| On Jan 15, 8:05 pm, d...@no.email.thankstospam.net (DK) wrote: Quote:In article wrote: On Jan 15, 6:29=A0pm, moviePig wrote: On Jan 15, 5:58=A0pm, Calvin wrote: On Jan 15, 5:22=A0pm, moviePig wrote: On Jan 15, 3:44=A0pm, Calvin wrote: On Jan 15, 10:49=A0am, moviePig wrote: ... every time I see one of those employee-of-the-month photos, the wo> >rd I think first is 'exploitation'... Yep, hiring 'em, paying 'em, and praising 'em - that's exploitation. (You seem unable to disagree without being deliberately obtuse. =A0Whe> >n you write something that I think at least you believe, then I may try to rebut...) I thought I was being sarcastic. =A0But if you want it spelled out, I don't think voluntary employment (it's not conscription), and recognition of above average performance, is exploitation. The exploitation comes in "praising 'em" as a profitable substitute for "paying 'em", and as a means of squeezing 'em for their competitive juices. =A0If my kid worked at McDonald's and won employee- of-the-month, I'd hope it was with a deep ulterior motive... the more Machiavellian the better... If your kid won employee of the month, without a raise coming with it, he could stop by Burger King and show them his award and ask for a job and salary upgrade. Calvin - still living in his fantasy free market world... That's something that mP should try to rebut (the 'fantasy' part), but not to worry, he's on your side. In his recent 'screed', he even said he was for free markets but, Houdini-like, no doubt he can wriggle out of that. |