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Apple Store in Oklahoma City Becomes Second in U.S. to Unionize
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If anything you sound more judgemental of the countries who are still developing and slowly acquiring statesmanship competencies in accordance with their unique culture and history.
I don't believe even for a second that you really do "care a lot" and want Congo and China to become on par with the US in terms of these competencies. Your manipulation is so easy to see through and comes across as nothing short of passively aggressive bullying for your own gain.
A good Apple corporate employee is subservient to Apple, which has to make negotiating hard. And a technician that works at an Apple Store may not have needed to put much into their social skills if they are devoted to programming or whatever, spending time intuiting I/O architecture instead of spending a lot of time honing their power move skills in negotiation tactics. If unions are as good at strong-arming companies as a lot of people seem to think, if they are that big of a threat, then that's the kind of people you want negotiating for you. You want to send some manipulative thugs like these terrible unions corporations are telling us to be scare of.
The sad truth is that the companies will just replace workers with automation.
That doesn’t bode well for you. Take a toastmasters clsss. Even if you don’t have to ever present before a crowd, it can teach you some excellent skills for negotiating. I took some years ago and it really helped!
LOL! So back to caves and huts then?
How exactly would you feed the world without automation and the technology that enables it?
How exactly would you feel about paying for an iPhone where each component on the boards was soldered by hand? Never mind the size they would be and the cost if this were the case.
How would you feel about waiting to pay tolls again instead of EZ-Pass?
How would you feel about preparing Apple's financial statements off paper ledgers?
Would you like to go back to boats being man-powered by oars? That'll be great for commerce! Horse and buggy for trucking? These are all forms of "automation".
Etc, etc, etc.
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Why don't I just pay you to negotiate for me then, and instead of going to Toastmasters I can do something fun instead.
tell that to my former brother-in-law who had to train his own replacement from -----(country name with 5 letters). He was making a little over $200k per year as a programmer for about 10 years. The company brought over 3 people. His replacement was making $60k each. I guess if I was his company's CFO, I would have done the same. At least they were decent enough to keep him on for a whole year, then paid him a 12-month severance package with full benefits. He used the money to travel to Africa and hunted ------------ and ------ (don't want to arouse anger of PETA supporters here, so I won't name the animals). When he returned after 6 months, he open a Dunkin Donuts near the entrance to a major university. He ended up doing quite well... man, those college kids really love sugar-coated treats. Last I heard, he opened up 3 more locations.(all near big colleges or student housing)
What I get from your posts is that you are either too scared or bored to take an interest in your own affairs. Sad way to go through life but have it your way.
Also, that attitude isn't something I would look for in an employee. If negotiating for yourself is too intimidating I doubt you would fight for your ideas in the workplace. You might have great ideas but if you are too timid to fight for them you aren't of much use to me as an employee.
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Apple's board needs to hire a new sexy hot CEO. I was just thinking the other day about all the companies that I worked for since 1986. The company that I really enjoyed working for was the one with a super hot CFO(who later became the CEO). She was so hot, I remember waking up every morning and going to work early for no reason.(something that I had never done, except back when I was in 2nd grade) I quite the company the year after she left. I totally lost the motivation to go to work.
To the Union Boss, of course.
Who reports to the Big Boss.
Who then reports to the Capo di Tutti di Frutti. He's the guy that wears the rainbow unicorn hat.
That’s based entirely on opinion and perspective though. For me, my work and my benefits are completely enough. But for others, enough is never enough. They’ll never be satisfied and it’s sad to see where the world is nowadays. Very selfish and self-serving.
Your post is literally very selfish and self-serving.
Just embrace being the intimidated guy. Everything should work out fine!
I'm curious to know what percent of their paycheck is union dues?
I guess it's just this store and the one in Maryland so far. Apple should just close them.
Human rights? Are they forced to work in unsafe or degrading positions? What actual “human right” is being put aside in Apple stores? Fact is, no one knows if it’s “we have to work with a sharp stick in our back” or “the manager doesn’t say ‘good morning’ in the tone I prefer”. From the “demands list” leaked from Towson, it appears to lean towards the latter.
How are the conditions bad? They have to stand?
“miserable work conditions”? In what way?
Indeed. I’m supposing a search might bring up something, but not for awhile, maybe? My ideas on if the union is good or bad is wholly based on “why did they unionize”. If they’re unionizing because Apple requires little sharp glass Apple logos in every shoe as they’re working, then that’s uncomfortable. So, if every Apple store has pained employees and the union ones are now not, GREAT. If they’re unionizing because the textile blend and sizes of the shirts make them uncomfortable… I mean, sure, maybe union for that as well? I’m certain those two aren’t it, though.
Yeah, that’s why HR kept retail pay/conditions lower for the last decade+, but now that unions enter the picture, now HR breaks-out the “Relationship” word, and how “worried” they are about “the relationship” with their retail employees.