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Article #2074Re: LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR OVERTIME.
From: thurmanh
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:30
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:30
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Shamish wrote: > > 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. If you're so smart and valuable, do like the rest of us and get off the salary tit. Independent contractors are making up to $250K/yr doing sub-contract work to companies that pay half that amount, >plus perks<, for the same tasks. I've been on my own for nine years, wouldn't go back. While salaried people were going back to work in January with hangovers and depression, the wife and I were still lounging in Las Vegas for a week. If you need the government to protect you, you need a new career or country of residence.
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From: thurmanh <thurman_h@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR OVERTIME.
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:30:17 -0600
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