placatedmayhem
@placatedmayhem@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why are doctors so hands off and unhelpful in the USA? 2 months ago:
It’s exactly this. The policies put in place by “healthcare administrators” (MBAs and such with healthcare flavoring, not people that actually know how to care for people’s health like doctors and nurses) are designed to process the most patience in the least amount of face time possible, so that each doctor and nurse can see more patients per day, meaning more office visit fees, meaning higher profit. My dad calls it the “cattle shoot” and I feel that’s a pretty apt analogy. It’s the same general reason that fast food restaurants and pharmacies and department stores are perpetually understaffed: fewer staff members means lower “overhead” costs.
- Comment on ok let's start with corp embezzlement 5 months ago:
- Comment on American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike 5 months ago:
Correct. In the US, these practices are commonly not paid by employers.
- Comment on American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike 5 months ago:
The requirement should be that any time an employer makes a demand of an employee’s time, they pay.
FA waiting on your plane to arrive that’s 6 hours late? Pay up.
15 Apple store employees lined up and waiting to get searched by a single manager after a shift? Pay up.
Require an employee to respond to phone calls or issues after hours? That’s not “after hours”, that’s hours. Pay up.
Make an employee commute to an office for a job that can be accomplished from home? Believe it or not, pay the hell up.
Making demands of a person’s time for a job is part of the job. They should be compensated for it.