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Assembly line workers - anon2

Posted: Nov 16, 2013

I was just sitting here thinking about the kind of work that we are all doing and what it boils down to is that we have become assembly line factory workers but instead of assembling widgets, we're assembling medical reports.

assembly line workers - wish I got their money

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I know of three or four assembly line workers and they make at least 4 times what I make per hour. I went to school to learn this godforsaken job, they did not. They work a shift of 8 hours and if they work more than 8 hours they get OT, I do not. The comparisons can go on and on, but you are 100% right, except this production line we are on is like a production line in a third world country.

Good points ... - anon2

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That's sad that we're lower than assembly line workers in a 3rd world country in employment respectability. Like you, I went to school for this too. I was in college for Nutrition and dropped out because I was pulled in to the production/QA bonuses, overtime, etc in the late 1990s. My paychecks were *crazy* back then.

I keep having that image in my mind of the opening scene of a TV show from the 1980s (Laverne and Shirley?) of 2 women on an assembly line, leaning on each other and staring off into space while their widgets are rolling by on the conveyor belt. Only for me, it's medical reports instead of widgets and I can hear my "pause time" clock ticking in the background.

yep huzband works on assembly line, is - union

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and sure comes out better than we do. If we didn't have his job, we'd be truly destitute.

sweatshop - anon

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I liken my job these days as to a sweatshop type atmosphere especially since we are monitored for idle time and mouse clicks. Feel I can't even stop for a minute and talk to my child or I'll be over what is considered an acceptable idle time.

The reason I started working at home in the - no name

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first place was for the flexibility. Little did I know that it was going to eventually get far worse than an off-site job with the monitoring and big-brother tactics----all for a job that pays production and not hourly? I will never get that part; if I am not working, I am hurting myself and no one else. I get that we have to have somewhat of a schedule, but to monitor keystrokes and idle time?

Monitored to death - Ridiculous

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They have to justify their existence! I am with you; if the work gets done, who cares. If I can do 8 hours of work in 6 or 7, then I should be rewarded and allowed to log off or just leave my computer on so I show 8 hours. Sometimes I do that. If I make my lines and lord knows I should do more if I can, but I am so spent, I just take that last hour or so and type perhaps two or three reports. As far as the keystrokes and idle time, go for it MM, knock yourself out. If it ain't good enough for you then fire me. This company certainly doesn't meet my expectations of a good job.

assembly line workers - sm

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My brother in law worked assembly line for GM for 30 years, union, made $25 an hour. He worked 30 minutes out of every hour and spent the other 30 minutes in the break room playing cards (mandated, not screwing off) and my sister gets $1700 a month survivor benefit, not even her own SS earnings. I wish I had done that instead of MT.

Used to be an assembly line worker.sm - Dead and dying

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and they only reason I am doing this god-forsaken job is that my plant closed down and we all lost our jobs. Of course, when I started doing this many moons ago, it was a half-decent way to make a living. Now every day when I sit down at my computer for another day of torture and monotony for pennies I think about how unlucky I am. I would have been retired by now with a real live pension. Gawd, I miss the smell of diesel fumes!

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