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edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago
The rise of unpaid internships is one of the worst symptoms of today’s corporate mentality.
Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago
From – http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130113/hp-ceo-meg-whitmans-15-million-paycheck
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“2012 was a good year for HP’s CEO Meg Whitman. In her first full year as the top boss of Hewlett-Packard, Whitman took home nearly $15.4 million in compensation.”
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Ms. Whitman made over 16 million in 2011 and there were 29,000 layoffs in 2012, and there are more layoffs scheduled in the US and UK in 2013.
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This is just one example of the wide gap between the middle class and corporate CEOs. Ms. Whitman is making millions by trimming the work force. This trimming also decreases the tax base, creates a bigger burden on health and pension systems, causes homes to be lost, children to be displaced, and it also creates a pool of workers “broken and desperate” for work and willing to accept lower pay and longer hours.
btw- time lost in traffic costs Americans an average of over $700 a year.
This is legal, but is it ethical, moral, or honorable?
Respectfully,
C.
ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
One would laugh if it wasn’t so horrible==all the guns to prevent a government takeover, but corporate? Hey, “corporations are people, my friend!”
Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago
Naa…. food stamps and the O free phone is good enough for the 47%.
Nantucket19 said, 4 months ago
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama_phone_free_cell_phones.htm
Analysis:
Q: Is there a U.S. government program that provides free or discounted phones and wireless service to low-income Americans?
A: Yes. It consists of two parts: “Link-Up,” which helps income-eligible people set up new home phone service, and “Lifeline,” which helps income-eligible people pay their monthly phone charges. (Source: FCC)
Q: Was this program instituted by the Obama administration?
A: No. Nor was it just instituted “earlier this year,” as the email claims. The program as it exists today was created over a decade ago by an act of Congress, the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A version of the Lifeline program was already in operation as far back as the early 1980s.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
@Nantucket19
You should know better then Confuse Ima with facts, truth, or even anything that hints at reality!
If it’s not in his/her/it’s little FAUX universe, he/she/it can’t deal with it!
Simon_Jester said, 4 months ago
@masterskrain
He’’s just here to troll, he doesn’t really care about the issues..
Heck, he was BRAGGING about it yesterday
Nantucket19 said, 4 months ago
@masterskrain
That was why I didn’t REPLY to Ima directly, but I want others who may not be aware to know the facts and not pay attention to nonsense from Ima. I see the "Obamaphone’ junk a lot.
There’s a song from Denis Leary’s “No Cure for Cancer” that I sing to myself when I read Ima’s remarks. (nod to Bill Hicks – where Leary got a lot of his material)
Jase99 said, 4 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Naa…. food stamps and the O free phone is good enough for the 47%."
Your simple minded partisan obsession with hating Obama prevents you from remembering that government subsidized phone service was started by Republican darling Ronald Reagan.
echoraven said, 4 months ago
@Respectful Troll
“This is legal, but is it ethical, moral, or honorable?”
The short answer is no. Unfortunately ethics, morality and honor have no place in business and politics.
Simon_Jester said, 4 months ago
@edinbaltimore
I know someone who went through one of those. He was one of the best in the group, but the job went to a guy who wasn’t even in the top half.
But this individual HAD gone to college with one of the company VPs.
The Wolf In Your Midst said, 4 months ago
@Jase99
Remember the mindset of Ima and his ilk: “Anything our guys do is good, and anything their guys do is bad, even if it’s what our guys would’ve done”.
Fourcrows said, 4 months ago
This is no joke – This morning I received an E-mail from one of the major telecomm companies I contract for, offering me a full-time position IF I agreed to work for NO PAY for 2 years. Someone apparently decided that my job could be divided up between 5 unpaid interns, but extended the “opportunity” to me because they would rather not have to spend time training new people when they have us contractors available. Our only problem is we like being paid.
Morty – is Germany hiring?
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
Just wait. You think this is bad. Obamacare will hit the part time worker the hardest. I have already heard that part time workers will be restricted to 24 hours in a week. This way they do not have to worry about running into the 50 full time worker crowd.
But Hey it worked. Obama made us hate the top 1% Nope now he says top 2% and he got the votes from the bottom 20% just like he wanted. The Dumb Masses Have spoken! Bring on the welfare. Obama’s legacy is doubling the welfare roles in only 3 short years! More of the same to come!
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Ask Ben and jerry ice-cream how well it worked out for them to hire someone unqualified and under paid to work for them.