Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income

Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by Retric on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:50AM (#11239167)

The timers at grocery checkout does not 'aid' productivity. It sure does cause people to work harder. There are a lot of these computer based taskmasters out there for a huge range of jobs. Scheduling assistants very closely match number of workers with expected and observed demand. So, now every hour can be rush hour.

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Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by stevetrewick on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:54PM (#11240282)

Either : "The timers at grocery checkout does not 'aid' productivity."

Or: "It sure does cause people to work harder."

Both of these sentences cannot be true at the same time.

/drove a checkout part time for 4 years a while back, proud of my scan rates. There is an art to it the mastery of which brings great satisfaction.

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Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by Retric on Monday March 07, 2016 @01:17PM (#11240426)

They mean different things. Productivity 'Aid' generally reduces effort required, such as google search or a nail gun. Playing music is a classic motivator that does not reduce effort.

PS: I am sure the company’s bottom line loved your metrics. But, again that’s just driving corporate profits not middle class incomes.

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