bshank

It’s fake optics to make it look like the administration is addressing inflation. 

ilarynx said:

bshank said:

ilarynx said:

bshank said:

The worst employees at the Apple Store I used to work at now want to unionize. They harass people they don’t like, engage in subterfuge of management to undermine the company’s goals, and after 15 years feel entitled to just stay forever with piss poor behavior and attitudes. They are a detriment to the company and should have left at least 10 years prior to find better opportunities for themselves. Yet they have not. They want to hang out in the same retail store with their buddies to joke, undermine Apple, and continue to harass anybody they don’t like. Now they’ve partnered with the worst of the new employees who are just out of college and want a job for life. In addition a friend of the two biggest perpetrators became Leader of the Genius Bar and with those two perpetrators called the repair room “an HR free zone.” If you are a loser who makes bad decisions it is not Apple’s responsibility to give you a job for life so you can hone your hobby of harassment of other Apple employees, make fun of customers, and undermine Apple’s priorities. I for one absolutely do not support unionizing as I’ve seen what it can result in. 

Sounds like the Manager of that store is doing a horrible, failing job of 1- hiring good people for the job, 2- actually managing his crew though example, education, etc., to bring out the best of the employees, and 3- failing to show poor performing employees the door. The most hilarious part is the charge of "greed" applied not to the C-suite or stockholders of the most profitable corporation on the planet, but to the retail employees!

Most people whining about unions while enjoying the benefits of their own job, 40-hour work week, etc., are simply showing their ignorance of the subject as well as US history. 

Back in the summer, Microsoft entered into a labor neutrality agreement which lets its employees “freely and fairly” unionize. That's the smart thing to do. Why is Apple acting so stupidly in this area?

Whomever at Apple is responsible for their short-sighted and counter-productive anti-union policy, needs to be shown the door. 

The culture at Apple retail stores is very insular. These people have worked together for years and the Leader of the Genius Bar was promoted by the highest levels of management. These retail jobs are not meant to be life long jobs, unless you’re a store manager. The retail jobs are beginner level jobs that help people gain experience and move into good careers in tech. In fact a lot of Apple retail employees get promoted to work in Cupertino. Microsoft is a horrible comparison as they shut down all of their retail stores, so don’t have revolving door retail positions or jobs that are meant to be seasonal or for college kids or recent grads to get some experience in the working world. Unionizing only solidifies the insularity that leads to toxic cultures like I have described. To be blindly pro union is pure ideology and one of the bigger problems we have in this world. Enjoy feeling whatever moral high ground you believ you have with your ideology, but at the end of the day it is just your belief. It makes me wonder whether Elizabeth Warren had a Cyber Monday sale of her 100 Greatest Soundbites for all of her most fervent ideologues to use all over the internet to feel like they know what they’re talking about. But at the end of the day too many people are trapped in this ideological house of mirrors.

A simple reading of these posts clearly demonstrates the one who is blindly "absolutist" and ideological regarding unions. 

Silly, since I used to be fully pro union. I have been very left and anti corporate and after being on the inside I have seen with my own eyes things that have caused me to question my thinking and come to different conclusions given new information. My profession is not allowed to unionize, so I have been very pro union and even canvassed for Democratic candidates over the years to promote such ideologies. I haven’t become a total right wing loon, but I can certainly see the other side of an issue and am proud to say that I have expanded my views and try to see the world in all of its complexity. I used to drink that koolaid but it’s an over simplistic way of seeing people, issues, the world, etc. I have come to the conclusion that not all jobs need to have a union. It’s much more complex that your barb implies yet also a pretty simple
concept.

ilarynx said:

bshank said:

The worst employees at the Apple Store I used to work at now want to unionize. They harass people they don’t like, engage in subterfuge of management to undermine the company’s goals, and after 15 years feel entitled to just stay forever with piss poor behavior and attitudes. They are a detriment to the company and should have left at least 10 years prior to find better opportunities for themselves. Yet they have not. They want to hang out in the same retail store with their buddies to joke, undermine Apple, and continue to harass anybody they don’t like. Now they’ve partnered with the worst of the new employees who are just out of college and want a job for life. In addition a friend of the two biggest perpetrators became Leader of the Genius Bar and with those two perpetrators called the repair room “an HR free zone.” If you are a loser who makes bad decisions it is not Apple’s responsibility to give you a job for life so you can hone your hobby of harassment of other Apple employees, make fun of customers, and undermine Apple’s priorities. I for one absolutely do not support unionizing as I’ve seen what it can result in. 

Sounds like the Manager of that store is doing a horrible, failing job of 1- hiring good people for the job, 2- actually managing his crew though example, education, etc., to bring out the best of the employees, and 3- failing to show poor performing employees the door. The most hilarious part is the charge of "greed" applied not to the C-suite or stockholders of the most profitable corporation on the planet, but to the retail employees!

Most people whining about unions while enjoying the benefits of their own job, 40-hour work week, etc., are simply showing their ignorance of the subject as well as US history. 

Back in the summer, Microsoft entered into a labor neutrality agreement which lets its employees “freely and fairly” unionize. That's the smart thing to do. Why is Apple acting so stupidly in this area?

Whomever at Apple is responsible for their short-sighted and counter-productive anti-union policy, needs to be shown the door. 

The culture at Apple retail stores is very insular. These people have worked together for years and the Leader of the Genius Bar was promoted by the highest levels of management. These retail jobs are not meant to be life long jobs, unless you’re a store manager. The retail jobs are beginner level jobs that help people gain experience and move into good careers in tech. In fact a lot of Apple retail employees get promoted to work in Cupertino. Microsoft is a horrible comparison as they shut down all of their retail stores, so don’t have revolving door retail positions or jobs that are meant to be seasonal or for college kids or recent grads to get some experience in the working world. Unionizing only solidifies the insularity that leads to toxic cultures like I have described. To be blindly pro union is pure ideology and one of the bigger problems we have in this world. Enjoy feeling whatever moral high ground you believ you have with your ideology, but at the end of the day it is just your belief. It makes me wonder whether Elizabeth Warren had a Cyber Monday sale of her 100 Greatest Soundbites for all of her most fervent ideologues to use all over the internet to feel like they know what they’re talking about. But at the end of the day too many people are trapped in this ideological house of mirrors.

Judges aren’t smart enough to make decisions on their own now?

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