5 ms·
>Firms that set out to recruit autistic workers, such as Walgreen’s, a big pharmacy chain, find them just as productive as their peers. I did not know that Wal
by mason240 11y ago
>Firms that set out to recruit autistic workers, such as Walgreen’s, a big pharmacy chain, find them just as productive as their peers.
I did not know that Walgreen’s does that.
- DiabloD3 11y agoSadly, they do it for their own benefit. It ticks boxes they need to tick for Federal law and tax reasons. Do not think they do this out of the kindness of their heart.
- tehwebguy 11y agoSo the legislation achieved the desired effect?
- DiabloD3 11y agoYes, but the legislators did it for their own personal benefit, not out of the kindness of their own hearts. It's self-serving narcissism the whole way down.
- minikites 11y agoThe means justify the ends in this case, I think.
- reitanqild 11y ago> Sadly, they do it for their own benefit. Around here a consulting company has specialised in this (you don't get an interview unless you have an autism spectrum diagnosis) and last I heard it wasn't at all sad: Some autistic people with correct skills were paid good money to do things they really liked well like iron out rare bugs in financial services etc. So not only to fill some quota and not taken advantage of. Oh, and said company made good money IIRC.
- DiabloD3 11y agoThe context was Walgreens. Some companies are smart enough to hire high functioning autists to hammer down hard to nail bugs. Most aren't.
- reitanqild 11y agoThe only part I tried to nuance was that "for their own benefit" doesn't always mean pure evil.
- watmough 11y agoI have a great job with a large information services company troubleshooting large expensive complicated software and large expensive complicated data. It's a laugh. Innit.
- throwanem 11y agoWhich matters more: that they do something right, or that they do it for the right reasons? Or: Which matters more to you, that they help people, or that their hearts are pure?
- koluft 11y agoLet me introduce you to the market, where self interested parties exchange goods and services for mutual benefit, increasing society's wealth.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSounds like federal law is working!
- morgante 11y agoI donate a substantial portion of my salary to charity. My primary reason for doing so is because I derive utility from the feeling of contributing to the collective good of humanity. Does that make my good acts and charitable contributions somehow less valuable? Moreover, the entire point of such tax incentives is to offset the additional difficulty and cost of employing challenging employees.