John, what field are you in? (general answer is fine)
frances On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, John K. Taber wrote:
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> I can only tell you what I know first hand. The company I work for
> uses beepers to get night and weekend work out of its employees so
> that it does not have to employ and pay a swing and night shift.
>
> The company does give us compensation, but it's more an insult than
> compensation.
>
> In the company I work for the beeper is used for exploitation pure
> and simple. Controlling and keeping tabs on us is not a factor.
>
> Nothing is more resented than the beeper. On the other hand, peer
> group pressure forces one to accept his/her turn at the beeper. You're
> just not one with your mates if you don't. It's that curious thing
> of internalizing the demands of management that employees have.
>
> I know nothing about the drug culture, I'm too old for that.
>