On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Constance Warner <[email protected]> wrote:
> And I hope that if/when I actually land that job, my boss > doesn't expect to be in constant communication with me on a Blackberry or > iPhone I can't possibly afford on what he pays me. I've had to take jobs > like that before, where the pay was nearly wiped out by the overhead costs > of working there, and with expensive communications devices to support, the > price to the employee is going up. There is a name for this. Servitude. "Wired" recently did a really nice article on this subject and how prevalent it is in many computer oriented workplaces. Modern day sweatshops where workers may actually get pretty good pay but they will basically have no life of their own. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
