Having started on the night shift in the position I was hiring for, I felt it was good. Emphasis on the “keeping people” part of it. Hardly anyone (except this one guy) wants to stay on the night shift forever, and eventually no amount of shift differential will make up for it. Personally, I would much rather hire people from around the world since the work could be done remotely, so that no one has to work in the middle of the night.

Pretty easy to be flippant with “just pay more” without considering the realities of people’s preferences, how much I was able to offer before I was told no more, the quality of the people applying, the skills required, etc.

Yeah, I hate the exploitative nature of overseas hiring, just colonialism with a fresh coat of paint. I also dislike their in-person requirement of two days per week. As has been noted elsewhere in this thread, there is a good, non-exploitative use case in providing overnight coverage for US-based orgs so that no one has to work night shifts. I’ve done both, and it’s hard to get and keep good people on a night shift, regardless of where they live.

I’m all for doing the minimum to stay employed, but in this case I was told the employee didn’t, so not only were they not meeting even a low bar, but they were exploiting someone else in turn to do it.

Starlite Motel, Mesa, AZ. Classic motel design; parking right outside each room. Oddly enough, no pool. Looks like it was removed and filled in.

Hahahaha, yeah, hiring overseas is a great way to skimp on payroll. In my experience, it’s also a great way to skimp on quality, effectiveness, and sanity. We just got rid of one guy who, immediately after hiring, asked for an RTO exemption for a newborn child; fine, it was granted. When that expired, still refused. Was counseled on it and their low quality of work. Then tried having someone else attend their meetings, was called on it, and resigned. Pretty sure they were trying to subcontract their job to work multiple full-time jobs.

I have the Shimano system with the battery in the seat tube, so once every few months. I have a friend with the fully wireless SRAM system, and it’s every few weeks for her.

Just initial setup. You can decide on which gears it will switch front chainrings, but I just left it on default. During setup, you can also set trim positions for the front derailleur for each gear, and it will remember those positions and automatically trim so the chain doesn’t rub, which is another nice feature.

One of the nice things about switching to electronic shifting is that I only use 1 button now, since the system automatically moves between the two chainrings as I move up and down the rear gears. It’s also nice that I can just hold it to rapidly move through the gears for times when I come up on a very steep section.

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Reminds me of this: https://i.redd.it/e8fo9v637dcc1.jpeg

Just me, but when I tried catharsis I always finished angrier than when I started. Doesn’t work for me. Better to put a lid on it and stuff it down deep.

I was introduced to ISO 8601 in the US military. Yay standardization!

The way Luthen organizes his cells is a great class on how to organize a resistance.

I saw ICE trucks rolling down the street in my town for the first time today.

Goddamn it media, stop calling it deportation! Kidnapping, rendition, disappearing, gulaging, take your pick.

I have that exact same oven mitt.

“An interceptor was launched toward the missile, and the missile was most likely successfully intercepted,” the Israeli military said.

Are they…not sure?

Goodnight everybody!

Gotta be concave for the conclave!

These are excellent! “You have been fined .0092 credits for a sotto voce violation of the Verbal Moralities statute.”

Flamethrowers are organic, right?

Stragglers + strangers = stranglers?