• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I worked on an assembly line making CV joints. The inner and outer races had a numbering system based on measured size. The outer races were honed, and there would be size variations we would have to keep adjusting for. 4 inners go with 4 outers, 5 inners with 5 outers and so on. 4 was the most common.

    One shift, on a Saturday, one of the workers used 4s for everything. Some were failing, inspection at the end of the line, but a lot didn’t. Well, then the 4s ran out. Since that is the most common size, we were down. She intentionally ran us out of parts by building things wrong, potentially making scrap or defective drive train parts because she didn’t want to work on Saturday.

    Her job, that she applied for and took, knowing there are times when would have to work weekends. A job with a good union and Healthcare.

    I can only imagine the kind of employees you’d get by forcing them to work the fields, for I’m going to guess way less than UAW wages. In the sun. I think you’d see a lot of sabotaged equipment or crops.

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      1 hour ago

      Not trying to justify her or anything, but companies do love to abuse shit.

      Yes, being expected to occasionally work overtime is a reasonable expectation.

      However, most companies will just keep doing it. Im sorry, if I have to work overtime almost every single shift for more than 2 weeks - that is not reasonable. (And that shit happens even with unions)

      • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world
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        54 minutes ago

        Seriously, this person is making CV joints. It’s not like they are a doctor or a firefighter. I don’t see the urgency. This world needs to chill.