New SLAVERY in America. 25 cents/minute??????

[jprad]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

If someone is a slave, they can run away, but many choose not to for fear of the consequences.

If someone is a wage slave, they can quit, but many choose not to for fear of the consequences.

Those that have a backbone quit/run away, those that don't, don't.

 

[sjfan]

Wait wait, it's only voluntary when you don't get paid for it? You are saying that no one can act by their own volition if they get something in return for it? By that logical, who is not a slave??

Confused indeed....

Quote from misterno:

How can it be voluntary when you are getting paid for it???


What is your education again?

 

[Spike Trader]

She could have voluntarily accepted the job...and therefore also get paid for doing it.

 

[misterno]

Quote from Spiker:

She could have voluntarily accepted the job...and therefore also get paid for doing it.

Never thought about that

Voluntary but getting paid for it?????

America will never cease to surprise me

 

[151]

Quote from misterno:

Never thought about that

Voluntary but getting paid for it?????

America will never cease to surprise me

The problem is that evidently english is not your first language.

Here, in the US, voluntary does not equal or even mean very close to the same thing as VOLUNTEER.

You are confusing words.

A VOLUNTEER does something for aother free of charge.
VOLUNTARY is to do something of ones own choosing.

They are similar but not directly related.

 

[misterno]

Quote from 151:

The problem is that evidently english is not your first language.

Here, in the US, voluntary does not equal or even mean very close to the same thing as VOLUNTEER.

You are confusing words.

A VOLUNTEER does something for aother free of charge.
VOLUNTARY is to do something of ones own choosing.

They are similar but not directly related.

Thanks, I would never notice this...

 

[loza]

It amazes me the amount of stupidity from the fuckism apologists on this board. The stupid, brainwashed A-holes who likely don't have the net worth to defend the unspeakable and immoral, fucked up "corporacy" we live in... at any rate, any person who is not worth at least 5-mill AND defends the GOP and the fucking corporate whores in the US is too fucking stupid to live! But they exists (on ET) due to lack of critical thinking and sub-standard US educational system and watching TV too much.
At least the REAL rich defend this shit because of some twisted self-interest, these ET a-holes are all wanna-be rich, pretenders....

 

[ammo]

most of the folks on et have volunteered for a job they pay into,slaves usually get room and board

 

[jd7419]

Quote from misterno:

Read it AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is not $15/hr it is 25 cents/minute of talking not 25 cents/minute of devoted time.

So 60 minutes X 25 cents = 15 dollars/hr formula is not working here.

That is why it is called SLAVERY IN USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Understand? Capiche?

Cry me a river, she like every american has the power to change her circumstances.

 

[gwb-trading]

Most people working in Contact Centers in the U.S. earn $8 to $10 per hour. Most of these workers would view the ability to work from home for up to $15 per hour as a great step up.

Quote from misterno:

Unbelievable

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_03/b4163032935448.htm?campaign_id=rss_topDiscussed

On a recent Tuesday morning, single mom Tammy DePew Smith woke up in her tidy Florida townhouse in time to shuttle her oldest daughter, a high school freshman, to the 6:11 a.m. bus. At 6:40 she was at the desk in her bedroom, starting her first shift of the day with LiveOps, a Santa Clara (Calif.) provider of call-center workers for everyone from Eastman Kodak (EK) and Pizza Hut (YUM) to infomercial behemoth Tristar Products. She's paid by the minute—25 cents—but only for the time she's actually on the phone with customers.

By 7:40, Smith had grossed $15. But there wasn't much time to reflect on her early morning productivity;