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RE: Over 40/Over 50 (WAS: Work-Life Balance (WAS Re: Offered a jo b - need opinions)
Subject:RE: Over 40/Over 50 (WAS: Work-Life Balance (WAS Re: Offered a jo b - need opinions) From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:51:27 -0400
But many times, REQUIRED is never included in the qualification. Many times,
when someone just says they work 50 hours a week, other jump on them making
assumptions they are being exploited, and when they say they CHOOSE to do
the hours, are asked don't they want any quality of life?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream
of things that never were, and ask why not?"
-----Robert Francis Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gillespie, Stephen (Contractor)
> [mailto:Stephen -dot- Gillespie -at- Persnet -dot- Navy -dot- Mil]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 2:47 PM
> To: John Posada; TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Over 40/Over 50 (WAS: Work-Life Balance (WAS Re:
> Offered a
> jo b - need opinions)
>
>
> John Posada countered
> > Yes, if I dislike being required to continuously work over
> 40 against my
> will under the penalty of dismissal, then yes, there are
> legit rules to
> prevent it.<
>
> thanks, John - now you're getting at my point: being REQUIRED to work
> excessive hours IS exploitation. These 'legit rules' are
> called laws, and if
> no laws (or union contracts) protect you, in the immortal words of the
> Gipper, you can "Vote With Your Feet" (as I did). ;-)
>
>
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