But wait, how could they possibly do that, surely those white collar jobs are just as important and if you take people off of them everything will fall apart just as much, otherwise it would be ridiculous to pay those white collar workers more for much easier jobs than the factory workers
Joking aside, I do accounting work for a large company. There are weeks where I genuinely work 40 a week, but...far more frequently I never come close. It can sometimes be stressful, but again, far more often it carries little to no stress. Working retail in college was more stressful on the day to day, and I got paid orders of magnitude less (not to mention, I had to actually be 'working' for every second I was on the clock, even if it was just cleaning up the check out isle in front of my register).
I am considered one of the more productive and knowledgeable people in my group.
There are certainly exceptions, but white collar work is largely a joke, an exercise in bureaucratic nothingness.
Just goes to show how low the capitalist society considers the lowest-paid workers. The idea of demanding 8 productive hours from white-collars would get one laughed out the room, while minimum wage workers can't get caught peeking at their phone.
I think the justification is that the white color jobs (things like r&d/engineering) can be more flexible in their deliverables. While physical product not being created is a quantifiable drop in revenue.
It's definitely hurts the company to do it, but as a temporary solution, it can be molded around. Keep in mind, those white collar employees are still collecting white collar paychecks.
But wait, how could they possibly do that, surely those white collar jobs are just as important and if you take people off of them everything will fall apart just as much, otherwise it would be ridiculous to pay those white collar workers more for much easier jobs than the factory workers
Joking aside, I do accounting work for a large company. There are weeks where I genuinely work 40 a week, but...far more frequently I never come close. It can sometimes be stressful, but again, far more often it carries little to no stress. Working retail in college was more stressful on the day to day, and I got paid orders of magnitude less (not to mention, I had to actually be 'working' for every second I was on the clock, even if it was just cleaning up the check out isle in front of my register).
I am considered one of the more productive and knowledgeable people in my group.
There are certainly exceptions, but white collar work is largely a joke, an exercise in bureaucratic nothingness.
Just goes to show how low the capitalist society considers the lowest-paid workers. The idea of demanding 8 productive hours from white-collars would get one laughed out the room, while minimum wage workers can't get caught peeking at their phone.
Are you me right now?
I think the justification is that the white color jobs (things like r&d/engineering) can be more flexible in their deliverables. While physical product not being created is a quantifiable drop in revenue.
It's definitely hurts the company to do it, but as a temporary solution, it can be molded around. Keep in mind, those white collar employees are still collecting white collar paychecks.