Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to establish a standard four-day workweek in the United States without any reduction in pay. The bill, over a four-year period, would lowe…
I appreciate Bernie and what he stands for. But, unlike pretty much every other developed country on earth, the US, aka the no-vacation nation, doesn’t even have universally available PTO. I’d start there.
Start as extreme as you can, because you will end up compromising and getting less than what you asked for. The only question is: where is there line beyond which you won’t even begin to get a conversation started. Wherever you decide that line is, start your demands there, because you will have to give something up.
I try to like humans, but I hate this part of humanity more than nearly anything that isn’t an atrocity. If people would enter negotiations in good faith, and not having to play shitty games like this, I would like my fellow man far better. Then again, I also hate poker and other forms of gambling, and am probably in the minority about this.
I appreciate Bernie and what he stands for. But, unlike pretty much every other developed country on earth, the US, aka the no-vacation nation, doesn’t even have universally available PTO. I’d start there.
May as well start somewhere and this is somewhere.
Start as extreme as you can, because you will end up compromising and getting less than what you asked for. The only question is: where is there line beyond which you won’t even begin to get a conversation started. Wherever you decide that line is, start your demands there, because you will have to give something up.
I try to like humans, but I hate this part of humanity more than nearly anything that isn’t an atrocity. If people would enter negotiations in good faith, and not having to play shitty games like this, I would like my fellow man far better. Then again, I also hate poker and other forms of gambling, and am probably in the minority about this.