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> "This finding is consistent with a study of 28 Gap stores, in which employees at randomly-assigned locations received their work schedules two weeks in advanc
by pcthrowaway 5y ago
> "This finding is consistent with a study of 28 Gap stores, in which employees at randomly-assigned locations received their work schedules two weeks in advance, and their managers were barred from canceling their shifts at the last minute. Employees in the control stores were subject to the usual scheduling practices."
I don't even know what to say to this. The idea that big corp is intentionally fucking with their blue-collar workers who are likely to be living paycheck-to-paycheck, sleep deprived, or struggling to balance multiple jobs / school and job, just to study how it impacts employee retention, is baffling to me. This should be outright illegal (if it's not already).
- ratherbefuddled 5y agoIt's worse than you think. The study was to _improve_ the scheduling in the stores in the study so that workers got a whole two weeks notice of their shifts. They merely left things as they were in the control stores.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoYou misunderstand the study. GAP didn't start "fucking" with anyone's schedule. In the study, they stopped "fucking" with schedules. This is an improvement. They rolled out a policy that they thought would help workers to half the stores, monitored the impact, and saw that it good! This should be be applauded.
- secretsatan 5y agoIsn’t the experiment to make a big corp not fuck with employees as opposed to their usual practices?
- shawabawa3 5y agoI think they underestimated how bad things are that they thought 2 weeks notice for shift schedules had to be worse
- fastball 5y agoHow are they intentionally fucking with their employees? The control was the status quo and the test was something they expected to be an improvement. They could also just... keep the status quo. Would that be more moral in your eyes?
- pjc50 5y agoIt's the local managers who intentionally mess with the employees, whether it's out of malice or desire to hit corporate profitability targets. And yes zero-hour scheduling and last-minute shift cancellation probably ought to be illegal.