(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)
100% on the chair, I’m waiting for work to pick back up and that’ll probably be my first good purchase cause my old piece of crap makes sitting at my computer for the minimal hours I do terrible.
But I live by my multiple monitors. When I’m sorting through receipts, doing payroll, data entry, anything, not having to alt-tab is a godsend. I grabbed 2 28" monitors, a keyboard/mouse, and a laptop dock, and it completely changed my workflow from my 14" laptop screen that I just plug my laptop in and close the lid. I need the laptop for portability, but having my landing setup makes all of my mundane office work so much easier.
It’s not really much of a surprise, human beings have been lying for power and influence over a dominion for thousands of years. The modern iteration isn’t much different, aside from the modern global reach.
Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires — 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity ( www.businessinsider.com )
xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas ( xkcd.com )
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Knights among toner cartridges ( infosec.pub )
(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)
The Billionaire-Fueled Lobbying Group Behind the State Bills to Ban Basic Income Experiments in the U.S. ( www.scottsantens.com )
Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software ( lemmy.world )
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xkcd #2894: Research Account ( imgs.xkcd.com )
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Gen Z is unhappier at work than any other generation. Here are the two things they want. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires — 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.
Employees are spending the equivalent of a month's grocery bill on the return to the office–and growing more resentful than ever, new survey finds ( fortune.com )
The infamous amazon Union busting video ( m.youtube.com )
Employees threatened with loss of healthcare if they strike. Their employer is a hospital and they're nurses. ( www.oregonlive.com )
One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not…
Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars ( www.usatoday.com )
Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.
Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from unionized workers | CNN Business ( www.cnn.com )
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
Minecraft is leaving Reddit ( media.kbin.social )