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Well, in the early 1900s employers were literally hiring thugs to kill their uncooperative employees, in full view of the public. So I'm not sure it's a new or

by rfrey 4y ago

Well, in the early 1900s employers were literally hiring thugs to kill their uncooperative employees, in full view of the public. So I'm not sure it's a new or increasing thing.

bradlys 4y ago
It’s a reversion to the early 1900s. It correlates well with Robert Putnam’s newer book. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50124402-the-upswing https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50124402-the-upswing
- throwaway743 4y ago
  Ooo this sounds super interesting. Just rewatched The Century of the Self and restarted Can't Get You Out of My Head by Adam Curtis/BBC, which seem very much aligned to this. Highly recommend if you haven't seen either yet. Free to watch on youtube
Sparkle-san 4y ago
Pinkerton[0] known for being hired to quash unionization attempts still exists to this day and has been used by Amazon and Starbucks. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  It's wild that they did not hire some image consultants and change their name in the last 100 years. Though perhaps their notoriety is a net positive in the industry they operate in.
  - routerl 4y ago
    When you hire the Pinkertons, you're hiring legendarily cruel people. That's the brand.
trackedemployee 4y ago
Reminded me of something that happened 3 weeks ago. Had been meaning to share here in HN. I am an h1b from India. Was talking to a colleague about the 100 year wait period for greencards through employer's MS teams. I shared him some twitter links (where people say they would be 115 when they get greencard and such) through whatsapp. While I was talking about it, Teams got disconnected. Didn't think anything about it, just thought its just a network issue. Same day, while talking to another colleague, mentioned same thing, and shared the twitter links over whatsapp. Again, MS teams got disconnected. I thought it was an odd coincidence that it got disconnected twice when I talked about this subject. Same day, at around 9.30 pm, I get an email from Twitter saying they have blocked a suspicious login from a city in US. So, someone knew my user name & password. I am guessing my employer was monitoring the conversation, and had my social media passwords.
- derivagral 4y ago
  > had my social media passwords this feels ridiculous that it is even a thing; do they force 2fa as well?

by rfrey 4y ago

Well, in the early 1900s employers were literally hiring thugs to kill their uncooperative employees, in full view of the public. So I'm not sure it's a new or increasing thing.

bradlys 4y ago

It’s a reversion to the early 1900s. It correlates well with Robert Putnam’s newer book. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50124402-the-upswing https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50124402-the-upswing

throwaway743 4y ago
Ooo this sounds super interesting. Just rewatched The Century of the Self and restarted Can't Get You Out of My Head by Adam Curtis/BBC, which seem very much aligned to this. Highly recommend if you haven't seen either yet. Free to watch on youtube

Sparkle-san 4y ago

Pinkerton[0] known for being hired to quash unionization attempts still exists to this day and has been used by Amazon and Starbucks. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)

AlexandrB 4y ago
It's wild that they did not hire some image consultants and change their name in the last 100 years. Though perhaps their notoriety is a net positive in the industry they operate in.
- routerl 4y ago
  When you hire the Pinkertons, you're hiring legendarily cruel people. That's the brand.

trackedemployee 4y ago

Reminded me of something that happened 3 weeks ago. Had been meaning to share here in HN. I am an h1b from India. Was talking to a colleague about the 100 year wait period for greencards through employer's MS teams. I shared him some twitter links (where people say they would be 115 when they get greencard and such) through whatsapp. While I was talking about it, Teams got disconnected. Didn't think anything about it, just thought its just a network issue. Same day, while talking to another colleague, mentioned same thing, and shared the twitter links over whatsapp. Again, MS teams got disconnected. I thought it was an odd coincidence that it got disconnected twice when I talked about this subject. Same day, at around 9.30 pm, I get an email from Twitter saying they have blocked a suspicious login from a city in US. So, someone knew my user name & password. I am guessing my employer was monitoring the conversation, and had my social media passwords.

derivagral 4y ago
> had my social media passwords this feels ridiculous that it is even a thing; do they force 2fa as well?