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Title is clickbait, which this entire thread has fallen for. Tipping is mentioned in two paragraphs out of an entire article worth of eminently reasonable reque

Title is clickbait, which this entire thread has fallen for. Tipping is mentioned in two paragraphs out of an entire article worth of eminently reasonable requests and terms. Who knows what the actual context is. Maybe this was a half-hearted idea that was tossed into a long list. Bloomberg just chose to zero in on it as a title to make the union seem deranged.

macintux 4y ago
Tipping for help at an Apple Store is so insanely absurd that of course anyone with journalist credentials is going to focus on that.
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bombcar 4y ago
I'm not so sure, some of these things seem unreasonable: >And it wants to extend paid bereavement leave from 10 days per occurrence to a maximum of 45 days a year and for the policy to include pets and close friends. >Tipping >Finally, the union is asking Apple to pay $1 an hour more to employees who become first-aid certified, and to provide as many as 34 weeks of severance pay in the event of a layoff. I get the idea of asking for everything as a starting point, but some of these are just wow.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  First aid certification is worth something. Not sure it's worth $2000/year, given that a customer who suffered a medical episode in an Apple store would probably end up suing Apple anyway, but it does add value. It's also something the union could organize as a quid pro quo. 34 weeks of severance seems wildly optimistic though.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Apple paying for your first aid certification (even paying more than it costs to get it) would seem reasonable; having the ability to have employees who are paid more for it would open them to amusing liability, I'd assume (imagine someone has an incident and nobody currently in the building is one of these power-employees, or one attempts first aid and something occurs).
- Apocryphon 4y ago
  What’s wrong with bereavement time?
  - bombcar 4y ago
    12% of each year (or 17% if only counting working days) for paid bereavement (including pets) seems unreasonably high.

macintux 4y ago

Tipping for help at an Apple Store is so insanely absurd that of course anyone with journalist credentials is going to focus on that.

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bombcar 4y ago

I'm not so sure, some of these things seem unreasonable: >And it wants to extend paid bereavement leave from 10 days per occurrence to a maximum of 45 days a year and for the policy to include pets and close friends. >Tipping >Finally, the union is asking Apple to pay $1 an hour more to employees who become first-aid certified, and to provide as many as 34 weeks of severance pay in the event of a layoff. I get the idea of asking for everything as a starting point, but some of these are just wow.

anigbrowl 4y ago
First aid certification is worth something. Not sure it's worth $2000/year, given that a customer who suffered a medical episode in an Apple store would probably end up suing Apple anyway, but it does add value. It's also something the union could organize as a quid pro quo. 34 weeks of severance seems wildly optimistic though.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Apple paying for your first aid certification (even paying more than it costs to get it) would seem reasonable; having the ability to have employees who are paid more for it would open them to amusing liability, I'd assume (imagine someone has an incident and nobody currently in the building is one of these power-employees, or one attempts first aid and something occurs).
Apocryphon 4y ago
What’s wrong with bereavement time?
- bombcar 4y ago
  12% of each year (or 17% if only counting working days) for paid bereavement (including pets) seems unreasonably high.