24/7 on call isn't the same as having an alien tracking probe in your anus like cartman.
Though it sounds like this "employer" seems to think they can do whatever they want, including that.
A school has already gotten in trouble for intruding on students outside of school time through monitoring software on the laptops, so this company is most likely going to get a nasty slap from the judge.

Actually autonomous cars have several selling points, despite not being "for sale" yet.

sell′ing point`
n.
a feature that appeals or is expected to appeal to prospective buyers.
[1920–25]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Why? Are you an ambulance chaser?

Kind of like the italian russian space station posting lower down?
Still seems to me that the AC I was talking about was just being sarcastic. No fear or ranting, just a simple ridiculous statement. Unlike some of the other posters around here. Of course, that's just a guess on my part since I can neither read minds, nor do we have a Sarcasm Element in HTML. Damn we could seriously use that one. :)

I figure it was a sarcastic comment.

Unless of course you live in an area where there are more people that are skilled, talented, and have experience than there are available positions. Your false assumption is based on the idea that there are more jobs than skilled people to fill them. It may be true in some areas, but not all.

South Korean ferry sinking last year? (16 may 2014)

I don't know about you, but I did what I could to stop what I knew was coming.
Didn't do a damn bit of good, other than there being a record that these results were foreseen.

Like usual, it's not a question of "If it can be abused?", but rather "When will it be abused?".

The first person at AT&T that was spoken to should have been able to identify the HUGE charges for long distance numbers. They should have also been able to tell him the numbers, as well as when the calls were made, and for how long.
I know I used the word "should" when "can" is more appropriate, I was being nice, and refuse to accept that something that was a standard capability in both the 80s and 90s is suddenly non-existent in this age of data retention.

Put in back doors, and you can kiss any American "security" software goodbye. Let's not even bother with the whole issue that a backdoor will be found and opened, then all hell will break loose, and stick with the fact that nobody on the planet will knowingly buy or use "security" software that is known to have a backdoor.
If they get away with this backdoor crap, how long until they are demanding master keys to your house. (Yeah, that's a bit of hyperbole, but only because the physical expense would be huge.)

I just wanted to say Thank You, and no hard feelings. It seems we've found a couple of interns that will do your entire departments for a pepperoni pizza and 2 liter of coke per shift. You have 6 hours to train your replacements and will be expected to have vacated the premises or security will detain you until the police arrive and you will be prosecuted for trespassing.
Don't forget your NDA, you can't say anything about what this company does.
Thank you very much, and hit the road bud.

"...argue that the secret science legislation would force EPA to ignore numerous studies. They say that not only do many studies contain public health or industry-submitted data that are confidential, but the legislation provides too little funding for EPA to obtain all the necessary raw data. And many studies, such as longitudinal surveys, are not realistically “reproducible,” scientific organizations worry."
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As far as republican backed industry is concerned, anything like health and environmental issues that prevent them from doing whatever the hell they want is bad. The EPA is a big supplier of those things they hate, so if they can cripple the EPA, they get to do more things to make them money, despite it being dangerous to the public health and safety.
So yes, they are trying to pull a fast one by attempting to eliminate as much as they can.
It's kind of like a mafia lawyer trying to get the judge to throw out all witness testimony that is not 1st hand police testimony, or all evidence that has been touched or operated by someone other than a cop. So Uncle Johns being in the room and seeing Vinnie the Slasher cut up the victim gets thrown out, along with the fingerprints from the door because Uncle John used it to run out screaming for the cops, of which he is not one of. And forget witness protection also, you can't hide the names and address of Uncle Johns family either, since that kind of confidential information isn't "transparent" enough...

Again, yes, it's a scam attempting to cloak itself in respectability. (Or more like trying to sneak sarin into the theater by hiding it in an empty first aid kit wrapped in bandages.)

As security guards had been assigned, I doubt there was any form of "blind-siding" going on. Perhaps the administration were wearing blinders, but they certainly were aware that things were seriously out of whack.

Funny how so many people are assuming or asking about something like that.
Do you know nothing about how leadership "takes full responsibility" for anything people at least 2 management levels lower do?

Basically it means they'll yell at some underling to fix this, and actually check in on progress once a week or so as long as people keep bugging them about it. Also, they'll do the "sad face in public" thing to help with press releases and photo ops.

Doesn't matter if it's a politician or a corporation, it's all the same dance card. (One of these days I'm going to look up "dance card" and find out what that is, assuming someone bothered to wiki something that old.)

Lawyers don't care about them, most of the lawyers are concerned about getting paid and making a name for themselves in the shark tank, err, legal field.