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"The first version of this form was written in May by Corey's Digs for The Solari Report, and has been updated this week by the Solari team to account for future events, as things evolve. Please review this important in... read more
"Immigration laws are criminally enforced not just against individuals, but also against corporations. For individuals, federal immigration prosecutions are a mass phenomenon. More than a third of the federal criminal docke... read more
"A Lowe's home improvement store in Tennessee surprised a hardworking 13-year-old with a brand new lawnmower after his mower broke down."
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The Justice Department regularly announces corporate crime settlements with deferred and non prosecution agreements. Sometimes they make the agreements public, sometimes they dont. And over the years, corporate crime defen... read more
Sitting here looking at Harold (not his real name) to my right. My workday would be sooooo much better if I could ignore him, but, being in the cubicle across the aisle, I can't. For those new to this space, Harold is an idiot. Liter... read more
Don't you hate it when you're at work? The end. Wait, no, that's not the end. You're at work - on the bottom floor, because that's where the snack machine is - and you decide to use the restroom. The cleaning la... read more
We could not agree more. See "Disney heiress calls CEO Bob Iger's $65 million pay package 'insane.'... read more
I get these job listing emails (just in case something awesome comes along). This latest one (probably created by AI (artificial-lower intelligence)) said they have "several jobs just for you": Hospice Aide (Los Angeles), Chaplain (Param... read more
Even corporate America is blocking Alex Jones - InfoWars these days. Trying to read an article online during my lunch break, I get the following censorship notice: Block Reason: Content Filtering. Category: questionablePathetic, but a... read more
"It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner - after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business with his experience ... read more
Got off the phone with @NASA. Had to tell 'em, "Look, I'm not willing to relocate. Stop calling!" OK, so it wasn't actually NASA, I didn't say exactly that, and it wasn't actually a job offer. A recruiter di... read more
There's a strange badge swipe policy at work: required first thing in the AM, after that ANYONE can just walk right in. #monitoring-v-security... read more
"Once Toys R Us was taken over, however, the debt that Vornado Realty, KKR and Bain used to acquire it was pushed back onto the company, skyrocketing its debt obligations to $7.6 billion."Read the... read more
Great story! See ksl.com"It was about as low as you can get, but Smith decided to at least make it to the new year. When he went on ksl.com to look ... read more
I know they're just doing their jobs, but headhunters (job recruiters) can be some of the most dehumanizing people I've ever had to deal with. Because of that, I like to have a little fun at their expense whenever possible. Here&... read more
Got the below email today. Probably because they saw that I have several books on Amazon (here, ... read more
Good one!"This employee had simply had enough so they decided to tell their boss how it really is before they walked out the door." : ... read more
One-fifth of US workers were laid off in past five years "Nearly 40% said it took more than seven months to find employment and about one in five of laid-off workers said all they could find was a temporary posit... read more
Something I've always hated about working for someone else is that you're expected to believe (or convincingly pretend, in the corporate setting, anyway) that the people in positions above you are in fact superior to you. It'... read more
Good article on staying healthy on the job, plus just plain staying at that job."... you can't smoke cigarettes fast enough to match the damage that today's workplace is doing to you. And not just you, b... read more
Apparently, those bastions of capitalism are in fact socialists, at least when it works for them. As a result of substantial enhancements we have made to our Subsidy Tracker database, it is possible for the first ti... read more
Switzerland Shows US How to Handle CEOs. Here in the United States, had the minimum wage kept pace with productivity sin... read more
Walk 11 miles a shift and pick up an order every 33 seconds... how Amazon works staff 'to ... read more
Millions of Americans are angry because food stamp recipients can use their benefits to buy junk food but don't realize that they are able to do so because corporate America wouldn't have it any other way.Coca Cola, Kroger, Walma... read more
"Market subsidies, market protections, market interventions, regulatory favors, favorable legislation, legal protections, ex-post facto reclassification's, government spending (Keynesian), artificially low interest rate... read more
Good!: America's Re-shoring of Jobs Is Accelerating."Over the past couple... read more
I've been chosen (with 5-6 others) to "Have Lunch With !" (one of the VP's at work) tomorrow. I've been instructed to "come prepared to discuss real issues and solutions" regarding my job. Not looking forward to it. At l... read more
I don't agree with this calculation, but, for what it's worth, my brother sent this out recently. So, in case I'm wrong and he's right, which almost never happens...50 years ago (1963) the minimum wage was 1.25. See... read more
from Who are the 1%, and what do they do for a living?"A lot of emphasis is on the "99%" versus th... read more
The Jobs Number Is BS Says Former Head Of BLS."After every non-farm payroll report we provide our own breakdown of what the... read more
Feels like the first day back at school after summer vacation, except in this case it's not even summer yet and I'll be starting a new job, not school, today. I hope it lasts longer than the last few jobs! I have had a string of ... read more
Took a test yesterday. Hope I passed! New job depends on it! Hope I did better than the previous day's job-related test. That one was on Windows 7 and 2008 techie stuff, and I just haven't kept up with Win 7, not as a tech, espec... read more
Depressing but true.
"The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get noth... read more
Great article here : informationclearinghouse.info"What does Labor Day mean anymore other than another day off... read more
"A Top Heavy 1 Percent Will Topple Without a Stable Middle Class. "Focusing exclusively on deficit reduction is the wrong policy. Focusing solely on cutting spending is the wrong policy. Focusing on jobs is the right po... read more
from Liberty Underground..."Today, May Day, honors the workers who produce all of the wealth. It is also "a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May" (from Wikipe... read more
The hypocrisy would be laughable if not such a serious problem.
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They might be right about this. Worth a shot."Does your resume read like a job description? Is it one long list of bullets that contain the phrases duties... read more
Yes, large corporations really are that stupid, short-sighted and corrupt. If this CEO had any decency (yeah, right), he would have said, "No, give me one million and split the rest with those 1700 laid-off workers." It would have come... read more
I hate when companies do this. Create a better environment for your employees, don't require them to be a pack of phonies!: ... read more
This is an instant classic. : girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos-... read more
"It doesn't matter if managers are introverted or extroverted, timid or bold, loud or quiet, as long as they are making people feel like they are growing, appreciated, and confident in their future at the company ...&qu... read more
"Unfortunately, we've just had another open theft of retired worker's benefits, this time Whirlpool management stealing the health care coverage of retired former Hoover workers and their families. Once again, we se... read more
"In Japan the ratio of pay for a CEO compared to that of the average worker is approx. 11 to 1. In Germany that ratio expands to a dizzying 12 to 1. And in the United States it's 475 to 1." Read the... read more
Can't companies at least send a denial letter-email? It's rude to leave us twisting in the wind.... read more
Freelancers union, a federation of the unaffiliatedLooks like a good idea. Freelancers Union. A Federation of the Unaffiliated."350,000 FREELA... read more
I almost posted this to LinkedIn, but thought better of it since hiring managers and headhunters generally have absolutely no sense of humor regarding "the hiring process." If they would admit (at least to themselves) that they have no i... read more
...and are afraid of offending anyone... : positive leaders love productivity"Simon Sin... read more
The minimum wage, popular with the public, but not the donor class from The Minimum Wage: Popular With the Public, But Not the Donor Class."One of the b... read more
Interesting article on "micro gigs" "A crush of apps allowing us to do discrete tasks for small sums of money might be the future. But the atomization of paid labor leaves workers vulnerable." Read... read more
"On the day before an election that's supposed to hinge on jobs, taxes and the middle class, Bain Capital, the company Mitt Romney founded, will close the doors of a factory in Freeport, Illinois, and ship 170 good, hig... read more
Wisconsin judge reinstates collective bargaining for state employees"The union-busting law that pushed Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker into the national spotlight last year ... read more
CEOs who lay off the most people rake in the profits... read more
I agree. And a big reason for this, I believe, is that hiring managers hire based on likability, enthusiasm, and an applicant's degree (no matter what that degree is in) rather than on experience and intelligence. So, th... read more
Why layoffs are for lazy corporate overseers - Fortune Management.Layoffs are often a sign of failure by top executives to properly manage a business and ... read more
"Whatever you may think of this theory, there are certainly many who think (including Sheryl Sandberg) the status quo 40-50... Go to ... read more
Employment-related stuff, belowNon-profit job listingsTap Root... read more
"The primary method for accomplishing this feat, according to the plan, will be by reducing US employee head count by 78 percent in that time frame." Go to ... read more
from The 10 Most Hated Companies in America - 24-7 Wall St.."1. Facebook"... read more
Baum law firm to close - Business First. This is one company that got what it deserved after mocking homeless-foreclosed... read more
Richard Grossman says that Occupy Wall Street activists need to go beyond greed and corruption and focus on usurpation. As in illegal seizure of power. As in the corporation has usurped illegally seized power fr... read more
from saving-the-rich-losing-the-economy"US politicians, such as Buddy Roemer, blame the collapse of US manufacturi... read more
They're forcing pay cuts for the people who do the actual work there while their executives get millions in bonuses."Last year ... read more
Just warms your heart, doesn't it? Not. : NY Times"It turns out that the good times are even better than... read more
... one major role of the US government in the corporatocracy is to serve as a scapegoat to deflect rebellion against the corporate elite. (prepare for so many popups, they'll cover the entire screen): ... read more
I used to work for this jackass years ago when he was CEO of Columbia-HCA. He was an out-of-touch elitist primadonna back then, and hasn't changed much, only now ha... read more
I hope I like it. UPDATE (2 years later):I didn't. See First day of school I mean work... read more
"A battle over the budget is closing our schools, our libraries, firing our teachers and taking away collective bargaining rights. While the banks and largest corporations are also not paying any taxes, including Bank of Am... read more
I'm starting a new job next week, so I ran a test of how long it would take to get there after dropping Elizabeth off at school. It was 7:42 when they started letting the kids inside, allowing me to leave. I could do like a lot of pa... read more
GlassDoor"Search company reviews and ratings"... read more
When given one of those customer satisfaction surveys, always try and give a glowing report about the individual who helped you (unless they were terrible, of course) because those surveys are just another tool for corporations to harass... read more
"We are ruled by huge corporate monopolies that replicate the political and economic power, on a vastly expanded scale, of the old trading companies of the 17th and 18th centuries. ... read more
"The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed that a trial court erred in dismissing a complaint by Brian Reid, who was hired in 2002 as a director of operations and engineering, and fired less than two years later at ag... read more
A business plan requiring constant expansion is, almost by definition, a cancer, and equally unhealthy.... read more
Good article here. Read the quote from the lifelong Republican who was a victim of a mass layoff and now can't find a job. blog.aflcio.org-2010... read more
When I applied and scheduled an interview for a job at the "financial arm" of the Methodist Church, I knew I was not a right fit for them. After all, I'm not only not Methodist, I'm not even a Christian. When the HR manager c... read more
I went to another job interview yesterday. It was downtown Nashville in the once trendy Cummins Station building. I've had a few consulting clients there over the years. T... read more
"In her provocative new book, The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Law and Life, Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode argues that workers deserve legal protection against appearance-based discrimination unless th... read more
I'm glad you and Cathy are doing well. Our daughter Elizabeth is doing well, too. She spent last night with a cousin north of town so she can attend that little girl's birthday party today. Elizabeth's own birthday party was ... read more
When faced with too many expenses and not enough income and you have run out of expenses to reduce, rather than firing employees, the fair and socially-responsible way to cut costs is NOT to fire employees who had nothing to do with thos... read more
I got a call today about a job with American Income. They said they found my résumé on Careerbuilder. When I get emails like that, I instantly recognize them and mark them as spam and block them from sending any more. ... read more
I went to a pre-employment drug screening this morning. Last week, I had interviewed for an IT instructor position. Had to give a mock class, and everything. I chose the subject of "securing your home wireless network." It was fun. A... read more
First time I've ever seen this. Filling out an online job application, the EEOC stuff at the bottom gave me a choice of: MaleFemaleGender UnknownDecline to Answer I can understand "sexually confused," but ... read more
It's been almost five months now since I was laid off. It doesn't seem that long, actually. What've I been doing since then? Collecting unemployment checks and doing freelance consulting, helping people with their computer pr... read more
It's been almost three weeks now, and I'm finally able to talk-blog about my layoff. After the merger and corporate restructuring at work, it was finally my turn to have my "position eliminated." I instinctively felt it coming. I... read more
"The corporation is a true Frankenstein's monster, an artificial person run amok, responsible only to its own soulless self." - William Dugger For more, go to ... read more
