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Honeycombe8

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42. The only things I take are my female hormones. I'm a health nut. I don't eat beef...

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 09:51 AM

Apr 2012

or pork. I eat processed foods, but not too many of them. I eat fresh fruits every day, without fail. I walk several times a week.

I can't explain it, really. Except that I'm totally focused on what I'm doing, and determined to get it done, and do it well. I'm just that way. I CAN hit a wall, but then I get up, get a Diet Coke, and when I sit down again, my head has cleared, and I push on.

So I guess I do drink some caffeine, but not much. Certainly no coffee or Mountain Dew.

You'd be able to do it, too, if you had to. I don't like it. But I am able to do it. I'm experienced, so that helps. I can push on in an automated mode, if necessary, but a less experienced person wouldn't have that to fall back on.

I've made a LOT of $ on O.T. It has made the difference between being able to retire one day, and not being able to.

The worst thing I can imagine, though, is being unemployed. I wouldn't handle that well at all. I would probably spiral downward into a deep depression. So anything other than that is great for me.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT APPLE'S FOXCONN WORKERS: They Want To Work MORE, Not Less [View all] FarCenter Mar 2012 OP

Overtime is just your employer's way of making fewer workers do more work. Zalatix Mar 2012 #1

It's also a way for a worker to earn more $. I've earned a lot of $ thru OT. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #30

Foxconn doesn't PAY Overtime. EPIC fail OP. elehhhhna Apr 2012 #35

Source for Foxconn not paying overtime? bhikkhu Apr 2012 #72

What's the definition of 'successful' in this line of work? Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #2

Shooting money upward - as much, as fast, as high as possible. n/t JHB Mar 2012 #15

So then the executive suite will notice those 200 extra bezels they snap on each day? Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #25

Sure... not. RobertEarl Mar 2012 #3

Oh, Business Insider said so. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #4

Tell me how your children felt about the week YOU worked 100 hours. slampoet Mar 2012 #5

You would have to ask my spouse FarCenter Mar 2012 #8

So you're too busy to ask her yourself and expect a stranger to do it for you? slampoet Mar 2012 #17

She's working. FarCenter Mar 2012 #26

LOL. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #32

Somehow I think they would rather work less AND make more. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #6

so that`s why some were jumping off buildings and foxconn put nets up.... madrchsod Mar 2012 #7

The author's OWN BIO admits that he's been fired for conflicts of interest in the past slampoet Mar 2012 #9

Doesn't sound like a guy who has sweated his ass off for 100 hours a week on an assembly line. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #11

Good find Sea-Dog Apr 2012 #59

When you're paid shit, you need to work more DotGone Mar 2012 #10

This is true. Working that many hrs affects the health (I know from experience). But if it's in Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #33

You mean they would prefer that over 40hr weeks at Western pay? saras Mar 2012 #12

just sick... really? Did you ever figure that they needed to work more because they earned so little fascisthunter Mar 2012 #13

They want to work more because they aren't being paid enough for normal hours - haele Mar 2012 #14

And this is why Apple's quality is the worst... seattleblah Mar 2012 #16

Apple keeps their workers chained up in a cage when not working. Those that try to escape are beaten Elwood P Dowd Mar 2012 #18

Do you have a citation for your claim that Apple sells body parts? seattleblah Mar 2012 #20

I got it from the DU Apple Haters Group. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2012 #22

Who's Michael Dell? Pholus Apr 2012 #29

Well, that's certainly true about Apples investors. nt raouldukelives Mar 2012 #19

More right-wing douchebaggery... Viking12 Mar 2012 #21

Did anyone ask them if they preferred a living wage and less hours? think Mar 2012 #23

We can't control what goes on in other countries. We can't even control what goes on here. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #38

I strongly disagree. We can do things to control what happens or Apple wouldn't be think Apr 2012 #46

The problems in this country are so large, that I can't focuson other countries. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #67

what a POS story.... Locrian Mar 2012 #24

Who says they're earning money "to live"? My co-workers volunteer for O.T.... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #39

What they want is enough money to make it. The additional hours are how they TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #27

OP translation: "Heck, them lil sumbeeches LUV working hard for peanuts." Pholus Apr 2012 #28

Posts like those are a prime example of people that get paid to do so. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #34

Do you think they have to work 100 hours a week? ;) Pholus Apr 2012 #43

Sounds like my job. Really. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #31

Oh, really. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #36

What I do is...work. I'm totally focused on what I'm doing. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #41

I think he was asking what type of employment. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #45

I'm sure he was. CanSocDem Apr 2012 #51

That is the classic mistaken belief that suffering is somehow honorable. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #53

Not at all. CanSocDem Apr 2012 #54

You should be able to have a job that takes you around NA for 8 hours a day or less Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #60

Many jobs require bursts of extended work hours. Many of the professions, like doctors & nurses. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #62

Nonsense. If you work a 36 hour shift, then you should have to work 4 more hours and Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #68

It's against the law. The firm has to pay your O.T. if you work more than 40 hours. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #77

People should not have to work OT to live well though. That should be part of the 40 hour week or Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #79

I've had those kind of jobs. CanSocDem Apr 2012 #74

I get paid O.T. I've made a lot of $ on O.T. Besides, the nature of my job... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #63

If I was able to work those kind of hours, I would have just gone to law school. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #69

I'm not that ambitious and didn't want to go to school that many years. And there's the cost. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #76

It's 3 years. And a lot less heartache than being a paralegal. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #78

OK...doing what, exactly? Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #58

I'm a litigation paralegal at a large firm in a big city. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #65

Tell your employer to hire a few more employers and to quit using slaves. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #70

It's my case. There is no substitute. We paralegals do have support in many ways... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #75

Somehow they make their legal system work in Europe without their paralegals working 80 hours a week Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #80

Question, how many stimulants are you on at one time? Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #37

The only things I take are my female hormones. I'm a health nut. I don't eat beef... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #42

Frankly I don't believe you, either you are exaggerating about the amount of OT at work... Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #47

They are short bursts of intense, extended work. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #64

But what happens when the inability to work OT gets in the way of doing the job? Pholus Apr 2012 #44

Well, I'm in my 50's and still going strong. But I have a plan... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #66

That's nothing. I fly to business meetings by flapping my arms. Marr Apr 2012 #49

And you're a better person for it. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #61

What planet is this dude from? 80-100 hour weeks just to be successful? Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #40

Hell I've done that and I'm on a freaking salary. dkf Apr 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author AZ Progressive Apr 2012 #55

I've been reading stories like that from corporate propagandists since the 80's. Marr Apr 2012 #48

They want to earn more money Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #52

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #56

I hate apologists AZ Progressive Apr 2012 #57

Unrec...yeah, all employees like to betaken advantage of... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #71

I seem to be using this a lot here, today. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2012 #73