Comments by "looseycanon" (@looseycanon) on "Louis Rossmann"
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Yeah, Louis, I'm with VW on this one. Anyone, and I do mean anyone, can call and claim, they are someone eligible, to get the information, while only pretending. This time, it was the police, but who's saying, some whack ass won't commit a felony and impersonate an officer, so they can get off payment?
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Nope, it ain't... problem is, that in US, insurance companies are for profit and don't have fiduciary duty and thus, can get away with this sh*t. Ivo Jahelka, a singing lawyer from Czech Republic, say's, "read the f***ing contract. If there are not scenarios listed or there is anything unclear or hazy, define it properly, because when you sign it, it's done!". And if even after that they don't want to pay, sue and make sure, that the proceedings are streamed, so that their business opportunities are damaged beyond repair. And finally, make your own insurance policies. I pay for two Internet connections, because I can't afford to be offline for any reason whatsoever. My network is backed with UPS devices and I run VRRP with a pair of routers with multiple APs to ensure, that I will be online no matter what. People, when dealing with these nut jobs, you have to make sure, that not everything is on them. Don't put all your eggs in to one basket!
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That is actually simple. The problem is mutation, which will occur in a large enough sample, guaranteed. The main problem with Delta is how quickly it spreads. The mutation, that caused this, made the virus less deadly, which was fortunate as hell. Problem is, mutations can not be predicted and thus these people have to think in the blackest possible scenarios out there (basically play plague inc on the lowest of difficulties). What they fear and what they mean by "this is not the last variant we're talking about", is that sooner or later a variant will come, that will be as quick to spread as the Delta, but as deadly as the Smallpox.
That is why the aim is not to allow for people to work relatively safe. We are there already... minus the anti-vaxer movement. No, the aim is to completely eradicate the virus like we did with Smallpox, because only then can things return to normal.
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@gooddogtrainingservices5351 Not exactly. The government, that would turn off the Internet, would cease to be government in days, at least in the West. Solar flares are ridiculously rare to hit Earth. There was like one in recorded history. Pandemics are more common these days, so insurance is to be considered, but that doesn't mean you should not make preparations for such event!
Everyone need's to create their own plan for emergencies, even such as these and work on them, based on probability of them hitting. In terms of businesses, that means they need to have at least a part of company, that would be essential service and have flexible staff, so that they can reorient them selves to that production/service. I work part time in such place currently. When covid hit first, car manufacturing made a dead stop. Entire factory for cable production reoriented itself and started to sew cotton face masks. In terms of other stuff, one need's to be able to function even through such problems as covid, eg. have a job, that actually allows for savings to be made and to have some stored, have a job, that will power through no matter what, such as medical field, and if this is not available, at very least earn prerequisites for such jobs, such as learning to code, learn tax code or maybe getting a commercial driving license.
And finally, where necessary, deploy technical insurance devices. I myself have to make arrangements for shifts at this factory very flexibly. That means, being without the Internet is completely unacceptable for me, as such, I have my network backed up on power and have secondary Internet connection.
Paying money to insurance company is not the only way to be insured.
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@psychodadandjfit3974 Not exactly... this is more complicated than you think. Thanks to new policies due to environmental impact (which policies are actually neceseary is a different debate), even the lowest cleaners essentially need master's degree in chemistry, to work safely with their cleaning supplies.
Also, there is machinery on the horizon. For instance I read about a farm that uses very smartly designed cow sheds. Cows are tended to by a number of specialised robots, that even provide some individualised care! They clean stalls, distribute feed, milk the cows, check milk, if it's OK, and transport it for further processing, even masage the cows. Work around those animals could have been taught in weeks to months. Given the ammount of work and number of specialisations, you would need at very least nine to tweleve people to run this cow shed traditionally. With these machines (total of five), you need three. A mechanic, a vet and a clerk. The rest is gone, because of automation. Or garbage disposal. In my home town of Brno, garbage truck is usually crew of three. Two handlers and a driver. Now imagine that IoT expands in to this sector. Imagine battery and engine equiped trash bins, that only need to run them selves to the truck and back. Now you're down to the driver. And this mess is comming, young people see that and go to uni, hoping that education open's them gate to less automatable fields. Now, ask yourself a question. If you were in your late teens, early twenties. Would you rather flip burgers for minimum wage, or empty people's trash cans, or go and study anything, knowing that in your lifetime, your current job, or one you could get right now, will be discontinued?
As for incompetent management... they are not. Did I meet someone who was utterly incompetent? Yes, he was my boss. Why was he incompetent? Nobody above him, he wasn't just a manager, he was the owner and simply didn't give a bird about anything. As a result, we had very simplistic, very easy to learn guidlines and nobody, who didn't work directly with him thought he was incompetent. Meanwhile, in my part time job, there was this manager (head of quality controll), who barrated us for assembling computers without ESD coats, gloves and horseshoes (metalic grounding for boots) on. I asked him, why was he such a prick about it, and he explained to me, that we have to do it this way, so that the company can renew a certificate, that their business partners demand for their suppliers to have, otherwise no business. Nobody else asked him why, he never had to explain and everyone thought, that he was over at quality controll, because he was too slow to assemble a PC. I worked with him on night shift one day, the guy kept pace with our production line alone. But because my esteemed collegues didn't know, what his job actually entailed and what were underlying reasons for his policies, they considered him incompetent, even though he was superior to all of them, both in position and in prowes.
Don't mistake "book smart, but reality clueless" for more knowlegable than you. The fact, that some things can be done some way doesn't mean, it should be done that way. It may be just so, that the book is right and what is done is wrong. For instance, you definitely could carry a hundred kilograms heavy server alone, it would eventually result with you dropping the server on the ground or worse, on your or somebody else's leg, but it can be done. Resulting damages would have to be paid by someone eventually, because there is a "book", that say's so. If it end's with only a destroyed server, that book is the contract. If it end's up with injuries, it end's up with book of law regarding negligence. Or let's take real life case. Albert Einstein is considered to have been autistic. He was completely clueless about real life and society, however, without his book smarts and unique view point, there would never have been theory fo relativity and consequently no GPS, as theory of relativity is used to better sync satelites with ground devices, because, as crazy as it sound's, time run's slower up there in orbit.
Think wider and deeper.
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The answer is simple. Employers being too demanding. I kid you not. One major employer in my country told me, that they don't hire for any position within one department, for which they are actively advertising!
I'm getting in to interviews, where the boss praises my skills and modesty, yet say's, "yeah, I won't hire you, cause you don't communicate well."... Well, no shit. While he was in his youth honing his interpersonal skills in some bars, I was learning tax code and how to fill in incoterms!
Employers are too spoiled these days. They don't pay a living wage, so why would anyone return to such jobs, state support or none?!
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This is actually normal and reasonable. Technically speaking, your work is a service you provide to your company. There is a principle, that tax should be applied in accordance with local law, where the service was provided. For your work, like it or not, that is your office, because that is what's written in your contract (well, usually). And there's a simple solution to this. Simply create 50 branch offices, one in each state, they don't need to be brick and mortar ,simply virtual ones will do, move your employees between the branches in accordance with where they work from and invoice the center. Done. That's how we do it in the EU, when we need stuff done over the border for us.
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Folks, you know, what I find baffling? I don't understand, how the bank didn't tell Louis, why he's not getting funding. What was the reason.
My mom was supposed to pay my garbage collection fees in my hometown, she didn't and, me being of age and having a bank account, I ended up with a lean against me being raised by the city, to collect the bill and penalties. The bank contacted me, they didn't even know yet, how much and whether or not there will be a freeze on my account. It was the bank, that notified me, that I am arear on my garbage bills, not even the city. So if I were Louis, I'd make that enquiry and, maybe, just maybe, consider switching banks.
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Oh Boohoo. I can't find good enough people, to hit ground running. Surprise, you can't find those trained up people, because those work elsewhere. It's fairly rare to find skills, that aren't applicable elsewhere (I'll admit, that your field, might be an exception), but I see this attitude all over the economy!
Take me for an instance. I hold bachelor's degree in accounting, from school, that is known to produce good accountants. I hold FCE certificate (I'm Czech). And for the past four years, I haven't found a job, that would pay for rent, food and second hand clothes! Everybody scoff's "you don't have working experience.", or "you don't know the tools we use." and passes me over. But how am I going to get working experience as an accountant or finance manager, when those are the working experience requirements? And no, lower tiered work, like assistant or invoice clerk, or part time jobs don't count! (that actually told me one of the recruiters I applied with). How am I supposed to know the tools they use, if I can't get to them, because they are paid software and don't have a mentor to catch my mistakes with the software? (Think SAP). Only the employer knows what skills he need's his staff to have and thus must train them, because people, especially in an economy, like the one before Covid.
Schools can't provide the training needed, because they don't work with internal company processes and thus can't respond quickly enough! (putting aside that schools aren't worker mints). And still I hear, how few people enter field and how hard it is to find good people... Meanwhile, there are mobs of people lined up to take the job, they only need a year or so of training, and that's for a fairly complex field, that changes more than once per day and goes through a complete overhaul every four years! Or what about networking? I have seen ads, that required specifically WiFi6 experience no shorter than five years! First routers with this standard are younger than that requirement! Or what about International shipping clerk? A guy, that fill's in paperwork to send off with goods. Why the hell does he need a driver's license, when everything he does can be done and usually is done from a remote office, not to mention the fact, that pubic transportation and mobile broadband do exist?
But no, employers just poach employees from each other, which raises their costs far beyond just increased wage, to poach someone else, and b*tch about taxes, which pay for benefits for the people, who those same employers just refused!
Whenever I hear an employer talk like you are talking now (because they want to make people learn at home, instead of at work), I feel like reading r/choosingbeggars.
PS: Do you want people, to come to you, and ask to be trained? Well fine, allocate one day worth their work hours to study and actually teach them!
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Let me play a devil's advocate right now. While I passionately hate Apple, I really don't think this is their mess to clean up. I happen to know, that Wistron doesn't just do Apple, as my former collegue now works at Wistron in a different country. He does more "normal" gear and he never mentioned this kind of abuse. In the mean time, this is not first and I'm quite certain not last case of unspeakable stuff happening in India. Also, is this isolated incident within the company, or is this widespread? Because, if there are multiple Wistron plants and this can be found in just one, then we're at a different case.
Joshua Fluke had a spat with quite a few companies and actual full on confrontation with one company from India specifically over wages (and let's take difference in prices out of the question for a minute), but things quickly escalated in to slave labour conditions with a couple.
Traditionally, it's not job of a company to police other companies beyond quality checks and probably checking certifications, because you really begin to blur boundaries of companies. If Apple has the responsebility for Wistron and has to make sure, that Wistron's employees get payed enough to comfortably live, where are the boundaries betwene the two companies? Aren't they then really one and the same? If so, what tax implications does that have? (and that's just one field!) And that's just situation of one brand/company being serviced by another. What if the service provider has multiple clients with same degree of responsebility for his employees' wage, do all these companies become essentially one through shared responsebility? I really don't think this has acceptable answers without state authority to enforce minimal standards, because companies won't do that beyond marketing potential at top end of effort. Therefore, I'd argue there is something wrong with laws and/or their enforcement in India.
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That's rent seeking behavior for you. There's a case to be made about taxes, though. Specifically what kinds of taxes are collected. I read somewhere a while back, that blue states on average collect more from income tax, while red states focus on property tax. The problem is not, that you're overtaxed, if you want to see high taxes, come to Europe. The problem is, that there a lot of real estate is empty, as you have shown it, but value of the building is propped up to completely out of proportion by expected foot traffic, which leads to other vehicles to get your money (loans, ponzi-scheme like fund and share structures)... Really, the problem is, that NYC is undertaxed for property tax! If property tax for certain types of floorspace were high enough, the owners would have no other choice, than to actually look for tenants, or rebuild their property into other types of property (heard there is a housing crisis in NYC). The best thing, however, would have been, to levy a huge vacant floorspace tax surcharge, specifically targeting those owners, who leave their property unoccupied.
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