What if I don't agree to the severance deal? They won't fire me?
No, you'll still get laid off, but without any severance. Contrary to some folks belief, severance isn't a requirement. My own company has been letting people go with a clause saying they promise not to sue for a variety of reasons. Funny that when they did that about 5 yrs back, everyone who got laid off was over the age of 40...can't sue for age discrimination if you want that severance package.
And then you get no severance package. Sign the damn document, collect your money. The clause is totally unenforceable, and against federal labor regulations.
Except that then they get no severance pay. Sign away, and you'll never have to actually provide support because the clause is already against federal labor regulations....it's unenforceable.
Glad I read this before posting. I'm sure samzenpus believes we could all just sing kumbaya, and war wouldn't have to happen. War is inevitable, and those who don't believe it are the sheep who get slaughtered.
You obviously don't know much about how business works. Businesses try to minimize costs
You obviously don't know much about how businesses that deal with insurance work. Those businesses try to maximize costs in order to maximize profit. Witness this at any auto body shop. My kid, the insurance adjuster, can tell you all about this crap.
As with any overly complex system, people will find codes that are generic enough to reuse, or some such workaround, The data that the proponents claim will be more useful, will not be accurate. The only other solution is as you suggested, training someone in every Dr office, ER and Urgent Care, to properly code new patients. My money is on doctors seeing this as a waste of time/money. I'm betting that the "proponents" are really the insurance companies, who want to know every little artery that gets stitched up.
The approach I take is to not bother going to the overpriced, customer-hostile and noisy cinema.
Agreed. But then, I go to matinees, at a theater that kicks noisy/disruptive people out. Some movies are best seen on a big (bigger than my 60") screen, with a great audio system. I'm selective about the movies we attend, so we only go a few (maybe half-dozen) times a year, treating it as a lunch date with my wife. Otherwise, I wait for it to come to cable.
Yes, I agree that there's evidence to prove the case that pretty much everyone in cycling was juicing. I'd still argue that doesn't make it okay, and that those who got caught need to be punished...it's the only way to clean up the sport. Or else, just open it up and be honest about letting the "athletes" do whatever.
I personally have trouble watching sporting events where a certain amount of cheating is expected, and praised. Flagrant fouls, and pass interference in the end zone, should be automatic scores in my not so humble opinion.
Can you afford to walk away from your job right this minute? Knowing you'll get no unemployment compensation, no welfare, no assistance of any kind?
Even right out of school (35 yrs ago), I could have answered yes to that question in the middle of the early 80s recession, when it took me months to find a job.
Plenty of people had to be aware of this. And knowing that it would be simple to prove to authorities, or the media, there should have been little fear. I wouldn't have walked away, I would have made them fire me, and then sued their asses. Sure, they have the deep pockets, but is such a blatantly provable fraud that they'd have no chance of winning.
It would be like letting the air out of the footballs so that the ball was more grippable and throwable for only one team in a championship game. And we know how that turned out. Oh, wait...that's a bad example.
But, but, everybody else does it. But, but, we would have won anyway. But, but, you're all just jealous of NE, ha8ers!
No! You break the rules, and get caught, you should get punished, period.
Gaming a test is not unethical. Tests were made to be gamed, rules were made to be broken.
And fines and jails were made for those who do so. Seriously, I believe we're seeing more and more of this kind of cultural shift in attitude here in the U.S. (not saying you're American there), much of it in the areas of professional sports, and in the belief that "whatever it takes" is okay. And, that attitude is spreading and needs to be stopped.
But since VW is a foreign company, this is going to be blown completely out of proportion. When American companies are caught cheating, it's just fierce competition, and it gets them a slap on the wrist. That is an ethics issue.
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Possibly because they tested the tinfoil hats, and found them lacking.
100% of us will be dead by the time they do form. Nice to know, but forgive me if I don't care.
Ralph pls go.
You've totally lost me.
You left off two of the worst...
Shitty Bank
Skank of America
What if I don't agree to the severance deal? They won't fire me?
No, you'll still get laid off, but without any severance. Contrary to some folks belief, severance isn't a requirement. My own company has been letting people go with a clause saying they promise not to sue for a variety of reasons. Funny that when they did that about 5 yrs back, everyone who got laid off was over the age of 40...can't sue for age discrimination if you want that severance package.
And then you get no severance package. Sign the damn document, collect your money. The clause is totally unenforceable, and against federal labor regulations.
FUCK THESE MBA ASSHOLES
My wife is a double MBA, so I go for more than just the asshole.
Except that then they get no severance pay. Sign away, and you'll never have to actually provide support because the clause is already against federal labor regulations....it's unenforceable.
I'd love to share your Utopia, but I'm not a sheep.
Glad I read this before posting. I'm sure samzenpus believes we could all just sing kumbaya, and war wouldn't have to happen. War is inevitable, and those who don't believe it are the sheep who get slaughtered.
Who decides if the animation is a cute, innocent looking being, or a deformed troll? Appearances matter in the court of public opinion.
These all indicate that she wasn't the terrible CEO that her detractors would like you to believe. But, she wasn't great either.
http://fortune.com/2015/09/21/...
http://time.com/money/4042662/...
http://www.bloombergview.com/a...
They who? That's the question I asked, because from the statistics I've seen, it doesn't appear that you're correct.
How many other US computer companies did well during the end of the bubble?
You obviously don't know much about how business works. Businesses try to minimize costs
You obviously don't know much about how businesses that deal with insurance work. Those businesses try to maximize costs in order to maximize profit. Witness this at any auto body shop. My kid, the insurance adjuster, can tell you all about this crap.
As with any overly complex system, people will find codes that are generic enough to reuse, or some such workaround, The data that the proponents claim will be more useful, will not be accurate. The only other solution is as you suggested, training someone in every Dr office, ER and Urgent Care, to properly code new patients. My money is on doctors seeing this as a waste of time/money. I'm betting that the "proponents" are really the insurance companies, who want to know every little artery that gets stitched up.
molecules bugger up the process.
The jargon in these medical articles always goes way over my head.
Pull the foreskin back next time.
The approach I take is to not bother going to the overpriced, customer-hostile and noisy cinema.
Agreed. But then, I go to matinees, at a theater that kicks noisy/disruptive people out. Some movies are best seen on a big (bigger than my 60") screen, with a great audio system. I'm selective about the movies we attend, so we only go a few (maybe half-dozen) times a year, treating it as a lunch date with my wife. Otherwise, I wait for it to come to cable.
The needs of the few outweigh the mass production for the many.
Yes, I agree that there's evidence to prove the case that pretty much everyone in cycling was juicing. I'd still argue that doesn't make it okay, and that those who got caught need to be punished...it's the only way to clean up the sport. Or else, just open it up and be honest about letting the "athletes" do whatever.
I personally have trouble watching sporting events where a certain amount of cheating is expected, and praised. Flagrant fouls, and pass interference in the end zone, should be automatic scores in my not so humble opinion.
Can you afford to walk away from your job right this minute? Knowing you'll get no unemployment compensation, no welfare, no assistance of any kind?
Even right out of school (35 yrs ago), I could have answered yes to that question in the middle of the early 80s recession, when it took me months to find a job.
Plenty of people had to be aware of this. And knowing that it would be simple to prove to authorities, or the media, there should have been little fear. I wouldn't have walked away, I would have made them fire me, and then sued their asses. Sure, they have the deep pockets, but is such a blatantly provable fraud that they'd have no chance of winning.
And the manager said, "You're fired."
And the (former) employee said, "See your ass in court"
The fraud in this case is so easily proven that the manager wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Is that so difficult to see?
It would be like letting the air out of the footballs so that the ball was more grippable and throwable for only one team in a championship game. And we know how that turned out. Oh, wait...that's a bad example.
But, but, everybody else does it. But, but, we would have won anyway. But, but, you're all just jealous of NE, ha8ers!
No! You break the rules, and get caught, you should get punished, period.
Gaming a test is not unethical. Tests were made to be gamed, rules were made to be broken.
And fines and jails were made for those who do so. Seriously, I believe we're seeing more and more of this kind of cultural shift in attitude here in the U.S. (not saying you're American there), much of it in the areas of professional sports, and in the belief that "whatever it takes" is okay. And, that attitude is spreading and needs to be stopped.
But since VW is a foreign company, this is going to be blown completely out of proportion. When American companies are caught cheating, it's just fierce competition, and it gets them a slap on the wrist. That is an ethics issue.
This is a couple years old, but the list refutes your claim.
http://www.businessinsider.com...