In an opinion piece for Euronews, Dr Nikolas Stihl, chairman of world-leading chainsaw maker STIHL, calls for reforms including a 40-hour working week without extra pay to safeguard Germany's prosperity and welfare state.View on euronews
Not exactly; fatigue affects pretty much everything. If I don’t get enough sleep, I just watch cartoons at work. I’ll take my time to fix a machine that can flatline me if I make a mistake. Being unpaid only fuels my motivation to not do anything and in certain cases watch it all crumble.
Also the security guard example is an interesting choice to reference. You know what they do? Look pretty and call the PD. Unless it’s special detail, it’s generally for appearance. Even in emergencies, the liability cost isn’t worth it as well as jail time and court costs. I hate to break it to you but the security guard isn’t going to stick their neck out for you unless they want to kill or are extremely altruistic.
I mostly meant emergency as in does nothing 99% of the time and the other one percent does something that requires almost no skill other than remaining calm.
Not exactly; fatigue affects pretty much everything. If I don’t get enough sleep, I just watch cartoons at work. I’ll take my time to fix a machine that can flatline me if I make a mistake. Being unpaid only fuels my motivation to not do anything and in certain cases watch it all crumble.
Also the security guard example is an interesting choice to reference. You know what they do? Look pretty and call the PD. Unless it’s special detail, it’s generally for appearance. Even in emergencies, the liability cost isn’t worth it as well as jail time and court costs. I hate to break it to you but the security guard isn’t going to stick their neck out for you unless they want to kill or are extremely altruistic.
I mostly meant emergency as in does nothing 99% of the time and the other one percent does something that requires almost no skill other than remaining calm.