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Re:The ‘invisible’, often unhappy workforce that’s deciding ... by oneoff786 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:37PM (#29569885)
You’ve got it backwards. By not directly employing low level workers for roles like janitors, companies do not need to pay for their healthcare. It is a very expensive cost per head even if the plan is shit. In America, employees get health insurance from their employer.

Your eagerness to shit on America made you entirely miss the point. Believe it or not, it is extremely obvious to many that universal healthcare would be a cheaper and preferential option.

Re:The ‘invisible’, often unhappy workforce that’s deciding ... by asdff on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @02:02PM (#29570214)
Most companies just get around this by only scheduling you for 38 hours a week or something like that.
Re:The ‘invisible’, often unhappy workforce that’s deciding ... by oneoff786 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @04:02PM (#29571591)
That is a common way, yes. Contractors from a firm is the other big one. There are folks who can spend decades working at the same org, full time, without technically being a real employee