Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy

Re:Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy by kelnos on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:54AM (#41431397)

Not in ways that generally matter. If someone is embezzling large amounts of cash to the point that it's causing the business to fail, sure. But that sort of thing is fairly rare; most "abuse" toward employers is low-stakes stuff like stealing office supplies or only pretending to work. Sure, the company is harmed, but not materially.

When an employer abuses an employee, we're usually talking about life-altering things like overwork, withholding pay, denying promised benefits, canceling promised time off, up to the truly awful stuff like firing for biased and discriminatory reasons.

I don't think you can really compare these two directions of abuse at all. The power imbalance is staggering.

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Re:Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy by WalterBright on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @01:11AM (#41431486)

It's pretty even. Workers at all levels quit all the time. I've been both employee and employer.

> but not materially

One employee of mine stole $70,000 (about $200,000 today). It very nearly wiped the company out. (If you can't make payroll, you are forced to close.)

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Re:Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy by consteval on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @03:58PM (#41438574)

> Workers at all levels quit all the time

Yes, and that's allowed. If anything workers are much more gracious in this regard - typically termination happens quickly, with no two week notice. Workers typically at least give that, which they're not required to at all in the US. It's purely goodwill and generosity, so you're welcome.

> One employee of mine stole $70,000

Okay? And Bayer Pharmaceuticals gave thousands of people HIV/AIDS. What's your point here?

We gotta look at the big picture, not your experience.

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