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you see, part of outsourcing is a sleight of hand where the worker is twice removed from the work giver. it kills the worker negotiating power. if you consider
by LoSboccacc 9y ago
you see, part of outsourcing is a sleight of hand where the worker is twice removed from the work giver. it kills the worker negotiating power. if you consider a janitor hired to a company that works for a megacorp, he's bargaining against the wall "this is what megacorp can pay, so there's no way we can raise your salary" - and works both way: megacorp cannot rate, engage and more importantly retain the individuals that are sent in to work there irregardless to their skill/merits, so everyone is fungible and a career is impossible.
- fatjokes 9y agoThat just means the worker is not as valuable to the company and easier to replace, so they have no incentive to "rate, engage and more importantly retain" the individuals. Why would a business want to pay the premiums (longer vacation, high pay) associated with long-tenure, non-essential personnel? More experience, institutional knowledge, etc. all make an employee more valuable. But how much of that do you need for janitorial duties?
- JetSpiegel 9y agoIf janitors don't matter, why have them in the first place? Why is Apple wasting shareholders' money on non-essential personnel? If they had no janitors the productivity for other workers would be 0 (think of the smell), so I would argue janitors are essential personnel.
- fatjokes 9y agoReductio ad absurdum. I'm not arguing for zero or even few janitors. Just that they're more interchangeable and thus have less negotiating power.