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Old Jul 9, 2009, 5:26 am
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San Gottardo
 
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Hilarious post ^

Originally Posted by Simon78300
Are these people immune and exempt from employee disciplinary procedures?
Yes they are. I was actually thinking about making a point 13) which would have been along the lines of "Thank your union and your "mafia". Without them you wouldn't have a job, and without their protection you wouldn't stay in it"

Seriously: I have no problem whatsoever for ADP and the firms to whom they outsource to favour the employment of people with certain profiles. There is - rightly or wrongly - an economic pressure to employ people whose salary expectations aren't very high, and it's laudable to open up horizons of employment to people that otherwise would have more difficulties on the job market. BUT this form of what is actually some sort of positive discrimination - as acceptable and laudable as it may be - should *not* be done at the expense of professionalism, attitude, basic manners and hygiene. Shouting in an inappropriate manner at pax disqualifies anyone for the job. His background, however difficult it may be, cannot be an excuse/justification/compensation for unprofessional behaviour. The common excuse of "but pax are horrible and aggressive" doesn't count. The pax are the same as elsewhere (logically...), however elsewhere they don't get treated that way.
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