The corporate handout is not going to Republicans - it's their liberal friends on Wall Street who already have their millions - so they don't give a crap how much they have to tax us for the bail out. The mess is due to banks being forced (by Democrats) to give out affirmative action loans to people who couldn't afford to make the payments including illegal aliens. Look at where most of the forclosures in areas like Phoenix, Salinas, Stockton, the Inland Empire and in all of those places you'll see very high hispanic populations with a high percentage of illegals.
I do agree it's up to us to negotiate our own deals and we can always find another job. If you don't like what you have - grow a pair and leave.
The law may say that they don't HAVE to pay OT - but that doesn't mean they CAN'T pay overtime. Many of the contracts I get do allow for time and a half even though I'm well over the maximum hourly rate that qualifies for it. It all comes down to what kind of deal you negotiate with your employer. We don't need unions, IT workers need to grow a pair and stop allowing themselves to be taken advantage of. You can always find another job. The smart companies in California have learned that keeping workers happy means getting better productivity out of them. The not so smart ones will always have trouble finding good workers with a low enough self esteem to keep in indentured servitude.
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The corporate handout is not going to Republicans - it's their liberal friends on Wall Street who already have their millions - so they don't give a crap how much they have to tax us for the bail out. The mess is due to banks being forced (by Democrats) to give out affirmative action loans to people who couldn't afford to make the payments including illegal aliens. Look at where most of the forclosures in areas like Phoenix, Salinas, Stockton, the Inland Empire and in all of those places you'll see very high hispanic populations with a high percentage of illegals. I do agree it's up to us to negotiate our own deals and we can always find another job. If you don't like what you have - grow a pair and leave.
The law may say that they don't HAVE to pay OT - but that doesn't mean they CAN'T pay overtime. Many of the contracts I get do allow for time and a half even though I'm well over the maximum hourly rate that qualifies for it. It all comes down to what kind of deal you negotiate with your employer. We don't need unions, IT workers need to grow a pair and stop allowing themselves to be taken advantage of. You can always find another job. The smart companies in California have learned that keeping workers happy means getting better productivity out of them. The not so smart ones will always have trouble finding good workers with a low enough self esteem to keep in indentured servitude.