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The worst thing in this (Score:1)

by zby (4817)

is that they don't actually fail doing that. At least if by 'fail' you mean go out of business.
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  by Ovid (2709)
  
  Yeah, this is curiously related to a discussion I had with a boss back in the US. He was a die-hard Republican (and a really nice guy -- I'm not slagging him off) and argued that the vacation time offered in Europe isn't competitive in the long run. However, this good idea succeeds, like the idiocies in my post, because since so many companies do it, it levels the playing field.
  Note that vacation time over here is typically a minimum of 20 days, but I'm getting 30 this year. I've no idea why people in th
  - Re:The worst thing in this (Score:1)
    
    by zby (4817) on 2009.03.17 8:52 (#67830) Homepage
    
    I certainely cannot do that with any authority - but personally I would point my finger at 'managerialism' as a consequence of 'absent owner capitalism'. The disturbing thing about all of that is how similar it is to the ills of communism as it was practised here.
    
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