ass commodity labor.

    Wipro too. I'm not surprised. We know that Wipro is a shit company, in my shop. That's why they're on the prohibited vendor list. Fuck em.

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    Huh?
  36. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes I do but when I eat spicy chicken it gets so hot in there that all the bed bugs die.
    -creimer

  37. Authoritative Information on Bed Bugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The CDC on Bedbugs

    Bed Bug Infestations in an Urban Environment

    Bed Bugs: Integrated Pest Management In and Around the Home

  38. Impersonating me again unidentifiable loser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Impersonating me again, you unidentifiable anonymous loser? Grow up & get a life...

    APK

    P.S.=> Unbelievable... apk

  39. Taking them home by kjell79 · · Score: 1

    The company will likely go under when bed bugs start appearing at employees homes. You think it's expansive to get them out of one building, imagine adding 600 homes to that list.

  40. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, I'm sure Trump sent them bedbugs you fucking loon. Is there anything you can't blame him for?

    Too bad President Trump does not send WiPro et. al. packing back to India. Seize all UA assets beforehand and place a permanent travel ban on Indians including any US born parasites.

  41. Only if referring to Wipro. by sethstorm · · Score: 1

    Unlike Wipro, Trump actually has acted in favor of regular, non-billionaire US citizens.

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    1. Re:Only if referring to Wipro. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You are severely misinformed.

  42. This bad, had a better experience at Accen**** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hail High performance Delivered culture, in 2012, we were forced to work in a facility housing more than 3000 workers, and only one of 4 compressors working. That too for 3 weeks.

    Good to know privileged American workers are getting some taste of what their offshore counterparts endure.

  43. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by unixisc · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they are racist GOP bedbugs in red state Atlanta, only too happy to suck the blood out of the Kwanitas who work for Wipro

  44. Re:Noobs! Kill bedbugs with a hosts file~!! -APK by unixisc · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't it be 127.0.0.1, so that the bedbugs do a loopback & end up biting themselves in their own ass?

  45. a real problem by luther349 · · Score: 1

    bedbugs are starting to spreed everywhere sense we got rid of ddt. if you know your history bedbugs where so bad pre world war 2 they where a way of life then we started using ddt wiped them out in the usa of course other country's did not and now there making a comeback because without the use of ddt there very hard to kill the only other thing that works is heat.

    1. Re:a real problem by LunaticTippy · · Score: 1

      Common misconception, pesticides work sort of like antibiotics. You can bring back a banned antibiotic and it will only work for a few years before microbes become resistant. Same with bedbugs. They were becoming resistant to DDT before it was banned, and if it was commonly used they would be quite resistant to it.

      If you like to learn about things you can read more here

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  46. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're into russian hotels http://www.picshare.ru/view/81...

    Here's some more fun
    http://ipic.su/img/img7/fs/r1....
    http://risovach.ru/kartinka/11...

  47. Re: This is what happens when you don't have Union by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes, your personal anecdote is indicative of every corporation in the world and thus negates the entire "corporations are evil and hate their employees" diatribe. Well done!