Now let's do that here in the US. No exceptions. If the job requires more than 50 hours to accomplish then you need more people doing it. If you can't afford to have more people doing the job then you shouldn't be in business.
When said feedback is used to keep the boot firmly on the employees neck. After the third time it was mentioned to me that anything less than perfect scores are considered a failure, I stopped taking them.
My 4 out of 5 "good" rating should be used as an opportunity to reward someone for a good job. Not doing so is a ploy to keep wages low.
I did that several years (15?) ago after they decided to piss me off.
Got the monthly bill, and noticed that the amount had doubled; oops, looks like I either forgot to pay or perhaps the bill got lost in the mail. No problem; I put a check for the full amount in the envelope and sent it off.
A couple days later, I receive a call from DirecTV, threatening to disconnect my service if I didn't pay them RIGHT NOW, over the phone. I explain that the full amount is in the mail on it's way. Made no difference; pay now or be disconnected. Fine - I did the whole over the phone payment and made them happy.
I was a 9+ year subscriber, but after ONE missed payment I was treated like a fucking deadbeat. I called Dish the very next day, and scheduled the install. Once Dish was up and running I called in to Directv to cancel.
Yep, got the whole retention spiel but the lady on the phone didn't push very hard after I told her why I was cancelling. Made them mail me an actual check to reimburse for the over-the-phone payment bullshit. You want to retain a customer? Don't piss them off.
Yeah he's just going to be releasing his used toilet paper and calling it a day, nobody is going to be shocked he just pulled it out of his ass. Flag as Inappropriate
Personally I just wipe. Is shoving the paper actually up there something we expect from those in high office?
The paper is to keep the poo off his head when he has it up there.
I know those which you speak of, and what people need to understand is that it is less of a racial problem and more of a militarization of the police. Cops are trained not to see people as citizens to serve and protect, but as the enemy.
Is it a wonder than a sign materialized shortly after the killing of the white woman that read "Warning: Local Cops Easily Startled"?
And that is why America is doing so much better, than Canada. From looking ot our door log, and we require people to check in to open the door and swipe their card on the way out, our employees are averaging just over 90 hours a week. There's a reason Seattle is doing so successful as compared to the rest of the world. We're not smart enough to realize we're being exploited
FTFY
And I bet you don't get paid extra for all those extra hours. You know what? You keep right on being "successful"; I'll keep my 40 hr/week job and enjoy the rest of the week however I choose. If that means I am lazy then so be it.
I resubbed to Hulu again on my Roku a while back and their new UI is almost unusable. Do the people that approve these new UI's even use their own services? There is no way that they do, or they would know they're taking a huge step backwards.
Let's start with the basics, kids: An upgrade should offer an *improvement* in the user experience. Otherwise it's a downgrade.
I sure didn't approve of it; it was the reason I cancelled my subscription to them. That and the new interface didn't remember my favorites or where I was in the episodes when I did find them again.
I quite agree. Trump is a symptom, not the cause. When an obvious moron gets voted in to run the show, then the problem is the voters. The voters cannot be fixed, unfortunately. They will sink the ship now, evermore trying to vote themselves bread and games and glory ("Make America great again!"), unless nothing is left anymore and everything collapses.
Fixed? They have been deliberately broken by the assholes in charge, to keep them in line.
Mary: It's okay to be smarter than everybody else, but you can't go around pointing it out. Sheldon: Why? Mary: Because people don't like it!
Sorry for the quote. It's rare that BBT-quotes are on topic, so let me have that moment.
People don't dislike smart leaders. They dislike people that make them feel stupid. And with half of the people that's pretty easy to do if your intelligence is even just average. What they like is people that make them feel smart and superior. And that's easy to do for someone who comes across as an idiot.
That might have been true for Bush Jr., but not for Trump. Trump is an asshole, but he ain't stupid. He doesn't even fake being stupid. Then why does Trump "work"? Well, mostly because Hillary didn't, but even that's secondary. Trump offers easy answers to very complicated question. Answers that can be understood by anyone, and as long as nobody questions them or even has to implement them, that's fine.
Unfortunately that only gets you so far. That's basically what fell the Soviet Union. Lots of rhetoric but very little substance in the end, and the smokescreen of martial words and promises eventually evaporates.
Trump "works" because he is a bullshit artist. Most certainly not stupid.
That, and to quote a very smart man, George Carlin:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that!"
I was divorced 3 1/2 years ago, and the ex and I sold our house. I was house hunting and was not having much luck, so I was looking into renting.
This is a college town, so rentals were super expensive and not much available. Finally found a house, 3 bedroom rambler, bit of a fixer-upper, but certainly livable while I update it. My house payment is HALF what the rental on a similar apartment would have been. Plus I have plenty of quiet and privacy where I am at now, something impossible with apartments. There were some apartments I could have for a similar cost but they were absolute shitholes.
Capitalism works, this law was nothing more than Liberals wanting to control free speech.
You had a point up until you blamed Liberals, at which point you showed your true colors as a blinder-wearing Conservative.
The phrase that applies to this issue (and most any other issue) is this: Follow The Money. In other words, blame the assholes that will make money hand over fist due to the issue.
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Now let's do that here in the US. No exceptions. If the job requires more than 50 hours to accomplish then you need more people doing it. If you can't afford to have more people doing the job then you shouldn't be in business.
When said feedback is used to keep the boot firmly on the employees neck. After the third time it was mentioned to me that anything less than perfect scores are considered a failure, I stopped taking them.
My 4 out of 5 "good" rating should be used as an opportunity to reward someone for a good job. Not doing so is a ploy to keep wages low.
How else are you going to get Smart Rice(TM)?
The James Webb telescope is being sent up on an Ariane 5. Not ULA.
I did that several years (15?) ago after they decided to piss me off.
Got the monthly bill, and noticed that the amount had doubled; oops, looks like I either forgot to pay or perhaps the bill got lost in the mail. No problem; I put a check for the full amount in the envelope and sent it off.
A couple days later, I receive a call from DirecTV, threatening to disconnect my service if I didn't pay them RIGHT NOW, over the phone. I explain that the full amount is in the mail on it's way. Made no difference; pay now or be disconnected. Fine - I did the whole over the phone payment and made them happy.
I was a 9+ year subscriber, but after ONE missed payment I was treated like a fucking deadbeat. I called Dish the very next day, and scheduled the install. Once Dish was up and running I called in to Directv to cancel.
Yep, got the whole retention spiel but the lady on the phone didn't push very hard after I told her why I was cancelling. Made them mail me an actual check to reimburse for the over-the-phone payment bullshit. You want to retain a customer? Don't piss them off.
I know I'm late for this discussion, but I only have one question: How else are they going to contact them?
Yeah he's just going to be releasing his used toilet paper and calling it a day, nobody is going to be shocked he just pulled it out of his ass.
Flag as Inappropriate
Personally I just wipe. Is shoving the paper actually up there something we expect from those in high office?
The paper is to keep the poo off his head when he has it up there.
I know those which you speak of, and what people need to understand is that it is less of a racial problem and more of a militarization of the police. Cops are trained not to see people as citizens to serve and protect, but as the enemy.
Is it a wonder than a sign materialized shortly after the killing of the white woman that read "Warning: Local Cops Easily Startled"?
Klipstein's Law: Tolerances will accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty of assembly.
The robots do EXACTLY what they are programmed to do.
Either their process hasn't been ironed out completely, or there was an incompetent automation setup. Possibly the setup was done too quickly.
No, just from the George Carlin School of "Customer Service".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And that is why America is doing so much better, than Canada. From looking ot our door log, and we require people to check in to open the door and swipe their card on the way out, our employees are averaging just over 90 hours a week. There's a reason Seattle is doing so successful as compared to the rest of the world. We're not smart enough to realize we're being exploited
FTFY
And I bet you don't get paid extra for all those extra hours. You know what? You keep right on being "successful"; I'll keep my 40 hr/week job and enjoy the rest of the week however I choose. If that means I am lazy then so be it.
Add to that the abolishment of the concept of "exempt" vs. "non-exempt". An hour worked must be an hour compensated. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Meh, I'd rather be still playing CoH. Subscribed 8 years and would still be subbed had those fuckstains at NCSoft not pulled the plug prematurely.
But yes, I too am looking forward to City of Titans. Been a long 5+ year wait.
I resubbed to Hulu again on my Roku a while back and their new UI is almost unusable. Do the people that approve these new UI's even use their own services? There is no way that they do, or they would know they're taking a huge step backwards.
Let's start with the basics, kids: An upgrade should offer an *improvement* in the user experience. Otherwise it's a downgrade.
I sure didn't approve of it; it was the reason I cancelled my subscription to them. That and the new interface didn't remember my favorites or where I was in the episodes when I did find them again.
I quite agree. Trump is a symptom, not the cause. When an obvious moron gets voted in to run the show, then the problem is the voters. The voters cannot be fixed, unfortunately. They will sink the ship now, evermore trying to vote themselves bread and games and glory ("Make America great again!"), unless nothing is left anymore and everything collapses.
Fixed? They have been deliberately broken by the assholes in charge, to keep them in line.
Neil Armstrong won't be commenting, considering he died in 2012.
... to have a penis? Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
Mary: It's okay to be smarter than everybody else, but you can't go around pointing it out.
Sheldon: Why?
Mary: Because people don't like it!
Sorry for the quote. It's rare that BBT-quotes are on topic, so let me have that moment.
People don't dislike smart leaders. They dislike people that make them feel stupid. And with half of the people that's pretty easy to do if your intelligence is even just average. What they like is people that make them feel smart and superior. And that's easy to do for someone who comes across as an idiot.
That might have been true for Bush Jr., but not for Trump. Trump is an asshole, but he ain't stupid. He doesn't even fake being stupid. Then why does Trump "work"? Well, mostly because Hillary didn't, but even that's secondary. Trump offers easy answers to very complicated question. Answers that can be understood by anyone, and as long as nobody questions them or even has to implement them, that's fine.
Unfortunately that only gets you so far. That's basically what fell the Soviet Union. Lots of rhetoric but very little substance in the end, and the smokescreen of martial words and promises eventually evaporates.
Trump "works" because he is a bullshit artist. Most certainly not stupid.
That, and to quote a very smart man, George Carlin:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that!"
The jargon is strong with this one.
BINGO!!!!
Millions of customers lost to password sharing? Pure bullshit.
Maybe those customers are tired of getting fucked over by the cable companies and the past few weeks have been the last straw.
Cable companies are losing money and are desperate to make it up. Bullshit and fuck you, that is insulting to our intelligence.
"Losing Money" = "Less Obscene Profits"
I was divorced 3 1/2 years ago, and the ex and I sold our house. I was house hunting and was not having much luck, so I was looking into renting.
This is a college town, so rentals were super expensive and not much available. Finally found a house, 3 bedroom rambler, bit of a fixer-upper, but certainly livable while I update it. My house payment is HALF what the rental on a similar apartment would have been. Plus I have plenty of quiet and privacy where I am at now, something impossible with apartments. There were some apartments I could have for a similar cost but they were absolute shitholes.
Capitalism works, this law was nothing more than Liberals wanting to control free speech.
You had a point up until you blamed Liberals, at which point you showed your true colors as a blinder-wearing Conservative.
The phrase that applies to this issue (and most any other issue) is this: Follow The Money. In other words, blame the assholes that will make money hand over fist due to the issue.
21st century fox has the licenses for spiderman and x-men. Disney has said they want all marvel properties under one roof...
The only thing I like about this is that Fox won't be able to make any more shitty movies with the Marvel IP. Fan4stick was atrocious.
for much of my adult life, I have no sympathy. I'm working several hours more than than that seven days a week. Most of my friends in tech are too.
Then you're a damn fool, just like most of your friends.