In the websites defense at the very top of the page the author points out that this is not the actual website of Bosley Medical group and even provides a link to the actual website. Was this forced upon him? - that's certainly a possibility. In any case, I wouldn't say this is fraudulent, I would liken it to someone standing in the doorway with a sign that the restaurant you are about to enter is no good. An annoyance?..maybe, but the author doesn't actually force you to read anything, only gives you the option.
While some of that may be true, one of the main reasons that the differences in numbers is so staggering is because of the industry more than the actual workers themselves. In manual labor situations (especially the poulty/meat business) there is a lot of pressure to not get hurt, so workers that are hurt often don't make claims. In addition to this, the manual laborers are often too poor to get their own medical treatment, and are stuck using the corporate doctor, I don't think I need to explain more there.
I would say it is more that the office workers have a better environment and thus feel free enough to make these claims than they are simply spoiled and abusing it (which is not to say that it never happens either.)
You may want to check out "fast food nation" by Eric Schlosser for more on the plight of the meat/poultry workers.
Fact of the matter is, nobody except people like us really care to even know about this. I don't know a single non dork who actually reads anything when installing new software. In fact when one of my friends wanted to install windows 2000, (who knows why) the installer told him they currently had no driver for his modem and he installed anyway! If voip ever reaches far enough beyond the realm of computer dorks, this probably will go unnoticed.
Because of this I can't really say that I blame companies like vonage for putting stuff like that in their end user. No one will read it, so the public won't care, and they'll look like good little boys to the government. Not half a bad idea if the time ever comes that we decide phase in a new phone architecture. All in all, I think this is a very good strategic move, but god what a bunch of assholes.
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In the websites defense at the very top of the page the author points out that this is not the actual website of Bosley Medical group and even provides a link to the actual website. Was this forced upon him? - that's certainly a possibility. In any case, I wouldn't say this is fraudulent, I would liken it to someone standing in the doorway with a sign that the restaurant you are about to enter is no good. An annoyance?..maybe, but the author doesn't actually force you to read anything, only gives you the option.
While some of that may be true, one of the main reasons that the differences in numbers is so staggering is because of the industry more than the actual workers themselves. In manual labor situations (especially the poulty/meat business) there is a lot of pressure to not get hurt, so workers that are hurt often don't make claims. In addition to this, the manual laborers are often too poor to get their own medical treatment, and are stuck using the corporate doctor, I don't think I need to explain more there.
I would say it is more that the office workers have a better environment and thus feel free enough to make these claims than they are simply spoiled and abusing it (which is not to say that it never happens either.)
You may want to check out "fast food nation" by Eric Schlosser for more on the plight of the meat/poultry workers.
Because of this I can't really say that I blame companies like vonage for putting stuff like that in their end user. No one will read it, so the public won't care, and they'll look like good little boys to the government. Not half a bad idea if the time ever comes that we decide phase in a new phone architecture. All in all, I think this is a very good strategic move, but god what a bunch of assholes.