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jeff47

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10. Unpredictable is the point

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:02 PM

Jul 2013

If you give them a consistent schedule they can get a second job. And that job may grow to the point where they quit your job.

Utterly inconsistent schedules happen all the time in all low-wage jobs from large employers. Be they part-time or full-time.

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Part-Time Workers Say Schedules Are Getting More Erratic [View all] Purveyor Jul 2013 OP

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #1

"completely unpredictable" = chaos. Trillo Jul 2013 #2

This is the kind of thing you do when you don't want your employees getting other jobs. JVS Jul 2013 #3

It Will Only Get Worse Until Workers Rise Up And Revolt And TheMastersNemesis Jul 2013 #4

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2013 #5

This makes it impossible to hold a second job LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #6

It isn't just part-timers starroute Jul 2013 #7

I may only have P/T employees, but I make sure that they all have the same work days and hours kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #8

In places where immigration provides so many workers for so little - truedelphi Jul 2013 #9

Unpredictable is the point jeff47 Jul 2013 #10