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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by treis on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:46PM (#27869405)
That then raises the question of why they're paying time and a half to work their employees to death.
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by PascLeRasc on Saturday July 17, 2021 @08:53PM (#27869979)
Exhausted employees have less time and energy to apply for better jobs, learn new skills, or organize. This reduces turnover. It also helps that some employees will develop health problems from overwork, and then they really won't be able to afford being without insurance.
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by massysett on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:28PM (#27869633)
Overtime may be cheaper than hiring another worker because then there are healthcare benefits and pension for one more head.
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by Bradlinc on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:36PM (#27869654)
Does that equate to 50% of the base hourly pay?
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by s1artibartfast on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:44PM (#27869695)
Probably more. At 20/hr, salary is 40k per year. At my workplace employee overhead is >100k on top of salary, so 20k overhead seems verry low
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by Tepix on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:15PM (#27869552)
Because they can get away with it and because of greed.
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by treis on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:24PM (#27869599)
How would greed lead them to paying 40+ hours of time and a half OT instead of hiring another worker?
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by Tarucho on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:38PM (#27869670)
Companies tend to work (as we humans do) under the principle of least effort.

More employees means more HR work, more administrative work, more legal work, more work in general, and unless the benefits of hiring more people are great, they will just abuse the employees at hand.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by raydev on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:38PM (#27870421)
Because it's cheaper to have fewer employees.
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