Google employees who choose to work from home could see pay cuts based on where they live

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Not only that, I am sure gagme has built its own buildings to house their employees. If they are creative enough, they could rent out the space that used to house those that are telecommuting and potentially make money on the deal.

Yep, and they are DEINITELY creative enough. The problem is that Americans have heard the rich cry poor so many times that they're starting to believe it. A perfect case-in-point is McDonald's saying that they can't afford to raise employee wages or offer benefits because it would force them to price their food out of competition.

Meanwhile, in Denmark:
"McDonald's employees in Denmark have a union, are paid $21/hour ($45,000/year), and enjoy 5 weeks paid vacation."

Somehow, McDonald's still lives and thrives in Denmark. There's nothing more dishonest than a rich American who is afraid that they'll actually have to pay their employees fairly.

 

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I don't see any gold, do you?

Maybe "we the people" should be "we the litigated."

That does sound about right, yeah!

Careful, you will rattle the boogeymen under their beds.
Now you are really rattling the boogeymen under their beds.

I eat boogeymen for breakfast. Rattling them is the best way to flush 'em out!

I thought red states hated Amazon and would do anything to teach them a lesson.

No, that's the Republican base. Governments of Red States (and to a lesser extent, the governments of blue states) only care if you got "Da Dolla Dolla Bills Y'all!" to pay them off with.

Like I said above, gagme could rent out that no-longer-used space and make money on it.

Yep, I agree/agreed with you 100% and they ARE creative enough to do so but they'll still try to cry poor. I have a Joker-Robin fantasy in which I have Leon Cooperman tied up and I have a steel crowbar in my hands. I look down at him and I say "Soon you'll be crying REAL TEARS! MUAHAHAHA!!"

For some reason, in that fantasy, I have green hair, paper-white skin, red lips and a penchant for wearing purple 3-piece suits.

 

[wiyosaya]

Yep, and they are DEINITELY creative enough. The problem is that Americans have heard the rich cry poor so many times that they're starting to believe it. A perfect case-in-point is McDonald's saying that they can't afford to raise employee wages or offer benefits because it would force them to price their food out of competition.

Meanwhile, in Denmark:
"McDonald's employees in Denmark have a union, are paid $21/hour ($45,000/year), and enjoy 5 weeks paid vacation."

Somehow, McDonald's still lives and thrives in Denmark. There's nothing more dishonest than a rich American who is afraid that they'll actually have to pay their employees fairly.

Mickey D's is a Joke, IMO. In the US, they, or their food suppliers, are supposedly receiving government subsidies which is the main reason that their food is so cheap. At least according to a documentary I once saw - I am not sure of the title, but I think it might have been "Food Inc."

IMO, the trouble is that the general public buys into the "fast, cheap, and easy" (as my Wife says) aspect of their business. There's one on my drive to work and I wonder what the heck anyone driving an expensive car that pulls into their parking lot could want with the garbage food that they serve.

Like you said, though, I think Mickey D's has perfected the art of Crying Poor in the US.

 

[Neatfeatguy]

Mickey D's is a Joke, IMO. In the US, they, or their food suppliers, are supposedly receiving government subsidies which is the main reason that their food is so cheap. At least according to a documentary I once saw - I am not sure of the title, but I think it might have been "Food Inc."

IMO, the trouble is that the general public buys into the "fast, cheap, and easy" (as my Wife says) aspect of their business. There's one on my drive to work and I wonder what the heck anyone driving an expensive car that pulls into their parking lot could want with the garbage food that they serve.

Like you said, though, I think Mickey D's has perfected the art of Crying Poor in the US.

I used to work tech support for a company that had Wendy's as one of their main Point of Sale customers. There were a few locations that did a lot of business and they paid their employees very well, upwards of $25/hour. However, the employees were expected to work. If you slouched and screwed around, they got rid of you for someone that was willing to work. Granted, this was only a small number of locations in very busy areas, but it certainly is possible for these fast food joints to pay people properly and still retain a profit.

I haven't worked at that company for 8 years now, so I don't know what kind of wages are floating around at fast food joints anymore other than what I see posted at places as I drive down the road. I know someone told me the other day that the local McDonald's by my current work place is offering up to $18/hour (depending on experience), but I've seen other fast food places offering $15-18/hour and even making suggestion of a sign on bonus. The money is there, it's just sad it's taken so long for better wages to come out for these type of jobs.

 

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I used to work tech support for a company that had Wendy's as one of their main Point of Sale customers. There were a few locations that did a lot of business and they paid their employees very well, upwards of $25/hour. However, the employees were expected to work. If you slouched and screwed around, they got rid of you for someone that was willing to work. Granted, this was only a small number of locations in very busy areas, but it certainly is possible for these fast food joints to pay people properly and still retain a profit.

I haven't worked at that company for 8 years now, so I don't know what kind of wages are floating around at fast food joints anymore other than what I see posted at places as I drive down the road. I know someone told me the other day that the local McDonald's by my current work place is offering up to $18/hour (depending on experience), but I've seen other fast food places offering $15-18/hour and even making suggestion of a sign on bonus. The money is there, it's just sad it's taken so long for better wages to come out for these type of jobs.

And that's just the problem. The people who were willing to do that $hit job heard their bosses cry about budgets for years. Now that they're gone, those companies are stuck with the fact that most people wouldn't do that job for ANY amount of money and the ones that used to work there are like "Where was all that money when we were there a$$hole?"

Those who run these corporations had little to no consideration whatsoever for those who truly made their businesses successful and now that the shoe's on the other foot, they're getting it right back in their faces. I honestly hope that their businesses fail because that would be the ultimate in justice.

 

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Like you said, though, I think Mickey D's has perfected the art of Crying Poor in the US.

You want to know something REALLY insane? The company that gets the most tax cuts and preferential government treatment in the USA is Boeing. Right, because they really need it, eh?

 

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You want to know something REALLY insane? The company that gets the most tax cuts and preferential government treatment in the USA is Boeing. Right, because they really need it, eh?

Unfortunately, where there is a will to do it, there is abuse.

 

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Unfortunately, where there is a will to do it, there is abuse.

And that "will to do it" is a result of the politicians who make those decisions getting personal financial benefit from said corporations either in the way of bribes or cushy and super high-paid "consulting" jobs once they're out of office.

 

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Working from home is subjective. I found I was more productive initially but after a few months that slipped away as the communication between my team members and me seemed to suffer from a lack of physical meetings.

I think some people benefit and some people suffer, it’s all down to the individual. I personally would never choose to work from home and was back in the office at the earliest possible opportunity.

But at the end of the day it’s down to your boss. If your boss wants you in the office then you go in the office. Nobody has the “right” to work from home.