Modern Day Slavery

becost · 05-08-2013 01:31PM #1

Working for a Multinational (office); Being told when you'll start and when you'll finish, as in "we're here till 10 tonight". Being told what to wear. Being told when you can take a break. Being told how to speak. Being timed going to the toilet. People constantly looking over your shoulder. The company expected to be your number 1 priority over everything else. :eek: And it goes on and on. And they didn't even pay well. I threw off the shackles a few years ago but still bare the scars.

Pudsy33 · 05-08-2013 01:32PM

You get paid though, right?

markesmith · 05-08-2013 01:33PM

becost wrote: »

Working for a Multinational (office); Being told when you'll start and when you'll finish, as in "we're here till 10 tonight". Being told what to wear. Being told when you can take a break. Being told how to speak. Being timed going to the toilet. People constantly looking over your shoulder. The company expected to be your number 1 priority over everything else. :eek: And it goes on and on. And they didn't even pay well. I threw off the shackles a few years ago but still bare the scars.

What's your point?

becost · 05-08-2013 01:33PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

You get paid though, right?

yeah, with jelly beans

fro9etb8j5qsl2 · 05-08-2013 01:34PM

My OH bought me a new vacuum cleaner as a present. I call that slavery

I love the vacuum cleaner though

Kevhog1988 · 05-08-2013 01:34PM

have never heard of being timed going tot he toilet...

becost · 05-08-2013 01:35PM

theemigrant wrote: »

never heard of being timed going tot he toilet...

Not since i was potty training

Probably wouldn't have been so bad if their were prizes for the quickest...

DarkJager · 05-08-2013 01:35PM

theemigrant wrote: »

have never heard of being timed going tot he toilet...

Happens quite a bit in call centres.

Frank Lee Midere · 05-08-2013 01:36PM

becost wrote: »

Working for a Multinational (office); Being told when you'll start and when you'll finish, as in "we're here till 10 tonight". Being told what to wear. Being told when you can take a break. Being told how to speak. Being timed going to the toilet. People constantly looking over your shoulder. The company expected to be your number 1 priority over everything else. :eek: And it goes on and on. And they didn't even pay well. I threw off the shackles a few years ago but still bare the scars.

That's ****ty work but not slavery since you were paid and could leave.

rainbowdrop · 05-08-2013 01:41PM

Who you think you is, Kunta Kinte?

mickrock · 05-08-2013 01:53PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

That's ****ty work but not slavery since you were paid and could leave.

Some call it Wage Slavery.

You're free to choose who you work for but are still a slave to a wage or you will perish.

Mr Benevolent · 05-08-2013 02:05PM

becost wrote: »

Working for a Multinational (office); Being told when you'll start and when you'll finish, as in "we're here till 10 tonight". Being told what to wear. Being told when you can take a break. Being told how to speak. Being timed going to the toilet. People constantly looking over your shoulder. The company expected to be your number 1 priority over everything else. :eek: And it goes on and on. And they didn't even pay well. I threw off the shackles a few years ago but still bare the scars.

The term you're looking for is 'servant'.

the keen edge · 05-08-2013 02:08PM

I remember when I used work for a living. T'was only a fools game so told the boss to stick it and I packed it in.

Sleep on a park bench now. I have a constant personal aroma that is a combination of urine and tooth plague.
Never been happier.

Skid X · 05-08-2013 02:08PM

It is an insult to slaves to call your experience as a paid employee who could choose to leave at any time as 'slavery'.

Toby Take a Bow · 05-08-2013 02:11PM

the keen edge wrote: »

I have a constant personal aroma that is a combination of urine and tooth plague.

Tooth plague sounds horrendous.

kneemos · 05-08-2013 02:11PM

Skid X wrote: »

It is an insult to slaves to call your experience as a paid employee who could choose to leave at any time as 'slavery'.

I'm sure the slaves will be up in arms.

wretcheddomain · 05-08-2013 02:16PM

Didn't you apply for the job and accept it wilfully?

Is that option available for slaves?

What total sh!te this thread is.

If you want to talk about modern day slavery, let's talk about Mauritania where 10-20% of the population are slaves despite the fact that slavery was apparently abolished as a crime in 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania#Slavery

the keen edge · 05-08-2013 02:19PM

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Tooth plague sounds horrendous.

Sounds horrendous and is in fact worse than it sounds, if you can imagine such a thing.

floggg · 05-08-2013 02:22PM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Who you think you is, Kunta Kinte?

No, it's Toby.

freshpopcorn · 05-08-2013 02:24PM

It's all to do with Standard Operating Procedures.(SOP's) To have an efficient and productive work place.

becost · 05-08-2013 02:25PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

If you want to talk about modern day slavery, let's talk about Mauritania where 10-20% of the population are slaves despite the fact that slavery was apparently abolished as a crime in 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania#Slavery

Hang on a minute. I'll just run out and get my Violin.

It's slavery by western standards.

losthorizon · 05-08-2013 02:25PM

Oman abolished slavery in 1970!
Mauritania in 1981! (although many people are believed to be still slaves)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline#cite_note-71

kneemos · 05-08-2013 02:26PM

becost wrote: »

Working for a Multinational (office); Being told when you'll start and when you'll finish, as in "we're here till 10 tonight". Being told what to wear. Being told when you can take a break. Being told how to speak. Being timed going to the toilet. People constantly looking over your shoulder. The company expected to be your number 1 priority over everything else. :eek: And it goes on and on. And they didn't even pay well. I threw off the shackles a few years ago but still bare the scars.

This is what happens when you become a production unit.

wretcheddomain · 05-08-2013 02:28PM

losthorizon wrote: »

Oman abolished slavery in 1970!
Mauritania in 1981! (although many people are believed to be still slaves)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline#cite_note-71

In Mauritania, it was 'abolished' in 1981 but it only became a 'crime' from 2007, but this law is not enforced and some would argue not enforceable at the moment.

Mike 1972 · 05-08-2013 02:31PM

Theres more slaves in the world today than anytime in history.

the keen edge wrote: »

IeSleep on a park bench now. I have a constant personal aroma that is a combination of urine and tooth plague.
Never been happier.

Didnt realise practitioners of this lifestyle could still access the internet.

Maybe I should give it a try after all ?

becost · 05-08-2013 02:33PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

That's ****ty work but not slavery since you were paid and could leave.

Yeah but they even put a clause in my contract saying I had to give 3 months notice. I got around this by leaving at the end of my probationary period which was 12 months!

losthorizon · 05-08-2013 02:35PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

In Mauritania, it was 'abolished' in 1981 but it only became a 'crime' from 2007, but this law is not enforced and some would argue not enforceable at the moment.

Just read your post above now! Funnily enough I was reading about S. Arabia and its getting rid of slavery only recently. Its interesting to note that slavery only disappeared from Tibet once China invaded. Not defending China's actions but maybe the Dalai Lama isn't such the nice guy hes cracked up to be.

The Backwards Man · 05-08-2013 02:36PM

Threads like this make me sad. This is what what happens when you give people too many rights. Moaning and complaining, whining and whinging, they are never happy.

kneemos · 05-08-2013 02:38PM

becost wrote: »

Yeah but they even put a clause in my contract saying I had to give 3 months notice. I got around this by leaving at the end of my probationary period which was 12 months!

Sounds like a place that could do with a union.What type of work was it op...that is if you haven't signed a privacy contract.

losthorizon · 05-08-2013 02:40PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Threads like this make me sad. This is what what happens when you give people too many rights. Moaning and complaining, whining and whinging, they are never happy.

Employers? I know! Thats why so many children died working in mines in the 19 century.

becost · 05-08-2013 02:41PM

kneemos wrote: »

Sounds like a place that could do with a union.What type of work was it op...that is if you haven't signed a privacy contract.

Financial services and the company refused to recognize union membership.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Threads like this make me sad. This is what what happens when you give people too many rights.

I agree. These foreign companies that come to Ireland to take advantage of our tax system and workers should be booted out as a priority.

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