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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you want to get more work out of your workers upgrade your systems. It's not the employees fault the company is to cheap to upgrade. It's a no brainer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 12:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are you kidding me? Companies are now trying not to pay their employees for their own damn problem? If the companies kept up with technology it wouldn't take so damn long to get the computer booted up and warmed up for the day!!! So whose fault is it...certainly not the employee!!!!!! I get irritated when it takes that long for my computer to boot up...so what a wonderful way to start the day. The company doesn't want to pay for these old machines that take 15-30 minutes to load and as an employee I am already irritated because I came to work...not sit there waiting. What another wonderful way to treat your people!!! I am sure the CEOs and EXECs have the best and fastest machines and have NO problems. These are the dumb asses that got us into the trouble our country is in now...let's just rub more salt into the wound of those trying to make a living!!!!!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Coley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 12:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Usually at the end of the day I restart the computer to have it ready to go next day.... but that's just me getting frustrated after 5 minutes waiting for it to happen! Sure they should pay!! It's like not paying anchormen during a pre-recorded interview or not paying a bus driver if nobody's on the bus.....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neverminder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 12:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 12:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're joking right?  This isn't a serious issue in most companies is it?  All I can say is - UNION!<br><br>Time is money - and MY TIME is just as valuable as theirs.  Besides, how do you know most employees don't work on other things while the system is booting up.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B54Honey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 1:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is an employer problem and should have nothing to do with the employee.  Maybe they should train a custodian to come in early and clean and get the computers ready, or cut costs and have employees clean up work areas while computer is booting.  If employees are instructed to stay busy while the computers are booting, they should be punished if they do not, but this should not be a court matter.  Any employer that takes this to court should be banned from using technology.  Let's see how AT&T  gets by w/o computers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 1:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[UNION UNION UNIONIZE .. management is OUT of CONTROL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 9:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[union is a joke I had union when I worked at Disney they did nothing we made crap wages and new employees were coming in at over 7 bucks an hour while we still were given 6.90 and when I complained and asked to be out of the Union they said I had to put it in writing and they still wanted to take dues out of my pay in the meantime that could be used to help feed my kids..I now work somewhere else non union make a few dollars more and have better medical and actual vaction time...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2008 8:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[A Wake on LAN script scheduled to run 30 minutes before the start of the workday would solve this problem.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ABC123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 6:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[At my job, we have brand new dual core, windows xp, top of the line pcs that are slow as dirt booting up. They take about a half-hour before they are of any use at all. At home, I have a Gateway that is almost 4 years old running windows vista home premium that takes about a minute to boot up and is ready to go. It should fall on the company because it is probably caused by lack of maintence or bloatware. I think the fix is just to always leave them on.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 20th 2008 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Should Employees Be Paid While Slow Computers Boot?]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/11/20/should-employees-be-paid-while-slow-computers-boot/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, the fix is to be professional even if just for one week.<br><br>A good IT group, one that is actually professional (sadly, most aren't), should make a Linux-based system specially for you that meets all _your_ needs, is fully automated, needs little-to-no maintenance (wich can be given remotely), and as fast and productive as it gets, with zero bloatware, zero distractions, and best of all: No need for new hardware. Linux runs surprisingly well on very old machines...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DarkLight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2008 10:04PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
