sleepymoose

They've been confined for weeks under a COVID quarantine. With how long the lockdowns have been going on in China, I'm not surprised people are hitting their breaking point. Once you get to that point, it doesn't take much to break the proverbial camel's back, and messing with people's income is a surefire way to do it.

Regarding the financial status of Foxconn, I'm just firing out guesses here, but with how much Apple has cut back on iPhone production and lowered sales projections, etc., I wouldn't be surprised if they're feeling the pressure.

Whelp, that answered my question! Seems like there's a lot of cost cutting to do across the entire board. I saw an article the other day on here talking about Riker's and it said that 1 inmate costs something like $550,000 annually.

Except that he later goes on to describe how this is also affecting women more and that we should be paying attention to that as well? I don't think anything the author said is actually disparaging of women, in fact there was quite a bit of the opposite, talking about how vital their role in society has been. He's not blaming working moms, he's using them as the perfect example that a person can leave the workforce for years at a time and rejoin without much loss.

Where is he blaming mothers for this situation in the statement you quoted?

>I haven't listened to/read the piece, does he go into how these people survive?

A portion of it is government benefits, but he attributes the majority of it to being taken care of by girlfriends, family members, etc.

Anything Trump did was an unpopular decision. If this starts to move forward under the current administration people would be more receptive to it purely based on the fact that it's the other side now.

I hope so as well. The language in his response from last week is has some strong language that really makes it feel as if it was written alongside legal counsel. With how long he's sat on this issue, I would imagine there has been quite a lot happening behind the scenes in that regard. Issuing that statement publicly feels like the first step towards litigation to me.

> $1B per mile vs. <$20M per mile

Once again, California inflating the national average to insane proportions.

I understand that the issue you're speaking to is farther reaching than just California, but I think we can all agree that it's one of, if not the absolute worst offender.

> Force him to lay you off and give severance.

If you're gonna do this I'd make sure you CYA, considering he's already let people go for cause.

>her main duties now consisted of simply being available between 0900 and 1800, sending the occasional email and completing the odd routine task from home.

This sounds like a perfect opportunity to be paid while searching for a new job. I honestly don't see how employers still see this as a good idea. Please, by all means, stick me at home with nothing to do but collect a paycheck. I'll gladly clock in while filling out applications for a better role.

Almost as if his mental health (or lack thereof) has fundamentally changed his personality.

In this case, I'm not sure that hope is really even worth it. This whole launch has been blatantly artificially inflated to move more of the backstock on the 30 series.

These drugs are sometimes prescribed in cases of extreme medication-resistant Anxiety and Depression. My significant other is prescribed lamotrigine precisely for this reason.

Just throwing it out there. I don't disagree with your perception of the article, but there's always edge cases.

>We're probably conservatively talking $10,000-100,000 USD per household

Considering how many people are struggling to pay the rent and keep the lights on (myself included), this feels impossible.

>It's sad to me that the Dead is more or less 'boomer music' these days.

Hey man, there are still a few of us youngin's out here repping the Dead!