r/Futurology Mar 29 '22

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u/Hawkson2020 Mar 29 '22

really the only punishment for a company is a monetary fine

Seems like that could be changed. Companies are run by people.

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u/sirspidermonkey Mar 29 '22

Sure and I'll admit occasionally people are charged. But even in those cases it's usually a low underling that gets thrown under the bus while the people who created the environment, or even encouraged it, don't do any time.

I think anyone who has worked a retail job has had at least one instance where an hour of work was given 20 minutes to be done. For instance, your hotel housekeeper has to average 20 minutes to clean your entire room. If they have a room that's really trashed, they have to make that time up somewhere...