We’ve had near constant snowfall today.
The main roads have been so-so, but secondary and rural roads are really slick.
Now that it’s nightfall, conditions are even worse. The drop in temperature has made the so-so roads even slicker and visibility with heavy snowfall at night is horrible.
These are not the kind of conditions you want to be out driving in.
Yet, employees of a certain satellite TV company have been out working all day. Because TV is so important that it’s worth risking someone’s safety over getting setup.
This is also the same company that makes their employees work on the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and every other holiday. There is never a day off. Even Walmart closes on Christmas. But by God, you can have a brand new satellite dish installed on your house. Because, again, TV is just that important.
But they must compensate their employees well if they work under such conditions, right?
Nope, not so much.
The pay is crappy, their bonus structure makes it nearly impossible to actually get one, it’s practically impossible to get promoted and the benefits suck too.
Want a sick day? Okay, after you’ve worked there for 2 full calendar years.
So while you’re working, in a blizzard, with a cold (because you can’t take a sick day) and it’s 5pm and you should get to go home because you’ve already been working 10 hours, they send you an hour away to do something that almost certainly could have waited until tomorrow. But no, TV is way too important to wait until tomorrow.
