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What is “effectively” in this context? Is it the same level of efficiency (provided efficiency can be defined for the given type of work) as working in the offi
by sanp 3y ago
What is “effectively” in this context? Is it the same level of efficiency (provided efficiency can be defined for the given type of work) as working in the office?
The company is trying to extract as much as possible for as little pay as possible. They obviously want workers to be as efficient as possible. However, I see no problem with workers pushing back against this and doing as little as possible for as much pay as possible. Why should the company be at the winning end of this tension? The state of the labor market over the last 4-5 decades has favored the company. Perhaps it is time it favored labor.
- bluefirebrand 3y ago> The state of the labor market over the last 4-5 decades has favored the company. Perhaps it is time it favored labor. Has it ever actually favored labor? It seems to me that other than very brief blips, the economy has always made companies (and owners and executives) very wealthy by extracting as much labor as possible as cheaply as possible
- chiefalchemist 3y agoFavored labor? Probably not out right. But labor certainly fared better when unions were stronger and had more members. Yes, companies have been winning. But the sociological friction is adding up. They'd be wise to adjust their game plan (i.e., be less greedy). We'll see.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoI tend to agree and I hope we are correct.