Actually I know someone who already did this to a state Government when he was retired on a medical.
He ended up getting his job back. Who'd have thought?
I detect a slight amount of bitterness in your voice. A portion of which I can understand. A partner of mine and I were discussing the Union issue the other day.
The unions of the past did a great deal of good. It was through their work that we HAVE a 40 hour work week and even the concept of overtime. I do not consider this a bad thing.
However the unions are also out of step nowadays with economic reality. If they demand and force a company to pay 3 times what it would cost for workers in Mexico or Hong Kong to do the same job, then a company would be STUPID to pay thrice the cost. And yet the unions yell when those companies move production out of the US.
I've been in places where lAMF jack off and are about as productive as a three year old playing with his own feces, and yet they yell HARRASSMENT to the union rep and get backed up if called on it.
I duno. All in all I think the Unions have served their function and now themselves are a bit of history trying to hang on to power that fades daily.
Well here is a rare one... In this case I gota go with Microsoft. MPEG4 folks are just pissed that their own outrageously priced license is being undercut. If it is going to be a standard, then it should not also be primarily a cash cow....should I dare say... someone elses Monopoly is being challenged... funny.. when it is MS people cheer. When it is another companies.. well that is different.
I am no Microsoft supporter. I went cold turkey from MS products two years ago and have been running Linux since. But there are times when MS bashing does sound a bit like an old preacher man ranting and raving about the heathens that won't accept their salvation.
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Actually I know someone who already did this to a state Government when he was retired on a medical. He ended up getting his job back. Who'd have thought?
I detect a slight amount of bitterness in your voice. A portion of which I can understand. A partner of mine and I were discussing the Union issue the other day.
The unions of the past did a great deal of good. It was through their work that we HAVE a 40 hour work week and even the concept of overtime. I do not consider this a bad thing.
However the unions are also out of step nowadays with economic reality. If they demand and force a company to pay 3 times what it would cost for workers in Mexico or Hong Kong to do the same job, then a company would be STUPID to pay thrice the cost. And yet the unions yell when those companies move production out of the US.
I've been in places where lAMF jack off and are about as productive as a three year old playing with his own feces, and yet they yell HARRASSMENT to the union rep and get backed up if called on it.
I duno. All in all I think the Unions have served their function and now themselves are a bit of history trying to hang on to power that fades daily.
Well here is a rare one... In this case I gota go with Microsoft. MPEG4 folks are just pissed that their own outrageously priced license is being undercut. If it is going to be a standard, then it should not also be primarily a cash cow... .should I dare say... someone elses Monopoly is being challenged... funny.. when it is MS people cheer. When it is another companies.. well that is different.
I am no Microsoft supporter. I went cold turkey from MS products two years ago and have been running Linux since. But there are times when MS bashing does sound a bit like an old preacher man ranting and raving about the heathens that won't accept their salvation.