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Apple Offers Employees Paid Time Off to Get Vaccinated
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A man named Dan Price begun paying his workers a minimum of $70,000 per year. Rush Limbaugh, God rest his soul, said “I hope this company is a case study in MBA programs on how socialism does not work, because it’s gonna’ fail.”
To some, anything that helps out working people is socialism.
Source: https://www.thestar.com/business/op...loyees-back-in-2015-it-paid-off-big-time.html
The fact that this is newsworthy just shows how screwed up anything around health is in the United States. In Europe this is the most normal thing in the world.
Mhmmm I doubt, that vaccinations in the current form will help in the long run. New mutants could be immune against the antibodies.
It would essentially come out as "cutting in line", and considering the compensation Apple employees get (or at the very least the assumption of it considering the value of Apple), it would def look like the rich cutting in line past those more in the front lines or at risk.
Ok, Mr. Limbaugh was wrong in his evaluation as what Mr. Price did wasn't comparable to socialism in any way or form.
I wonder if Apple has plans to provide equitable benefit to those employees who have concerns with the vaccines and may choose not to get it?
Totally Agree, I fall into the side of now it's been proven (in my company at least) that working from home is effective then I'd be more than happy to go back in 2-3 days a week with the other days WFH.
Personally I miss the interaction and change of scenery but also like the odd day where I don't need to commute in to work.
I'm lucky that my employer decided to build a purpose built campus before lockdown, the campus was originally designed to hold 5,000 but lockdown hit mid construction so my employers adapted. They still intend to fill out the 5,000 jobs using the same size of campus but the interiors have been redesigned for distancing and reduced occupancy.
Vaccines are not for sale to private companies. Distributed by the government to health care providers. Everyone needs to get in line, no special privileges for Apple. Best Apple can do is help their employees find out where to get vaccinated and how to get in the queue.
Imagine the outrage generated here if Apple did not offer paid time for vaccination and any subsequent side effects. The Earth would tilt an extra degree for a minute.
I wonder if the government is going to provide immunity to companies who have to deal with employees who refuse to get vaccines?
My opinion is that any impacts supposedly caused by a virus will be classified as an "Act of God" and no liability will be expected of any party. The company most likely provides health benefits and supplemental life insurance for anyone having adverse experiences.
I will throw the commie doughnut on the ground and stomp the socialism out of it! So wrong! What is with this country giving things away for doing your part to keep society safe!
Good, but could be better. Other companies are offering to pay whether or not you need to actually take time off
If you have to wait to be vaccinated because you don’t have an underlying health condition, don’t worry, Krispy Kreme has you covered for the next pandemic.
Buy from whom? All of the approved vaccine supplies in the USA are allocated to the federal government for redistribution, at this time.
This isn't supply procurement for OLED or flash memory.
CA prioritization plan:
COVID-19 Home
Never underestimate people's willingness to express anonymous online outrage about anything.
If you're going to troll, at least do a smarter job of it. Socialism is about state control of the means of production, not the laudable actions of private corporations. As an ardent capitalist myself, I am happy to see Apple do this. But it's no more than what I expect of them. As small business owner myself, not necessarily thriving during COVID, I did exactly the same. I don't want there to be any barriers to any of my people getting vaccinated.