Looks like the/. crowd is saying "suck it up" or "there's nothing you can do". Well, actually, there is.
here's part of the California Dept of Labor FAQ about Overtime
Q. What can I do if my employer doesn't pay me my overtime wages?
A. You can either file a wage claim eve with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Labor Commissioner's Office), or you can file a lawsuit in court against your employer in to recover the lost wages.
Q. What can I do if my employer retaliates against me because I told him I was going to file a wage claim for unpaid overtime?
A. If your employer discriminates or retaliates against you in any manner whatsoever, for example, he discharges you because you file a wage claim or threaten to file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner, you can file a discrimination/retaliation complaint with the Labor Commissioner's Office. In the alternative, you can file a lawsuit in court against your employer.
Here's what I would do if I were you:
1. Call the California Dept of Labor and ask them. 2. With your newfound information, talk to your boss 3. If circumstances warrant, file a wage claim.
Just because the economy is bad does not mean that you lose all of your rights.
4) "forget" to fill it: they may never notice! (You know: "oh, sorry boss. I just didn't have time to do that. I'll just stop working on [insert important stuff with tight schedule here] and do it right away" or simply "Sorry, I forgot. I'll fill it this afternoon")
I've had great success with this at three different jobs. Now that you've made a stink about it it's probably too late for this strategy, but if you get in the door and then do a good job, more often than not they'll forget about it.
I was the only person at my last company to not sign the ridiculous NDA/Non-compete crap they shovelled at us.
OK, OK, you got me out of hiding - I work for ActiveBuddy. I just want to take a second to respond to some of the things said about us in this article based upon that abcnews.com commentary.
1. ActiveBuddy targets children This is not true. We do no marketing at all - all of our bots spread virally (companies we contract with might do marketing of their own, but that's it). It is unfortunate that the IM medium right now is dominated by kids in the pre-teen to teen range, but it's never been our intention to market to these age groups specifically.
2. ActiveBuddy ads are "spam" or "underhanded" Our ads are less intrusive than standard banner ads, and much less intrusive than some of the things going on now on web sites trying to make money from internet advertising. ActiveBuddy bots never message the user first - the user has to begin an interaction with it. Ads are clearly delineated at the bottom of the page, separate from the other content.
3. ActiveBuddy is filled with greedy capitalists trying to make a buck Look, we're just like you - we have a technology that's pretty cool, and that a lot of people like to use. We provide lots of advertiser-neutral interaction, but we do have some ads. So does Slashdot. So does almost every website out there.
4. This article is a useful introduction to our company/technology/way we do business I love/. Really, I do. But this is one failure of the slashdot newsgathering system - you get an article from one point-of-view only. There are lots of other ways to look at our technology. I hope you'll look at SmarterChild and decide for yourself.
The TCP/IP Illustrated series (by W. Richard Stevens) would be a good addition. Volume 1, especially, is a good general introduction, while the later volumes get more technical
Warning - this post is based on the belief that/.-style moderation is effective.
Instead of (or in addition to) the technical solutions talked about here, can't there also be a human-based solution?
How about a feedback area after a game/session where people can talk about whether they thought their opponent(s) or allies were playing on the level? What they thought of their opponents' playing style?
There would have to be mechanisms in place to prevent clan partisanship, and maybe you'd have to implement some sort of sore-loser prevention, but if you agree that technical barriers will only last so long, a human-based system could provide a useful backup.
If it works on eBay (to a certain extent) and here (again, to a certain extent), why couldn't it work on battle.net?
Um, well, besides the fact that it's Ginsburg who has the cancer, you neglect to mention that the two longest-serving justices are actually Rehnquist (appointed in '71 by Nixon) and Kennedy (Ford).
The Supreme Court argument is the main argument of the "hold your nose and vote" constituency. But you can cut it both ways.
There is not going to be a major balance-of-power shift. Each of the justices can hold on for 4 more years, whoever is in power. Look at Thurgood Marshall - he retired about 6 weeks before he died.
Believe me, there are a lot of interested parties who would turn these people into cyborgs rather than let them die...
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$100/hr, with a one-hour minimum, adjusted upward or downward depending on whether I like the person/company.
Really, just ask yourself "how much is this worth to me?" and set your rate accordingly...
here's part of the California Dept of Labor FAQ about Overtime
Here's what I would do if I were you:
1. Call the California Dept of Labor and ask them.
2. With your newfound information, talk to your boss
3. If circumstances warrant, file a wage claim.
Just because the economy is bad does not mean that you lose all of your rights.
I've had great success with this at three different jobs. Now that you've made a stink about it it's probably too late for this strategy, but if you get in the door and then do a good job, more often than not they'll forget about it.
I was the only person at my last company to not sign the ridiculous NDA/Non-compete crap they shovelled at us.
OK, OK, you got me out of hiding - I work for ActiveBuddy. I just want to take a second to respond to some of the things said about us in this article based upon that abcnews.com commentary.
/. Really, I do. But this is one failure of the slashdot newsgathering system - you get an article from one point-of-view only. There are lots of other ways to look at our technology. I hope you'll look at SmarterChild and decide for yourself.
1. ActiveBuddy targets children
This is not true. We do no marketing at all - all of our bots spread virally (companies we contract with might do marketing of their own, but that's it). It is unfortunate that the IM medium right now is dominated by kids in the pre-teen to teen range, but it's never been our intention to market to these age groups specifically.
2. ActiveBuddy ads are "spam" or "underhanded"
Our ads are less intrusive than standard banner ads, and much less intrusive than some of the things going on now on web sites trying to make money from internet advertising. ActiveBuddy bots never message the user first - the user has to begin an interaction with it. Ads are clearly delineated at the bottom of the page, separate from the other content.
3. ActiveBuddy is filled with greedy capitalists trying to make a buck
Look, we're just like you - we have a technology that's pretty cool, and that a lot of people like to use. We provide lots of advertiser-neutral interaction, but we do have some ads. So does Slashdot. So does almost every website out there.
4. This article is a useful introduction to our company/technology/way we do business
I love
The TCP/IP Illustrated series (by W. Richard Stevens) would be a good addition. Volume 1, especially, is a good general introduction, while the later volumes get more technical
"Fool me once, shame on you
Instead of (or in addition to) the technical solutions talked about here, can't there also be a human-based solution?
How about a feedback area after a game/session where people can talk about whether they thought their opponent(s) or allies were playing on the level? What they thought of their opponents' playing style?
There would have to be mechanisms in place to prevent clan partisanship, and maybe you'd have to implement some sort of sore-loser prevention, but if you agree that technical barriers will only last so long, a human-based system could provide a useful backup.
If it works on eBay (to a certain extent) and here (again, to a certain extent), why couldn't it work on battle.net?
The Supreme Court argument is the main argument of the "hold your nose and vote" constituency. But you can cut it both ways.
There is not going to be a major balance-of-power shift. Each of the justices can hold on for 4 more years, whoever is in power. Look at Thurgood Marshall - he retired about 6 weeks before he died. Believe me, there are a lot of interested parties who would turn these people into cyborgs rather than let them die...
There's a calculator at this site that can give you an answer based on assumptions about max call volume and other statistics.