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Honeycombe8

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 09:30 PM

Apr 2012

I can move to a secretarial job, if necessary, where extended hours are not required, or to a different type of job in my field that doesn't require such extreme O.T. I'm hoping to make the change in a couple of years, and maybe even move. Because no one can work those hours indefinitely, esp when s/he gets older. But I'll see what happens. I'm just glad I've been able to keep my job through the recession. So far. I'm still worried.

It wasn't this bad until about 12 years ago, when I started working on larger cases. When I worked on smaller cases (I'm a trial paralegal), the O.T. was only occasional and not extreme.

I'm not saying I like the extended hours. I don't. But that's part of my job, now.

Yes, I have socked away the money for my old age. It has made a huge difference in what my old age financial situation will be. I didn't choose to have that much O.T., but since my job turned out that way, I made sure to save the money. I think I saved every dollar of it, actually. But I get paid well, so I'm lucky that I was able to save it and not need it for something.

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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