tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370002.post113267961296609988..comments2024-01-30T15:55:22.498-08:00Comments on Lies and Statistics: Shinobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313230196499723851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370002.post-1132948755204362272005-11-25T11:59:00.000-08:002005-11-25T11:59:00.000-08:00Well I think this article dealt mostly with salari...Well I think this article dealt mostly with salaried types Av as they were surveing executives from fortune 500 companies. Though I know what you're saying about hourly workers is true.<BR/><BR/>Do you think a rise in hours for hourly workers and a rise in hours for salaried workers would be correlated? I didn't think the two would affect eachother, especially in businesses that don't have an hourly/manufacturing component.Shinobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313230196499723851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370002.post-1132788645753636292005-11-23T15:30:00.000-08:002005-11-23T15:30:00.000-08:00In actual fact, the amount of hours worked has ris...In actual fact, the amount of hours worked has risen in recent years. And this is not because of some conspiracy of evil business. Only tose on salary would think that, showing just how far removed they are fromthe common man.<BR/><BR/>One place i worked actually had the union kill a proposal to hire more people becasuse that would cut down on overtime. At that place, the average worker worked 56 hours a week, and spent his off time clamouring for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370002.post-1132778418821232472005-11-23T12:40:00.000-08:002005-11-23T12:40:00.000-08:00I shall tell the youngersters what to take away fr...I shall tell the youngersters what to take away from this.<BR/><BR/>Executive are full of fear.<BR/><BR/>They seem powerful autocrats to us workers, they cultivate that... but in fact they are fearful, they fear... spots on their tie, to be seen this or that way by the board or their executive bosses.<BR/><BR/>They are the most fearful and pandering of men, by and large, and for this they are paid well even to fail... for no normal man or woman can muster the level of obsessive fear that they can and couple it with a disregard for their own growth other than in material ways.<BR/><BR/>Ah yes, I swear it's true!<BR/><BR/>-pyrrhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com