Comment Re:Compared to whom? (Score 1) 356
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From the article:
"HFA, which is the nation's leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry. "
The article isn't talking about a small company, which simply can't afford to increase pay. We had a similar issue in our company a few years ago. The solution was to increase pay to competitive rates and ensure that junior staff members have a structured way to climb the career ladder in a reasonable timeframe.
Not trolling, seriously: why would pot smoking be a disqualifier? Alcohol isn't. Obviously not so much that you aren't in shape or healthy or have a well rounded life, but disqualifying by marijuana seems quite out dated, as if they were going off of the basis that marijuana will destroy your body.
I'm sure this isn't the only reason, but as I understand it -- and any biologists feel free to correct me -- THC stays in the brain far longer than alcohol. The half life of alcohol means that a person could have a drink on Friday evening and have it completely removed from their body by Monday morning; cannabis may linger, affecting one's performance, for days.
"Certain degrees are immediate disqualifiers, including nursing, social sciences, aviation, exercise physiology, technology, and some psychology degrees, too."
Anyone know (or have a good guess) why?
It's because they're not "traditional" science or engineering courses, and it's likely NASA wants candidates with a strong background in math etc. It doesn't say that just because a person's earned one of the stated degrees (nursing etc.) they're disqualified; it's just that if nursing is their only degree, then they're not suitably qualified. I imagine if somebody earned their nursing degree and then also studied a degree in math (although I'm sure this hardly ever happens), they would be allowed to apply.
Woh. Woh. Wait a minute. The time saved in accessing corporate stuff is worth the cost. You're paying for a smart phone you use for work?
Yes I am; but that is a good point. There was an article about the subject a few days ago -- a greater number of companies have started to encourage staff to use their personal devices because it saves the company money, and some staff find it more convenient to use one device for both work and personal use.
Clearly there are a lot of opinions about whether that's the best way to work or not, but in my own opinion, one device for both work and personal use is convenient. The monthly cost of the smart phone plan is the responsibility of the staff member, but most companies will allow their staff to expense additional charges, such as call costs incurred whilst working.
How does one fight slavery with money ? Isn't that the job of states ? Or will there be some really nice commercials telling us "slavery is bad, don't do it" ? No seriously, what will they do with $11.5M, apart from paperwork for politicians who just don't care ?
From the article:
"Gary A. Haugen, president of the International Justice Mission, said the coalition would focus on three initiatives: A $3.5 million intervention project to fight forced labor in India; a $4.5 million advocacy campaign in India to educate and protect the vulnerable; and a $1.8 million plan to mobilize Americans on behalf of the millions currently at risk of slavery or waiting for rescue around the world. The remaining $1.7 million will go to several smaller organizations working to combat slavery."
Just wondering, then how do they in BT manage to transfer the money to the spam callers? Or are we not talking about the scheme where somebody calls from a premium rate number and hangs up shortly in a hope that somebody will call them back?
I don't think the parent was necessarily talking about premium rate scams, but in answer to your question:
The scammer rents the premium rate number from a telephone company, or in most cases, a reseller. At a set point in the month, the telco company - BT in this hypothetical case - will calculate how much money from the premium rate calls they can keep (this isn't a significant share) and they will pay the rest to the original reseller company as a bulk payment. The reseller will then pay the appropriate share to whomever is renting the premium rate number.
I don't work for BT, but have experience with another telco company, who have systems in place that are used to try to identify multiple calls to suspicious premium rate numbers. If an instance of this is flagged, a person will review the numbers, and in some cases will refuse to pay the reseller company their share (or bill their own customers) until the person renting the number can prove they're running a legitimate business.
Obviously it's very easy for a legitimate business to prove this, but impossible for a scammer. The problem is that they can't refuse to pay unless they're almost certain the number is being used inappropriately and it can be very difficult to judge whether the activity is suspicious; in most cases this can only be identified through customer complaints.
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