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by hwstar 11y ago
Typical piece from the Wall Street Journal which appeals to managers and not technical workers. H-1B users should be forced to pay true market rates for the position they are hired for in addition to an administration fee. This will ensure
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by hwstar 11y ago
Binding arbitration is an affront on the seventh amendment of the US constitution. If binding arbitration didn't exist, then this party would have had recourse in a real court with a jury, not some privately funded arbitration judge. T
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by hwstar 11y ago
An imbalance in access to remedies is how you get situations like that armored bulldozer in Colorado smashing buildings, or office shootings. The supreme court justices are too far tilted to the right, hopefully this will change in a decade
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by hwstar 11y ago
When you are asked to sign a non-compete agreement, or agreement to use binding arbitration where no such agreement was in place before. When your supervisor isn't interested in keeping you busy. When suppliers call you instead of acco
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by hwstar 11y ago
It's much worse over here in the US. Employers in the US have most people over a barrel. Most employees put the shackles on themselves by running up too much debt due to advertising and a materialistic culture. A lot of people don&#x27
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by hwstar 11y ago
Unemployed and semi-retired EE here. This is going to get much worse before it gets better. There's just too much low cost Electronics Engineering talent available worldwide. The only way that this would change is if there's anoth
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by hwstar 11y ago
Quasi "outages" in California refinery crackers are bucking the price decreases of gasoline in California. In 30 states, gasoline is under $2/gal but in California, it is north of $2.50, and it isn't even the expensive s
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The Death of American Research and Development(fortune.com)
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by hwstar 11y ago
Advertising is out of control. A lot of people go into unnecessary debt buying things they don't really need.
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State regulators propose new rooftop solar fees while rejecting utility plans(latimes.com)
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Big Oil, Make Way for Big Solar. The Winners and Losers in Paris(bloomberg.com)
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Bipartisan Senate bill would cut H-1B visas(washingtonexaminer.com)
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by hwstar 11y ago
"Talk of a split was rekindled earlier this year by activist investor Jana Partners LLC, which bought up stock in the company. Jana signed off on the strategic review, which was initiated in July and included a 15 percent employee redu
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by hwstar 11y ago
Mandatory sentencing bought and paid for by Hollywood. Let's reserve long sentences for crimes which truly harm individuals, not corporate bottom lines.
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Yahoo Investors Tighten Screws(wsj.com)
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by hwstar 11y ago
The rent is too damn high
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It's not just the poor who can't make rent(nbcnews.com)
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by hwstar 11y ago
Problems are not just limited to startups. Here's some of the shenanigans which went on in the last company I worked for: Company is constantly on credit hold. Engineers receive calls from suppliers stating that they haven't been
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by hwstar 11y ago
I started doing landlording for passive income at the beginning of the year. My property is 360 miles away from me (a converted vacation home). I do use a property management service. You will have extra tax paperwork to file at the end of
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by hwstar 11y ago
History never repeats itself, but sometimes it rhymes -- Mark Twain
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How employment-at-will hurts business (2014)(forbes.com)
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by hwstar 11y ago
So maybe we need a few constitutional amendments to resolve the issue.
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Advertising costs are not relevant if only money from the government can be used for campaigns, everyone gets the same amount, and there are severe per-person limits on private money donations, (no corporate or trade association donations a
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by hwstar 11y ago
This will never see the light of day. Sen. Hatch and Co. will see to it. Due to the way campaign financing works, any senators or congressmen which vote for this bill will face a reduction in campaign finance funding during the next electio
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The Bitter Truth About 'Employment at Will(forbes.com)
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Yes, and this will only get passed by the legislatures of red states.
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I agree. Sometimes though pressure from management puts an engineer in a no-win situation. I'm not saying this happened in this accident. If management pressure forces an engineer to do something which will risk the lives of others, th
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11,000 pound flywheel comes loose from its moorings(10news.com)
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“on a 1099 model it’s tougher to compel them to show up.” Translation: Show up or be fired. Restaraunts have had this policy since the beginning for high trafic days. /S American employement-at-will at work.... S/
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US Senators introduce legislation to cut H1B visas by 15,000(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
9 points by hwstar 11y ago|2 comments

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