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Subject:RE: Time keeping From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:59:07 -0800
Is this the truth? Slavery is not legal in the US of A.
I think I wouldn't like working there, regardless of the wages.
Marilynne
>At 09:20 AM 2/16/00 , barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com wrote:
>>Bathroom breaks?! Smoke breaks?! Lunch breaks?!
>>
>>The company I work for allows us to take a single 3 minute break in the
>>morning, and then a single 3 minute break in the afternoon. Besides the two
>>3 minute breaks and a 15 minute lunch, we have to work from 7:00am until
>>8:00pm nonstop.
>>
>>There is this program that counts key strokes. If we stop typing for more
>>then 5 minutes our manager runs over and kicks our chair, yelling at us to
>>"Get Back To Work!".
>>
>>Connie, you have it great!
>>
>>-Barry
