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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:18:21 -0500, "Grackle" <nos...@lalaland.com>
wrote:

>"Bill" <mrspamnobillo@nospam.bom> wrote in message 
>news:vE1od.297559$%k.36542@pd7tw2no...
>> Just more reasons not to by Anything from EA
>>
>> http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/
>>
>> http://www.igda.org/qol/open_letter.php
>
>I've seen employers screw many people over countless times where I work, 
>with little recourse.  The law is a joke except in extreme circumstances, 
>usually regarding some form of discrimination.  Other than that, it's full 
>of loopholes, and employers can do whatever they want, regardless of the 
>impact it has on its employees.  At least that's the case in white collar 
>world.  As an example, you can fire someone who's perfectly competant (but 
>you don't like him/her for whatever reason), claim the position has been 
>abolished, hire someone new for the old position, but give the old position 
>a new name.  Sure that's 'illegal', but you have to prove it actually 
>occured, and there's the rub -- you can't. 
>

So... if you hired someone to mow your lawn, and the guy's doing a
good job, but for whatever reason you don't happen to like his
personality and would prefer not to deal with him... so you decide to
get someone else to mow your lawn.  Keeping in mind that this is
*your* money you're spending, would you appreciate the government
coming in and telling you that you *have* to keep on the first guy and
pay him your hard-earned money?  Probably not.

And, yes, it *is* the same thing.  It's just that everyone forgets
that there's another side -- and that side consists of people, just
like you, and their money, just like you.  But apparently no one
thinks that side has any rights.

And no, I'm not condoning the behavior of any company... I've worked
for mostly crap companies my whole life.  It's just that, unlike
apparently 3/4th of this world, I recognize that employees do *not*
have *more* rights than the people they work for.  You're allowed to
quit with no excuse, but they can't let you go with no excuse?  That
means you think you have *more* rights than they do, and seem to
forget, it goes both ways.

Sometimes it's easier for them to replace you.  And sometimes it's
easier for you to replace them (with another job).  It's just supply
and demand, like everything else.

Of course, you have a right to complain all you want.

---
erimess

My therapist told me a way to achieve 
inner peace was to finish things I had 
started. Today I finished 2 bags of potato 
chips, a lemon pie, a fifth of Jack Daniel's 
and a small box of chocolate candy. 
I feel better already.