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CAN I HAVE YOUR JOB?

"Shamish" <shchartudi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u4mbrb9jrr6r60@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm in the computer field. I think its time the fed. govt stepped in and
> regulated all of this free labor companies are getting. 50, 60, sometimes
70
> hour weeks or more. All for the same salary as a 40 hour week. If you
refuse
> to work over, you get fired. If you take off early, your frowned upon.
There
> is something seriously wrong with that picture.
>
> I ask you. Why in the F**C should I give my time to a business for free? A
> business that, as we all know by the hundreds of thousands of recent
> layoffs, couldn't care less about anything but their own pockets. Can you
> say Enron, Ford, AA, etc. Why? What have these companies done to deserve
> taking a chunk out of my life that doesn't belong to them. They are not
> paying for it. They just take it for free.
>
> And, due to the massive layoffs, this epidemic of employees doing the work
> of three people is growing. It should not be allowed to continue. Now
> companies are even laying off people who have been working 70 hours a week
> anyway! Instead of laying them off. They should have just told the
employee.
> We will let you stay at work 30 hours per week for free, but anything over
> that you are not allowed to come in. That's how ridiculous this situation
> is. These companies are getting away with corporate robbery!
>
> Anything over 40 hours should be paid for. A good service for a good wage.
>
> CHANGE THE EMPLOYMENT LAWS!!!!
>
> Disclaimer: I know this is better than being out of work as many of you
are.
> So please hold your flames. But just because something is 'better,' still
> doesn't make it right.
>
>