Call Center Lockers

11 responses to “Call Center Lockers”

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   jurvetson

   Feb 13, 2011 at 12:57 am

   Waiting for the night shift… One of many rooms on many floors…
   

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2. 

   angry shock

   Feb 13, 2011 at 1:05 am

   I wonder how do you keep a sense of self (uniqueness) amidst these overcrowded societies…

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   Pieces of Eye

   Feb 13, 2011 at 3:05 am

   I hope one day automation and education render this mass tedium obsolete.

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   angry shock

   Feb 13, 2011 at 3:29 am

   I second that…

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5. 

   Gone-Walkabout

   Feb 13, 2011 at 4:46 am

   agree with PoE. Not shocked by the lockers, though. As much as I waver on it, limiting distractions keeps the work-flow up.

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6. 

   Astrocatou

   Feb 13, 2011 at 1:23 pm

   I talk to these guys all the time…so much that I I think they know me.And all my passwords,etc.
   Life of a Luddite.

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7. 

   solerena

   Feb 14, 2011 at 2:18 am

   Wonder what will happen with these jobs when robots take over… outsourcing 4.0….

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8. 

   Victor1

   Mar 22, 2011 at 7:33 am

   @ Gisela: you maintain uniqueness by imagining you live in a world before machines ‘improved our lives’ so much, and forget you work in a ‘digital veal pen’ as one movie put it.
   @ Pieces: yes, that education and tedium in the US has been replaced with the tedium of looking for fewer and fewer jobs since they’ve been moved somewhere cheaper to preserve ‘profits’.
   @ solerena: you become one of the unique millions looking for a the diminishing number of jobs available for people.

   Automation is wonderful… if you own the companies that buy the machines that replace those expensive humans!

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9. 

   Astrocatou

   Mar 22, 2011 at 11:01 am

   Hmmm….A bit harsh….

   But as a Luddite, one of my core feelings is that "modernization" is doing just that….and the winner is the low bidder.
   If we still used horses we would need folks to breed them,build barns,saddles.
   Even recycle the waste…
   Less traffic accidents and more time to look around.No ABS etc…(!)
   Silly example maybe….
   But I can’t help thinking a bit along these lines…

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10. 

    Victor1

    Mar 22, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    Yes and the sardonic humor reflects the harsh reality of the millions of Americans who’s jobs have been eliminated slowly but surely, outsourced to maintain the profits of the very few at the expense of the middle class which can no longer help build America’s wealth. With the continuing outsourcing of higher and higher level jobs, its a sad reality going forward, which is ignored by all but those who mainly use their computers to find work now. 1/6th of America’s workforce is out of work with no hope of returning to a standard of living they once knew. Tax breaks for corporations which create jobs overseas instead, means maintaining profit for the wealthy and the end of profit, and even paying taxes to the US, for the middle class, who’s wages haven’t changed in 25 years…if they are still earning wages.

    This is not recognized by the top 20% in the US who make over $85k a year and still live in the, now ‘bubble’ of wealth that used to be twice as big. 20% of 100M American workers represents 0.0033 % of the world. If you’re in that group, recognize your good fortune! 60% of Americans make less than 40k.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/opinion/18krugman.html

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11. 

    ceaseless reward

    May 10, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Lovely capture

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