tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post3165480801910948189..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: What’s called for if not a job revolution?Crushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-88108616169884855822008-05-29T06:23:00.000-07:002008-05-29T06:23:00.000-07:00I wish I was paid for my education, experience and...I wish I was paid for my education, experience and work load. I am a chef, nurse, taxi driver, office worker, car detailer, peace negotiator/mediator, teacher, headmaster, good cop, bad cop,maid, mechanic, gardener, banker and a mum lol. Two of these jobs I do get paid for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-34298767618684619132008-05-29T11:52:00.000-07:002008-05-29T11:52:00.000-07:00nunyaa I hear ya.<b>nunyaa</b> I hear ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-59714767309618702452008-05-29T13:02:00.000-07:002008-05-29T13:02:00.000-07:00Well, I guess my job bears more similarity to your...Well, I guess my job bears more similarity to your ideal than you'd imagine.<br><br>I get a basic+ commission, which means, and if I'm doing well for the month, there's always a good chance of knocking a few afternoons out of the equation and spending a nice afternoon catching up with e-mails and having a peaceful pint.<br><br>So it is possible to some degree.<br><br>But I have some sympathy for where you are coming from- but I would say it is a wider principle.<br><br>We need to do tasks, not have a time serving scheme.<br><br>I keep wondering about a General Strike on an international scale- white collar workers included.<br><br>Maybe it would be the shock the system needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-9439074456073476822008-05-29T15:59:00.001-07:002008-05-29T15:59:00.001-07:00Well you have raised a lot of good points but ther...Well you have raised a lot of good points but there are not easy solutions.<br><br>In private industry there is often reward for the high achiever in that he/she is the one who receives the promotions and the big bonuses if that is part of the equation. <br><br>In a unionized situation often work quotas are at the lowest common level rather than the highest in my experience.<br><br>One of the problems with flex hours is that you have to be able to contact people in other businesses and so you have to be available when they are available. This is a big issue in a large country like ours with five time zones! Maybe there is only one person in a small company who does a particular job, so which hours do they work so that they are available to those requiring contact with them. <br><br>In an industry which covers 24 hours like a hospital there is always constant coverage and some people do choose to work only night shift for example since that is not very popular. I hated to work the 8 am shift but loved the 2 pm shift. But we all rotated through everything, including the weekends.<br><br>I think you need more than one post to come up with a working situation for these problems for what works for one job would never work for another. Probably people have even written theses of hundreds of pages in length about this whole working hours situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-90559216595408353282008-05-29T15:59:00.000-07:002008-05-29T15:59:00.000-07:00The sad fact is that most of us are overpaid in th...The sad fact is that most of us are overpaid in the West.<br><br>What you earn and how you are treated is determined entirely by how crucial your work is and by how many people there are who are able to step into your shoes at short notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-5163123670086282008-05-29T19:20:00.000-07:002008-05-29T19:20:00.000-07:00I enjoyed this...it made me think about the inequa...I enjoyed this...it made me think about the inequality of the roles we play based on gender as well.<br>The majority of 'caring' based jobs are done by women...child care, aged care, nursing (though because of the pay increase and status more and more men now become nurses)...and in Australia, women in child care are some of the most underpaid workers ever, but child care is the most emotionally, physically and mentally draining. <br>Imagine if we paid people based on what they give back to society...imagine if teachers were paid more than fashion models and the women who clean hospital wards and bring hot drinks to old people, imagine if they were rewarded more than say, the people who sell real estate for a living. <br><br>Utopia or deluded!??! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-78867010172975371982008-05-29T22:26:00.000-07:002008-05-29T22:26:00.000-07:00Oh, I liked what kate said. Very good.My last job ...Oh, I liked what kate said. Very good.<br><br>My last job was a base+ commission retail sales job. I did well, better than many in my office because I used the techonology to my advantage. I simply could set up and sell wireless phone faster than the others, and it made some co-workers angry. What could I do? I wanted the sales...I learned what they didn't want to...and some felt I was stealing sales from them because of it. Because <i>they</i> were lazy.<br><br>I think working different shifts is a great idea, I've always been a night owl myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-52363417304321009522008-05-30T03:57:00.000-07:002008-05-30T03:57:00.000-07:00Lots of interesting thoughts here.Lots of interesting thoughts here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-59437872003678217512008-05-30T09:23:00.000-07:002008-05-30T09:23:00.000-07:00I like the principle behind this (especially as a ...I like the principle behind this (especially as a generally speedy worker), but it kind of assumes a certain type of job, working relatively solo. <br>However, in my current job as a psychometrician, the speediness of my task is very dependent on the speediness of the person I am testing. If one person is a contemplater or ESL, I can be running around all day to catch up and skipping my lunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-81441405450021747882008-05-30T17:51:00.000-07:002008-05-30T17:51:00.000-07:00Heart, just one thing that sometimes occurs to me....Heart, just one thing that sometimes occurs to me...<br><br>I mean, I hate having to get up in the morning. That six o'clock cacophony from my phone is never welcome.<br><br>But I always count my blessings that I'm PAID to chat to people, pretty much. Yes, have a bad month the job can be a drag, but I can't think if anything else that they'd actually pay me money to do, and I'd actually enjoy.<br><br>Isn't hat a bit unfair? I'm getting paid MORE money to do something I enjoy, than a lot of people are, to do stuff they hate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com