There is a rather bizarre lawsuit in France that is likely to reaffirm the view of many that the French labor force is noncompetitive due to long-standing expectations of employees about mandatory work conditions, vacations, and protections. Frederic Desnard wants 360,000 euros (£300,000) under a claim of a “bore out” or boredom’s equivalent of burnout.
Desnard says that he is being “killed professionally through boredom” by his 80,000-euro-a-year job. He is an executive in a perfume business. Frankly, as the grandson of a coal miner on my Italian side and a cooper on my Irish side, I find the notion of a protected right to be engaged and excited by work to be rather precious. We should all strive for such fulfillment and you can quit to secure more engaging employment. However, to sue your employer because you are bored is rather presumptuous in my view. Many people are struggling to find employment today and only dream of a job with this type of compensation.
Yet, experts say that bored employees represent a serious health crisis and one expert,Dr Sandi Mann (referred to as a “Boredom expert” in these articles),says that workers likely die earlier to the boring conditions.
I do not question the health impact of such work, but I cannot imagine a legal basis for such a claim — or a way to rationally distinguish between jobs that are mildly engaging and jobs that are legally boring.
What do you think?
From the Wall Street Journal:
“Hedge-Fund Money: $48.5 Million for Hillary Clinton, $19,000 for Donald Trump”
the 1%ers sure do love Crooked Hillary, don’t they?
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/hedge-fund-money-48-5-million-for-hillary-clinton-19-000-for-donald-trump-1469784601-lMyQjAxMTI2NTI2OTEyNzkwWj
@Autumn
Thanks for the WSJ article. Will repost to fb.
Love The Intercept! Great article: “In the Hillary Clinton Era Democrats Welcome Lobbying Money Back into the Convention”
https://theintercept.com/2016/07/29/in-the-hillary-clinton-era-democrats-welcome-lobbying-money-back-into-the-convention/?comments=1#comments
@Autumn
Thanks again for the article, “In the Hillary Clinton Era Democrats Welcome Lobbying Money Back into the Convention”!
cymatics—the patterns that sound waves induce in physical objects as a visual art form:
http://nautil.us/blog/this-is-what-musical-notes-actually-look-like
@Tom
Here is an article from a reputable foreign policy think tank – The Kennan Institute — which disputes the idea that Putin put out the hacked DNC emails to influence US voters in support of Trump:
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/tinker-tailor-soldier-hacker-the-russian-factor-the-dnc-email-scandal?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjME9HSXhNRE5tTnpjMCIsInQiOiJrXC9XWkpZbFV3TFJJMnZKdXQzRXZNbVBLTVY0bGdSN2xTakl5djBtTlA4YUVjN1lVdWZQXC9aVjY1N3RxRUhhXC9GcHF2VlwveUg3b2RvOHRKaFQ3OTZLSDhsejFOSERoYVZ3ZXpDQXFqTnhoZ1k9In0%3D
@Autumn
Thanks for the post from the Kennan Institute. I will post it on fb.
@Tom
re: “I was specifically talking about your own “theory” about HRC delving into Trump’s tax return and nothing more.”
that was a comment that I SAW and LIFTED which was posted on the Guardian story – a response from a Trumpster to a Hilbot. NOT my comment – that’s why I put it in quotes. The only site I comment on is this one.
@Autumn
Thanks for clarifying about re: “I was specifically talking about your own “theory” about HRC delving into Trump’s tax return and nothing more.”