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46. I hate corporations. nt

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 08:21 PM

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Hostess Brands/Interstate Brands Business Practices from a person who lived it (My mom) [View all] politicaljack78 Nov 2012 OP

Very interesting LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #1

Holy Cow! I am talking to a Patriot. Way coool. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #2

Hi Patersonian! LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #8

That is awesome, you're bro and my mom worked at the same place.... politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #11

My brother worked there for about 3 weeks, to be honest. LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #39

That story sounds similar to what happens in the grocery industry. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #7

Deliberately fixing the numbers and making those that need the money and are the face politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #12

Well the chain I am speaking of forbids overtime period even for the people willing to work it. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #26

Yup and Drakes did the same to my mom, providing back to back politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #29

Great NYT article about this going on throughout retail Patiod Nov 2012 #41

Your not doing anyone any good if you don't "name names". xtraxritical Nov 2012 #34

I cant risk the potential blowback on myself nor on my family if cstanleytech Nov 2012 #36

My ex was an IT person for a number of years. SheilaT Nov 2012 #14

I hear you. I felt like a single parent when my kids were little LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #38

For too many years teachers and nurses SheilaT Nov 2012 #42

reminds me of I Love Lucy and the candy factory n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #3

My mom said the same thing ! Except this was reality and while it was happening politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #5

I'd bet there were tax or similar advantages to that waste. American corporate HiPointDem Nov 2012 #45

That was my thought, too, TexasBushwahcker Who wouldn't go back to Cha Nov 2012 #9

Thanks for that post Cha, I saw that episode with my mom 25 years ago ! politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #15

Say hi to your mom! Cha Nov 2012 #17

She says Hi right back at you ! politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #18

Sweet! :) Cha Nov 2012 #21

Read Upton Sinclair The Jungle Revlon10 Nov 2012 #4

Getting it now. Thanks Rev. n/t politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #6

+1000 silverweb Nov 2012 #10

I wish someone would make that into a movie. I would show it in every history class demtenjeep Nov 2012 #13

The only version I can find of it is a 1914 silent OnlinePoker Nov 2012 #32

Wow, free on iTunes?... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #31

Thanks, just bought the Kindle edition...NT jdadd Nov 2012 #35

1,000 cakes a minute??!! OMG reformist2 Nov 2012 #16

Yeah and they could only pack 3 to 6 hundred, imagine the waste. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #20

My mom in law worked for Hostess but truedelphi Nov 2012 #28

Imagine that and the tax rate back then was what 70%?.... politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #30

greed barbtries Nov 2012 #19

My pleasure. I thank my mom for letting me pepper her with these questions. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #22

Symptom of very low tax rates on rich. ErikJ Nov 2012 #23

Agreed. The Wealthy no longer see money as just a vehicle to buy goods politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #25

+100 LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #40

The speed of the machine reminds me......... mrmpa Nov 2012 #24

You're mom is awesome! I wish my mom had the same setup politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #27

Turn up the machine to attract investors? Trillo Nov 2012 #33

THANKS for this first hand info, very interesting. nt Raine Nov 2012 #37

K&R. pacalo Nov 2012 #43

kr. you're right, it was deliberate. i imagine there were tax advantages for that HiPointDem Nov 2012 #44

I hate corporations. nt femrap Nov 2012 #46