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Long time ago, I used to work in retail. I had this schedule: 2 openings (start at 7am, 8am); 2 closings(start at 3 pm); start at 9am on Saturday. I was not get
by raincom 12y ago
Long time ago, I used to work in retail. I had this schedule: 2 openings (start at 7am, 8am); 2 closings(start at 3 pm); start at 9am on Saturday. I was not getting 2 successive days off either.
When I asked my manager about this, he mentioned it is all computer scheduling and he can't help it. Who devised this shitty scheduling? This started like 25 years ago?
What explains this odd way of scheduling? Maybe, companies don't want you to go to school or don't want you to take a second job. Or they want you to depend on the company for paycheck forever.
- njloof 12y agoThis is why the union movement took hold at the dawn of the 20th century. I hope these millennials figure out a robust, globalized replacement.
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- klenwell 12y agoWhat explains this odd way of scheduling? You can find an answer in another New York Times article I cited here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7089531 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7089531 (I find that thread interesting, in part, for the spirited defence some offered for the practice. Frankly, I find it indefensible.) The underlying issue is, as @njloof suggests, the systematic degradation of low-skilled labor's bargaining power. There was a big deal made this week about Wal-Mart's wage increase for its hourly employees. As this NY Times article notes, more predictable scheduling was also part of Wal-Mart's announcement. It's nice to see the issue being acknowledged and finally addressed. But I expect this was done less out of corporate altruism and more in response to the growing effort to unionize Wal-Mart and other service sector employees.