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Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers by Aeolun on Saturday September 11, 2021 @08:02PM (#28497290)
I think my problem is that while I may be happy to throw my bosses boss under the bus (he has it coming), Jim from accounting has a family with 5 kids, and he really needs the money. So I’ll just keep quiet about everything.

I do agree there’s an us/them mentality, but that breaks down when people feel like they can air out their grievances against senior management without sinking the company itself.

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Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers by burlesona on Sunday September 12, 2021 @04:13PM (#28504457)
That’s fair but this is why I’m suggesting token penalties. Like parking ticket sized. People are extremely loss averse, so that’s enough to really bother them (thus deter behavior) while it shouldn’t be enough to genuinely hurt Jim in accounting.
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