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REDLINE42

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by REDLINE42 » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:44:13

If you believe this;

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

--
1904 - Daytona Beach Florida

Glenn H. Curtiss American aviation pioneer, makes first official 60mph
motorcycle run.
Powered by one of the first American made twin cylinder engines.

DJRJ

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by DJRJ » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:49:16


If you started looking into all the bad things employers did to it's
employees around the world you probably would find a lot worse stuff then
this. Look at China for instance. You probably own a bunch of stuff that was
made by a four year old in a sweatshop. Chances are your house was built by
an underpaid illegal alien, and on and on....

RodP

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by RodP » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:45:32


REDLINE426 says...

Sheesh, welcome to the IT industry. I've been on call 72 hours straight
and in an hour I'll be then required to come to work and work a full
day. If I find this to be a problem, I could have done what ea_spouse
should have done and found alternative employment.

Cheers,
Rod.

REDLINE42

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by REDLINE42 » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:08:30



> REDLINE426 says...

>> If you believe this;

>> http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html

> Sheesh, welcome to the IT industry. I've been on call 72 hours straight
> and in an hour I'll be then required to come to work and work a full
> day. If I find this to be a problem, I could have done what ea_spouse
> should have done and found alternative employment.

> Cheers,
> Rod.

It's not so much about the hours, but about the compensation. Read it all.

--
1904 - Daytona Beach Florida

Glenn H. Curtiss American aviation pioneer, makes first official 60mph
motorcycle run.
Powered by one of the first American made twin cylinder engines.

JC

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by JC » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:14:21



> REDLINE426 says...

>> If you believe this;

>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> Sheesh, welcome to the IT industry. I've been on call 72 hours straight
> and in an hour I'll be then required to come to work and work a full
> day. If I find this to be a problem, I could have done what ea_spouse
> should have done and found alternative employment.

> Cheers,
> Rod.

Welcome to consulting engineering firms as well. When the project is
finished and there isn't another in the backlog to charge hours to you will
be collecting unemploment. I left that world and took a position at Marconi
Comunications in '99. Started with around 50k worldwide employees, now they
are down to about 24k. Sold off our division to Emerson Electric. The
shakeup in telecom ain't over yet.*** on but if there is anything
constant it's change. Employers have been shafting the little guy before the
industrial revolution.
Asgeir Nesoe

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by Asgeir Nesoe » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:21:34

With that kind of practise with time, EA will lose the best people
first, then the good people, and finally the rest. Word spreads in this
business like hell, and they won't get away with it.

And they have lost a customer, right now, right here.

No, I can't be certain about the worker conditions behind the stuff
around me, but I can stop buying the stuff of which I hear bad things. I
don't buy stuff from Israel if possible, and I won't buy stuff from EA.

You can say I live on my own ideal planet, yes, but I am using my
freedom to actually do something about something I feel is right/wrong,
and that is infinately better than using freedom for nothing at all.

---A---


> If you believe this;

> http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html

RodP

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by RodP » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:25:18


REDLINE426 says...




> > REDLINE426 says...

> >> If you believe this;

> >> http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html

> > Sheesh, welcome to the IT industry. I've been on call 72 hours straight
> > and in an hour I'll be then required to come to work and work a full
> > day. If I find this to be a problem, I could have done what ea_spouse
> > should have done and found alternative employment.

> > Cheers,
> > Rod.

> It's not so much about the hours, but about the compensation. Read it all.

I read it all. I've been in the IT industry for 13 years now, it's
not an unusual occurance, and the employee had the power to leave if
the conditions were that unacceptable.

Instead they chose to whinge about it on the net while he continued to
work there! I can't sympathise with anyone who will complain about their
conditions and not seek alternative employment.

Cheers,
Rod.

JP

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by JP » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:37:00


   Boohoo, big deal.

REDLINE42

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by REDLINE42 » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:41:19




>> If you believe this;

>> http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html

>> --
>> 1904 - Daytona Beach Florida

>> Glenn H. Curtiss American aviation pioneer, makes first official 60mph
>> motorcycle run.
>> Powered by one of the first American made twin cylinder engines.

> If you started looking into all the bad things employers did to it's
> employees around the world you probably would find a lot worse stuff then
> this. Look at China for instance. You probably own a bunch of stuff that
> was made by a four year old in a sweatshop. Chances are your house was
> built by an underpaid illegal alien, and on and on....

Yea I *try* not to buy anything made in China or for that matter the Far
East.
The flea market is a good source to keep your dollar from going overseas
these days.

"Underpaid illegal alien" built the house that I live in? I doubt it as the
house is over 100 years old.
Immigrants built it for sure but most likely 2nd generation immigrants.

Larr

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by Larr » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:21:53

That doesn't make it right...

-Larry


Larr

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by Larr » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:21:14

"The current mandatory hours are 9am to 10pm -- seven days a week -- with
the occasional Saturday evening off for good behavior (at 6:30pm). "

Jeez...  Might as well join the Military!

-Larry


Tiny Lun

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by Tiny Lun » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:07:37

If GPL would have been made by child labor in Indonesia I most likely would
still have bought and played it. Let those that live for punishing
corporations fight these battles. I would rather improve my lap times.


JP

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by JP » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:50:17


  Hehe, yep.  For that matter, one wonders the reasons Sierra/Papy started
using almost exclusively Russian 3d artists, etc. a few years
back..........work for low wages, etc. comparatively maybe ?
  Could be wrong, but I doubt it was because Eastern Europe/Russia is the
hotbed of pc 3d graphics design.

JTS

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by JTS » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:17:56



> REDLINE426 says...

>>If you believe this;

>>http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html

> Sheesh, welcome to the IT industry. I've been on call 72 hours straight
> and in an hour I'll be then required to come to work and work a full
> day. If I find this to be a problem, I could have done what ea_spouse
> should have done and found alternative employment.

> Cheers,
> Rod.

Thanks for this reasonable response.  No kidding.  I agree, if you don't
like the job, find another one.
elrik

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by elrik » Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:24:19




> > If GPL would have been made by child labor in Indonesia I most likely
> would
> > still have bought and played it. Let those that live for punishing
> > corporations fight these battles. I would rather improve my lap times.

>   Hehe, yep.  For that matter, one wonders the reasons Sierra/Papy started
> using almost exclusively Russian 3d artists, etc. a few years
> back..........work for low wages, etc. comparatively maybe ?
>   Could be wrong, but I doubt it was because Eastern Europe/Russia is the
> hotbed of pc 3d graphics design.

Haven't you ever heard of those "Georgian" Nascar rednecks ?   ;o)

Elrikk


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