2 Jul
2000
2 Jul
'00
2:16 p.m.
R. D. Davis wrote:
That borders on foolishness. People have lives and
committments
outside of the paid workplace, and to expect people to work more than
somewhere between 32 to 40 hours per week, not counting the time it
takes to drive to and from the workplace, is greed and inconsideration
on the employers' behalf.
Jerome Fine replies:
Hey - are you advocating that we spend some time with our spouses
and get to know our children and grandchildren. Now that is totally
contrary to the work ethic. We might also wind up being happy
and stop suffering from afluenza.
When sleep is reduced, then it can have a negative
impact on one's
health - talke a look, there's plenty of evidence out there in the
psychophysiological damage that this can cause. Caffeine should never
be relied on as a substitute for needed sleep. Gastric ulcers, auto
accidents, immune system impairment leading to increased incidences of
cancer, etc. are amongst the results of not getting enough sleep. I've
worked with people who continuously drank coffee, bragging about their
levels of consumtion of it, making a big deal over how little sleep
they were getting, as if it made them look important. Do such people
realize that they're boasting about destroying their health?
Now you are try to use reverse psychology on us.
That's not a luxury, it's called protecting
one's life, and if enough
people did it, companiues would be forced to like it or else; that is,
if there was a way to not allow them to keep hiring cheap foreign
labor to displace employees who are citizens of the country where
they're working (e.g. the droves of H/J visa employees being hired by
U.S. employers to replace U.S. citizens who won't work long hours for
peanuts). Perhaps we need to tar and feather a few politicians; can't
think of a much better solution at the moment.
I think everyone should have placed on their tombstone:
"This person was dedicated to the job and gave everything to the company.
Death came as a joyful end to a dedicated career and the family is now
able to spend the income and the insurance money which there was never
time enough to enjoy. This person is not missed since he/she was not around
in any case."
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine