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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband is on strike duty too.  It sucks; he's actually been gone for over a week now because he was already away for unrelated training when the strike was called.  He's going to miss our son's birthday, and if it extends far enough, our daughter's birthday as well.  I'm usually the one who travels for work, so this has been eye opening (and exhausting) for me.  I am very very lucky that I have family nearby, an understanding boss, and a flexible job.  But it still sucks.[/quote]

My parent worked at the old AT&T in 60's, 70's and 80's.  He said he loved it when strikes happened, a Strike forced his managers to actually do the work their employees would do.  It was much healthier for the corporation.  More efficient negotiations, more workers covered, and helped balanced the relationship.  Managers had to understand what was going on in their department.[/quote]

i don't know how it used to be, but today's strike duty is mostly lawyers, sales people, financial analysts, and HR personnel covering phone line and FIOS installations and troubleshooting and covering 411 call centers.  the managers of the striking employees stay in their management role and manage the lawyers, sales people, financial analysts and HR personnel covering jobs with which they have ZERO connection and max 40 hours of training.  the managers of striking employees largely are NOT doing these jobs.  [/quote]

in old AT&T , all managers had to cancel vacation.  Managers had to schedule and cover for departments they managed.  operators, installation, customer support.  Things got delayed if not enough managers, but all managers were working and covering.  No one got a pass.[/quote]

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