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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 608375" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>I was doing a pick up today, as usual picking up Chinese made trinkets from a warehouse staffed with immigrants with questionable legal status. While I waited I was reading their (well, that which was printed bilingually) bulletin board and I noticed that the company I was picking up from didn't actually employee "their" workers. A separate company was contracted to supply all of the labor (probably partially as a shield to protect themselves from hiring illegals. They want to hire them, but they don't want it to show up on their direct payroll). Also, the company did not own the building, they leased it. So they have no employees, no building, and they make nothing. They really just own the company name.</p><p> </p><p>Sadly, I doubt many of their employees can afford to own the products they shuffle around.</p><p> </p><p>Why do I mention this? Because of the second to last line in your post that I have quoted. You are right in your sarcasm about the "fat cats" being incompetent. They are very competent. Unfortuantely they are very competent at being what you dismiss as being falsely greedy.</p><p> </p><p>Greed has driven corporations to the point that the only way for them to compete against each other is to treat their own employees as the enemy. And now, thanks to the highly questionable practices of FedEx Ground, UPS has declared war on it's employees.</p><p> </p><p>I am just trying to figure out who is going to buy Henry Ford's cars one day. (Historical note: Henry Ford wisely deduced that if he didn't pay his employees a living wage they would not be able to buy his products)</p><p> </p><p>As an aside, brownIEman, I appreciate your honesty in your posts, especially about production. The company is quite obviously going to push us to the brink of what is humane in order to achieve production.</p><p>I wish more management would tell it like it is instead of peeing on our heads and telling us it's raining.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 608375, member: 11425"] I was doing a pick up today, as usual picking up Chinese made trinkets from a warehouse staffed with immigrants with questionable legal status. While I waited I was reading their (well, that which was printed bilingually) bulletin board and I noticed that the company I was picking up from didn't actually employee "their" workers. A separate company was contracted to supply all of the labor (probably partially as a shield to protect themselves from hiring illegals. They want to hire them, but they don't want it to show up on their direct payroll). Also, the company did not own the building, they leased it. So they have no employees, no building, and they make nothing. They really just own the company name. Sadly, I doubt many of their employees can afford to own the products they shuffle around. Why do I mention this? Because of the second to last line in your post that I have quoted. You are right in your sarcasm about the "fat cats" being incompetent. They are very competent. Unfortuantely they are very competent at being what you dismiss as being falsely greedy. Greed has driven corporations to the point that the only way for them to compete against each other is to treat their own employees as the enemy. And now, thanks to the highly questionable practices of FedEx Ground, UPS has declared war on it's employees. I am just trying to figure out who is going to buy Henry Ford's cars one day. (Historical note: Henry Ford wisely deduced that if he didn't pay his employees a living wage they would not be able to buy his products) As an aside, brownIEman, I appreciate your honesty in your posts, especially about production. The company is quite obviously going to push us to the brink of what is humane in order to achieve production. I wish more management would tell it like it is instead of peeing on our heads and telling us it's raining. [/QUOTE]
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