Nest devices were instantly crossed off my list as soon as Google bought Nest. Why would you install any sort of Google monitoring device in your home with Google's track record for collecting and storing data regardless of the ethics or propriety of doing so?
Chickens invite wolves to guard henhouse, are surprised at the results.
It's a gateway drug. Next you'll be watching Twitch streams instead of attending climate awareness sentivity meetings.
It's a slippery slope. Very insidious. At the end, you become a petroleum geologist with a big Texas ranch, complete with a swimming pool and your own private heliport.
Your streaming music is a sin against the planet. The Council of the Green does hereby issue a fatwa against your Spotify and your Apple Music. But not Amazon Music Unlimited or Tencent Music, they made a nice donation to the Earth Day vegan BBQ.
A good talker can use up the interview time on subjects they know well. Then you don't know their weaknesses. Skilled interviewers can deal with that situation, but how many people were hired for their skills interviewing job applicants? It's a complete crap shoot whether anyone conducting an interview is a skilled interviewer. Different types of interviewers choose different approaches based on what works for them.
Definitely agree about the easy questions. When candidates can't answer easy questions correctly, that provides a strong indication that the candidate is a bad hire.
When candidates can't answer hard questions, what does that tell you? They need extra time to solve difficult problems? Who doesn’t?
"Interacts with its community" is neither fun nor entertaining. Why do you want so desperately to be pandered to? I'd rather have a good product than a product that panders to Internet forum people.
1. Trump is incorrect about that 2. Even if he were correct, why should anyone care about the USPS? The USPS isn't supported by taxes. The postal service should be privatized. UPS or FedEx or Postmates or a dozen other companies could deliver mail.
And Amazon told New York where they could stick that deal. Some other place will get 25000 more high-paying jobs, and they won't have to offer Amazon nearly as much of a rebate because other jurisdictions aren't so greedy for taxes in the first place. And other places' elected officials might even live up to the terms of the deals they negotiate.
The problem is, even with your fanboy defense of corporate tax fraud, you are still paying taxes. They aren't. Focus on changing the laws so YOU pay no taxes. Don't worry about fighting their fight. They have deeper pockets and more lobbyists than you.
They won't be charged with fraud. Because they didn’t commit any fraud.
If liars can lie about Amazon, liars can lie about me or anyone else. If taxers can loot Amazon, taxers can loot me or anyone else.
- Amazon's delivery drivers pay fuel taxes for roads. - Amazon's buildings pay property tax for fire and police protection. - Amazon’s buildings pay sewer and water bills and electricity bills just like everyone else's. - Amazon's employees pay income tax and sales tax and property tax for their kids' school. - Amazon pays payroll taxes just like every other employer.
They pay for the services they get. Most of the rest goes for government giveaways.
No one wants to pay much tax. The only people who say they want to pay higher taxes actually want to tax others so they can spend others' money on their own priorities. They're willing to kick in a few dollars so they can spend 10000x as much more money they didn't earn.
So yeah, like anyone, Amazon doesn't want to pay much tax. They don't get a lot of valuable services in return.
(And replying in advance to the usual dumb responses: their delivery vehicles pay plenty of fuel taxes for the roads they use, their buildings pay plenty of property tax for the local fire departments and police departments. They also pay their local water and sewer bill and their employees pay tax for their kids' schooling. I saved you from posting the usual, phony nonsense about local government services: they pay for those.)
You don’t sound happy. Why would anyone want to share your attitude? It means they can never be happy. They always need to try to fight their neighbors, so they can find a way to steal their neighbors' money. It's a sad way to live.
It's especially sad because you never end up getting your neighbors' money, and even if you do get a tiny fraction of what you want, you ultimately won't get to keep it. Your neighbors will mount a defense and get it back, or you'll end up turning a rich country into a place where regular people starve, like Venezuela.
All that wasted effort could have been spent building something, or learning, or helping your fellow man instead of trying to steal from him.
That's bullshit. If you had a massive heart attack to died today your employer will still exist tomorrow. Products or services provided will still be done.
They would have a really difficult time and face production delays. They would desperately try to hire a replacement. It would cost them a lot and they would have a really difficult time getting someone more than half as good at it.
Hell, your team will still deliver it's products too!
Not on time. Not working correctly. Not even close. Delays and errors are very expensive.
Former CEOS who contributor hell of a lot more than you from McDonald's, Microsoft, Home Depot, GM, etc have all been fired. Yet they are still selling shit and making money.
Awesome example. Look at the performance of McDonalds in the last few years of their new CEO versus the last few years under their previous CEO. Then tell us how Steve Easterbrook is "replaceable" by Don Thompson. The right guy makes a huge difference.
People need to put their ego blinders off and realize they are not God's and are vulnerable just every one else.
They should be objective about their value. It's not infinite. It's not zero. It's a number in between, based on the need for the work and the availability of a substitute.
If you think your value is less than average, then you might want to try to trick the above average guys into forming a union. Then you can share some of their success with them.
Perhaps for your own sake it would be worth reconsidering how interchangeable you are.
I do reconsider it. Every time we interview someone. Each time we interview an applicant, I am more and more convinced that my employer needs me a lot more than I need them.
It's a good suggestion though. Everyone should be thinking about how they can maximize their value (and hence their pay).
Incorrect. We interview people all the time. None of them know how to do the work. We've hired a couple and trained them. Years later, they're still only ok at it.
Just because you aren't talented doesn't mean the rest of us have that same limitation.
...you, by yourself, do not have enough leverage to secure decent or even safe working conditions. This is a historic fact. It's not something that's up for debate. You by yourself cannot beat Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates in negotiations.
I absolutely can if they need my help. I'm extremely good at my job. I'm not some interchangeable worker-drone. (Almost no one is — it’s not 1895 anymore.).
People in the games industry have this thing called talent. They're not units of labor that go into a production equation.
If you're not talented and you think you'll never be very valuable to your production team, then the union is for you. They'll make sure even the dregs can get by.
If you are talented in an industry-appropriate skill, it's not hard to find opportunities in the games business.
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I predict their game streaming service will be full of ads.
Surrender?
Nest devices were instantly crossed off my list as soon as Google bought Nest. Why would you install any sort of Google monitoring device in your home with Google's track record for collecting and storing data regardless of the ethics or propriety of doing so?
Chickens invite wolves to guard henhouse, are surprised at the results.
What's the penalty for participating in an unregistered sport?
Who brought God into this?
The Planet, you mean? The Planet requires you to give up your sinful bit tunes and ride the phonographic grooves to environmental righteousness!
The songs of the land and the sea don't play on MP3. The atmosphere chills to vinyl. Let's all sing along.
It's a gateway drug. Next you'll be watching Twitch streams instead of attending climate awareness sentivity meetings.
It's a slippery slope. Very insidious. At the end, you become a petroleum geologist with a big Texas ranch, complete with a swimming pool and your own private heliport.
Yeah, take that sinners! The planet and her holy servants rebuke your mp3s as a sin against the land and the sea.
Repent now, the only way you can: by switching to vinyl! The righteous path follows the grooves.
Your streaming music is a sin against the planet. The Council of the Green does hereby issue a fatwa against your Spotify and your Apple Music. But not Amazon Music Unlimited or Tencent Music, they made a nice donation to the Earth Day vegan BBQ.
A good talker can use up the interview time on subjects they know well. Then you don't know their weaknesses. Skilled interviewers can deal with that situation, but how many people were hired for their skills interviewing job applicants? It's a complete crap shoot whether anyone conducting an interview is a skilled interviewer. Different types of interviewers choose different approaches based on what works for them.
It's probably a good test for them. They're looking for people who will put up with being treated like shit. Imagine actually working there.
Definitely agree about the easy questions. When candidates can't answer easy questions correctly, that provides a strong indication that the candidate is a bad hire.
When candidates can't answer hard questions, what does that tell you? They need extra time to solve difficult problems? Who doesn’t?
"Interacts with its community" is neither fun nor entertaining. Why do you want so desperately to be pandered to? I'd rather have a good product than a product that panders to Internet forum people.
1. Trump is incorrect about that
2. Even if he were correct, why should anyone care about the USPS? The USPS isn't supported by taxes. The postal service should be privatized. UPS or FedEx or Postmates or a dozen other companies could deliver mail.
Keeping the money you earned isn't a giveaway.
And Amazon told New York where they could stick that deal. Some other place will get 25000 more high-paying jobs, and they won't have to offer Amazon nearly as much of a rebate because other jurisdictions aren't so greedy for taxes in the first place. And other places' elected officials might even live up to the terms of the deals they negotiate.
The problem is, even with your fanboy defense of corporate tax fraud, you are still paying taxes. They aren't.
Focus on changing the laws so YOU pay no taxes. Don't worry about fighting their fight. They have deeper pockets and more lobbyists than you.
They won't be charged with fraud. Because they didn’t commit any fraud.
If liars can lie about Amazon, liars can lie about me or anyone else. If taxers can loot Amazon, taxers can loot me or anyone else.
No one is safe until we are all safe.
- Amazon's delivery drivers pay fuel taxes for roads.
- Amazon's buildings pay property tax for fire and police protection.
- Amazon’s buildings pay sewer and water bills and electricity bills just like everyone else's.
- Amazon's employees pay income tax and sales tax and property tax for their kids' school.
- Amazon pays payroll taxes just like every other employer.
They pay for the services they get. Most of the rest goes for government giveaways.
Amazon customers disagree: https://www.businesswire.com/n...
No one wants to pay much tax. The only people who say they want to pay higher taxes actually want to tax others so they can spend others' money on their own priorities. They're willing to kick in a few dollars so they can spend 10000x as much more money they didn't earn.
So yeah, like anyone, Amazon doesn't want to pay much tax. They don't get a lot of valuable services in return.
(And replying in advance to the usual dumb responses: their delivery vehicles pay plenty of fuel taxes for the roads they use, their buildings pay plenty of property tax for the local fire departments and police departments. They also pay their local water and sewer bill and their employees pay tax for their kids' schooling. I saved you from posting the usual, phony nonsense about local government services: they pay for those.)
A couple bad actors ruin the trust for everyone.
You don’t sound happy. Why would anyone want to share your attitude? It means they can never be happy. They always need to try to fight their neighbors, so they can find a way to steal their neighbors' money. It's a sad way to live.
It's especially sad because you never end up getting your neighbors' money, and even if you do get a tiny fraction of what you want, you ultimately won't get to keep it. Your neighbors will mount a defense and get it back, or you'll end up turning a rich country into a place where regular people starve, like Venezuela.
All that wasted effort could have been spent building something, or learning, or helping your fellow man instead of trying to steal from him.
That's bullshit. If you had a massive heart attack to died today your employer will still exist tomorrow. Products or services provided will still be done.
They would have a really difficult time and face production delays. They would desperately try to hire a replacement. It would cost them a lot and they would have a really difficult time getting someone more than half as good at it.
Hell, your team will still deliver it's products too!
Not on time. Not working correctly. Not even close. Delays and errors are very expensive.
Former CEOS who contributor hell of a lot more than you from McDonald's, Microsoft, Home Depot, GM, etc have all been fired. Yet they are still selling shit and making money.
Awesome example. Look at the performance of McDonalds in the last few years of their new CEO versus the last few years under their previous CEO. Then tell us how Steve Easterbrook is "replaceable" by Don Thompson. The right guy makes a huge difference.
People need to put their ego blinders off and realize they are not God's and are vulnerable just every one else.
They should be objective about their value. It's not infinite. It's not zero. It's a number in between, based on the need for the work and the availability of a substitute.
If you think your value is less than average, then you might want to try to trick the above average guys into forming a union. Then you can share some of their success with them.
Perhaps for your own sake it would be worth reconsidering how interchangeable you are.
I do reconsider it. Every time we interview someone. Each time we interview an applicant, I am more and more convinced that my employer needs me a lot more than I need them.
It's a good suggestion though. Everyone should be thinking about how they can maximize their value (and hence their pay).
Incorrect. We interview people all the time. None of them know how to do the work. We've hired a couple and trained them. Years later, they're still only ok at it.
Just because you aren't talented doesn't mean the rest of us have that same limitation.
I've never heard that from any company.
The multi-billion dollar corporation I work for is doing just this to the guys who make the products we sell right now.
Endless cost-cutting has resulted in poor quality, meaning customers leaving. Guess who is being told they have to take a pay cut?
If you've guessed the CEO I have a bridge to sell you.
And now I still don’t think I've heard a genuine secondhand account.
Unemployment is 4%.
...you, by yourself, do not have enough leverage to secure decent or even safe working conditions. This is a historic fact. It's not something that's up for debate. You by yourself cannot beat Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates in negotiations.
I absolutely can if they need my help. I'm extremely good at my job. I'm not some interchangeable worker-drone. (Almost no one is — it’s not 1895 anymore.).
People in the games industry have this thing called talent. They're not units of labor that go into a production equation.
If you're not talented and you think you'll never be very valuable to your production team, then the union is for you. They'll make sure even the dregs can get by.
If you are talented in an industry-appropriate skill, it's not hard to find opportunities in the games business.