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[47] Tigerwater: Exploited workers choice to be lazy. I disagree with Catfish [44] and Oak [43]. I don't believe that it is a
character flaw for a worker to be lazy in an exploitive system.
If a worker is paid to maintain a certain amount of efficiency
throughout the work day, to produce as much of a commodity as possible,
it would be to his benefit to do so. However, if a worker is expected
to perform to a certain level without receiving adequate compensation
for that performance, he is being exploited by his boss or the company
he is working for. For example, Joe is paid $.15 for every 10 lug nuts
he inspects and sends down the conveyor belt. Joe in turn inspects 10
lug nuts per minute and receives on average $9.00 for his work. In this
case, Joe is going monetarily rewarded for being as efficient as
possible. Joe's boss recognizes how efficient Joe is and realizes that
he can save the company money by changing the pay grade system. So now
Joe is paid $.15 for every 5 minutes worth of work and his boss is still
expecting Joe to inspect 10 lug nuts per minute. Now Joe would not
benefit monetarily by pushing himself to his maximum capacity. Joe's
boss is taking advantage of Joe's efficiency and exploiting it to make
the company more money. Because Joe is not reaping the rewards of his
hard labor, he has a choice whether or not to perform to his full
capacity. At this point, it would be Joe's choice, and I don't believe
that he would be wrong, to allow his lug nut inspection speed to
decrease to match the rate of his pay. Thus minimizing the amount of
exploitation Joe is exposed to. |
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