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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by aunty_helen on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:22PM (#28137575)
Teleperformance is one of the worst companies I’ve ever come to know. Besides paying terribly (think less than 2 USD/hr), they’ve stole wages by way of metric manipulation, denied vacation entitlements, restricted the amount of bathroom breaks, forced 10-13 hr days where you get 2 hours of lunch break (yay but actually they just don’t need you for that time but you’re stuck at work), trying to force people into wfh… you get the picture.

It makes you appreciate first world employment comforts because this is a company that will happily take any advantage it can.

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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by hellbannedguy on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:55PM (#28137832)
I wouldn't mind seeing a federal law stating that any internet company doing business in the USA has to pay workers minimum wage.

Only large companies. Small companies would be exempt. I despise most regulations, but wouldn't mind regulating big companies a bit more.

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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by 3np on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:25AM (#28138019)
That exemption would make the law useless (trivially circumvented through one more layer of subsidiaries and contractors)
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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by shadilay on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:56AM (#28138539)
The law can count for subsidiaries and contractors too. No number of layers of corporate shell can stop the workers who need to say "You've reached Apple support, how can I assist you?".
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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by bodge5000 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:05AM (#28139310)
Why should small companies be exempt? If you can't afford to pay people a minimum wage, you shouldn't be in business
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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by techdragon on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:55AM (#28139663)
Generally the principle is that we should do this “Because additional flexibility with how small businesses are run allows them a greater chance to grow to become bigger businesses. “ but other than that… it’s also just the normal thing in many countries that certain regulations only kick in once your business grows to a certain size. I can thing if several USA and Australian laws like this.
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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by bodge5000 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:04AM (#28139718)
Normal doesn't mean its right, seeing as the normal is currently anyone can do it, big or small, as per this thread and OPs suggestion.
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Re:Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance ca... by jakear on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:50AM (#28138499)
Why should low cap business owners be able to exploit foreign laborers just because they’re low cap?
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