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"I can't imagine Microsoft ever being given a fine in the US for monopolistic practices" See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft http://en.w
by mynewwork 14y ago
"I can't imagine Microsoft ever being given a fine in the US for monopolistic practices"
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft
"Well, in most of the EU you need to guarantee decent working conditions"
You also do in the US. See OSHA safety standards. Also US has much stricter anti-harassment and anti-discrimination laws and rules than much of the EU. Comments that would be acceptable jokes in the workplace in Denmark could get you fired for creating a hostile work environment in the US.
Maybe instead of just slandering the US, you should learn a bit more about it.
- stefantalpalaru 14y agoHarassment and discrimination are nothing compared to actually abusing the worker through lack of vacations, imposed overtime, laughable minimum wages (specially for the "mandatory tip" jobs) and no safety nets.
- tripzilch 14y ago> laughable minimum wages (specially for the "mandatory tip" jobs) I couldn't believe this when I first heard of it: Some (or most?) states have a "different minimum" (? yeah ..) wage for certain types of service jobs (waiters, etc) that exclude some arbitrary amount they are supposed to get as "tips". If that's not something that's purely beneficial to the business and puts a burden on the individual person, I don't know what. It makes the whole concept of "minimum wage" laughable by setting an impossibly low one for a certain class of jobs ("tip money" isn't guaranteed so you can't count it as part of the minimum wage, the guarantee is the whole point). And then it turns into a situation where the customers (nicely sidestepping the business) are made to be felt responsible for the servants to make "minimum wage", but they aren't responsible at all, it's charity.