Reply #35: It's 6 minutes per hour. [View All]

[Occulus]

Not nearly enough, really.

I'm just opposed to restroom quotas as a matter of principle; it takes as much time as it takes.

I'd like to point out that, were they going to fully enforce this, they would have to actually control what their employees eat when they're off company property, and when they eat it. Not realistic in the least.

Then there's the Weyland Corporation, I think it was, which told its employees that if they smoke, they're fired. Even if they do it at home and not at work. The reasoning was healthcare costs, but I can easily see an employer using that as a precedent to tell their employees what they can, and when, because going to the bathroom harms production.

I tried to find an article on that and I couldn't, but I think it may have been discussed here at DU when it happened.

No, I'm not trying to be funny. I honestly can see that happening, because of what the Weyland Corp. got away with. The corporate foot is now in the door to be able to control your life and the way you live it in order to even have a job.

Eat fast food? It causes bowel cramps and more frequent bathroom breaks; anyone seen eating or known to eat fast food will be terminated. Drink lots of water? No water bottles allowed on the workfloor, and doing so results in automatic termination. Drink coffee at home before work? Coffee is a diuretic; you can't have your morning coffe anymore, and we will be administering periodic, random drug screens to test for nicotine, additives used in fast foods, caffeine, and other, illegal drugs as a condition of your continued employment. Failure to voluntarily participate in such screenings shall constitute resignation-at-will, and shall not be subject to an in-house appeal.

Am I the only one who thinks it could go there? I hope not.....

We need to end corporate personhood so corporations cannot do such things to us anymore.