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In this particular instance, a temp employee made a mistake and did not follow RIAA's established protocol, and we regret any inconvenience this may have caused. We are currently reviewing any other notices this temp may have sent."
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by RIAA.
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The rest of that story concerns a "remove copyrighted material" order that was made in error to a professor.
But that is unimportant.
What concerns me is the apparent disdain for temporary employees, as a whole. The contradiction inherent in hiring temps has always bothered me, and I have steadfastly refused to work as one. From a certain point of view, any job is "temporary," but I'm referring to the thousands of abused, "disposable people."
To me, RIAA is saying "look, this person was a temp. A temp for Pete’s sake, are we surprised there was a screw up?"
This attitude bothers me. If a temp is presupposed to make more mistakes, wouldn't it make more sense to hire permanent employees? With them, maybe the work quality would be improved. Companies are always screaming about quality improvement and cost cutting. How can the costs be cut, in the long term, by people who couldn't give a shit less? How can a manager speak while looking in the eyes of a person s/he treats as a placeholder? The inhumanity here is startling.
I hear the propaganda that temp jobs can be useful for the employee who is looking for "variety." Stupid question, but has any one here had a positive temp experience? Does the theory work out for anyone? I'd like to hear about it.
The theory I'm supporting is that companies should cut this temp crap. I'd actually support making temp work illegal. I think temp work has such a number of negative aspects that it crosses the line into human rights violations.
They have created an entire class of worker with no loyalty, no care at all for the work, no regard for one's work as valuable. They destroy self respect, and stain the employer / employee pact.
A human has the inherent right to explore and improve oneself through his work. It is the responsibility for an employer to support that, temp work doesn't by its very nature.