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Dead for Tax Reasons [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:06:43 AM  
152 votes:
tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired
 
ImpendingCynic
2020-10-17 10:31:24 AM  
108 votes:
If your layoffs would happen "late 2020" before the new president starts his term, your shaky-ass business is already doomed and/or you're a spiteful ass.

Either way, don't blame Biden.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 8:37:27 AM  
108 votes:
Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.
 
Fiatlux
2020-10-17 10:27:47 AM  
103 votes:
Republicans are garbage.
 
TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-17 9:19:38 AM  
88 votes:
We seem to get this story every election - don't we?

Hey rich assholes - this is not a clever way to make your employees vote the way you want to!!!

/I'll reconsider if all they make are MAGA hats
//then I'll laugh even harder
///Give them a job making slashies
 
SoupGuru [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:19:32 AM  
77 votes:
It kind of makes you wonder how these idiots were ever able to run a company in the first place
 
Blathering Idjut
2020-10-17 10:30:56 AM  
72 votes:
Daniels declined to be interviewed on camera, but said: "I have been doing this for years. I have an obligation to let workers know what could happen, based on the outcome of an election. They certainly should vote for the candidate they want."

Also we'll be introducing a little thing called "scrip" instead of cash to replace your pay.  You'll be able to use it in our company store or to rent our company housing.  Long live the company!
 
born_yesterday [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:29:50 AM  
67 votes:
Dear Asshole:

You're an asshole.

Signed,

born_yesterday

P.S. F*ck you
 
SpocksEars [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:31:32 AM  
60 votes:
The guy was probably going to lay off employees anyway, and is a Trumpanzee, but decided to blame it on Biden because fark you.
Got it.

This schtick is getting tired...
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/mark​e​ts/if-obama-re-elected-youll-be-fired-​ceo-tells-workers-flna1C6385413
 
Sophont
2020-10-17 10:33:11 AM  
57 votes:
Jail this farker.
Voter intimidation.
 
LesserEvil [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-17 10:36:59 AM  
52 votes:
This is EXACTLY why you vote democrat and keep voting democrat.

Assholes like this "job creator" need to lose everything.
 
GregInIndy [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:32:15 AM  
47 votes:
Thank God for the secret ballot. And screw that git.

Vote however you'd like. Then look for a new job if you want. Any employer willing to engage in that kind of emotional extortion likely sucks in other ways too.
 
Halfabee64
2020-10-17 10:54:24 AM  
42 votes:

schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891


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neongoats [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:35:41 AM  
25 votes:
Yeah NASA won't need parts anymore if Joe is elected? In addition to having no morals this piece of shiat is also profoundly farking stupid.
 
emersonbiggins
2020-10-17 10:35:29 AM  
25 votes:
Has anyone thought of the possibility of this CEO doing some shady shiat now that would be prosecuted under a normal administration?  I'm just asking questions.
 
quatchi
2020-10-17 10:35:11 AM  
23 votes:
By hook or by crook.

They know they farked up badly this time.
They fear retribution after the election.
I do hope they are right to fear the consequences of their actions.

I watched Dems sweep Dumbya's lies and crimes under the rug in the name of ""healing" and moving forward" bedore and I have little faith that the Dems will do anything different this time.

/Of course I just got up and haven't even had coffee yet so maybe I will feel differently later.
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:28:49 AM  
23 votes:

Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired


At will.

Then again, everyone quits or is fired, he has no employees to intimidate, especially if no one applies.
 
Opacity [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-17 10:39:33 AM  
22 votes:
Didn't Hobby Lobby shut down because of ObamaCare?

Oh wait, they didn't
 
Vacation Bible School
2020-10-17 10:39:07 AM  
20 votes:

schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891


"best" part of that, besides forever, is that it would have raised the price of their shiatty pizza by like $.25 a pie. A farking quarter is too much for Papa John to ensure his employees are cared for.  And that makes me wonder what he does when the price of cheese, flour, pepperoni etc goes up
 
qorkfiend [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:38:51 AM  
19 votes:
"Beginning in late 2020 or early 2021"

In other words, before the evil Biden administration even has a chance to take office? One suspects the impending layoffs aren't actually due to hypothetical cuts in military spending which wouldn't even materialize until 2022 at the earliest.
 
cefm
2020-10-17 10:28:49 AM  
18 votes:
That does wonders for team spirit.
 
PvtStash
2020-10-17 10:50:23 AM  
15 votes:
When the boss does this IT IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.
If this ass hole is not up on charges by the end of the week America is a lie ass pile of bs anti-civilization.
 
macadamnut
2020-10-17 10:36:38 AM  
15 votes:

vudukungfu: Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.


In the 1700s most of his employees would have been slaves. Only white males could vote, and since there was no secret ballot, their employers would know who they voted for.

What country are you from?
 
Mail Order American Husband
2020-10-17 11:14:09 AM  
13 votes:
This is what happens when you get rid of unions or weaken them to the point of irrelevance. So of course it's something republicans focus on.
 
GhostOfSavageHenry
2020-10-17 11:08:42 AM  
12 votes:
So it's ok for someones employer to threaten and bribe them with their employment? It's starting to sound like capitalism just ain't compatible with representative government. Is that really the message they want to send? seems a little stupid.
 
I want that sauce Morty!
2020-10-17 11:04:07 AM  
11 votes:
I'm going to bet this place pays somewhere around $10/hr and has the bare minimum of what's required under Obamacare.
 
not enough beer [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:35:27 AM  
10 votes:

ImpendingCynic: If your layoffs would happen "late 2020" before the new president starts his term, your shaky-ass business is already doomed and/or you're a spiteful ass.

Either way, don't blame Biden.


This there was an airline ceo one time that said by the time a business ask for help from employees they are beyond farked.
 
Chevello
2020-10-17 11:29:53 AM  
9 votes:
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schecter [OhFark]
2020-10-17 10:36:15 AM  
9 votes:
ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS​/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891
 
Deathfrogg
2020-10-17 11:19:12 AM  
8 votes:

GhostOfSavageHenry: So it's ok for someones employer to threaten and bribe them with their employment? It's starting to sound like capitalism just ain't compatible with representative government. Is that really the message they want to send? seems a little stupid.


Capitalist Societies are never Republics, except perhaps in name. When the only people permitted to influence or create policy are the same people those policies would affect, the policies are written to have a positive effect on the policy makers. In this, money talks.

See American Banks, land speculators, property management companies and large manufacturers that are utterly dependent on foreign sources for their raw materials.
 
NihilismKat
2020-10-17 11:01:55 AM  
8 votes:
Husband's company verbally says this every presidential election. I think they had a paper one once, but that may have lead to some legal issues. Last time Obama won like 3 people with Obama bumper stickers were fired, but wrongful termination suits are just this places thing. It was the only female engineer who was fired the day she informed HR of being pregnant that was possibly the least well thought out one. She totally won that lawsuit. He really needs to find a nontoxic office to work in. Really anyone who works at a place where management tells you how to vote or you could be fired should probably revaluate your employment options as they are probably screwing you over in multiple ways.
 
inglixthemad
2020-10-17 10:49:36 AM  
8 votes:

qorkfiend: "Beginning in late 2020 or early 2021"

In other words, before the evil Biden administration even has a chance to take office? One suspects the impending layoffs aren't actually due to hypothetical cuts in military spending which wouldn't even materialize until 2022 at the earliest.


One of my clients is a decent sized defense contractor, well one of its wholly owned subsidiaries is anyway. They don't worry about the political party in power because neither really cuts down the military budget. They change priorities a little bit, but the hardware is the same in any case. The CIO of the company, a reasonably decent fellow, noted the only thing that really changes is the delivery schedule. Oh, and he notes that sometimes the cyclical swings are a bit smaller under democratic administrations. You don't get wild profits, but you don't have the risk of YUUGGGEEEE losses either. So the stability makes some planning easier. That being said, they're not big fans of Trump. Too much volatility, too many changes with classic allies making things a complete clusterfark.

Of course they don't pull this shiat at all, with employees, because they're not idijits.
 
Malenfant [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:55:35 AM  
7 votes:

Fiatlux: Republicans are garbage.


There was a time when a rational person could still argue against that statement. That time was 1961.
 
OhioUGrad
2020-10-17 10:43:08 AM  
7 votes:

Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired


Political affiliation is not a protected class.

Better to just update your resume and find an exit now than to work for such a giant asshole. Then, when all his employees (or even half) quit, and he goes under then he'll be left crying or trying to hire illegals (then report him to authorities).
 
Bith Set Me Up
2020-10-17 6:31:52 PM  
6 votes:
Same shiat, different day.

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"The very employers and politicians and publishers who talk most loudly of class antagonism and the destruction of the American system now undermine that system by this attempt to coerce the votes of the wage earners of this country. It is the 1936 version of the old threat to close down the factory or the office if a particular candidate does not win. It is an old strategy of tyrants to delude their victims into fighting their battles for them. Every message in a pay envelope, even if it is the truth, is a command to vote according to the will of the employer. But this propaganda is worse - it is deceit."
 
ANDizzleWI
2020-10-17 12:09:00 PM  
6 votes:
This is a stunning admission on the employer's part.

If their business cannot survive due to a few percentage points loss in orders or a few points increase in taxes, then it also follows:

They cannot survive a few points increase in labor costs, so the workers there cannot and should not expect raises or any additional benefits.

They cannot survive an increase in materials costs.

They cannot survive an increase in transportation costs to deliver needed materials or finished products.

All of these costs WILL go up, regardless of which party is in power.

Workers and investors should flee this sinking ship.  The captain has all but issued the order.

Perhaps they could switch to manufacturing bootstraps, and reserve the first production run for themselves?
 
BolshyGreatYarblocks
2020-10-17 12:22:43 PM  
5 votes:
Red State residency: not even once.
 
NihilismKat
2020-10-17 11:13:35 AM  
5 votes:

I want that sauce Morty!: I'm going to bet this place pays somewhere around $10/hr and has the bare minimum of what's required under Obamacare.


Where my husband works several jobs should be done by one of the engineers or someone with years of experience. Instead they run a half a dozen techs and some kid who finished university a couple years ago to sign off on the work a babysit the revolving door of techs that make $12/hr and have a 50% turn over rate because really Walmart will pay you $10/hr to move carts around with no actual responsibilities and probably has better insurance. The only bonus to this place is no drug test and they don't ask about your criminal record. Hell, they recruit at the local prison job fair. There are more neck tattoos than a biker bar, and that's really why they can fark with people because where else are you going to work?
No I don't know why he's so attached to the place. Stockholm syndrome probably.
 
saywhonow
2020-10-17 11:05:21 AM  
5 votes:

OhioUGrad: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Political affiliation is not a protected class.

Better to just update your resume and find an exit now than to work for such a giant asshole. Then, when all his employees (or even half) quit, and he goes under then he'll be left crying or trying to hire illegals (then report him to authorities).


Nope, but here in Michigan:

This means that it is illegal for your employer, or anyone else, to buy your vote, or pay you to not vote.  It also means that your employer cannot fire or threaten to fire you to try to get you to vote a certain way.

You can't threaten someone to vote a certain way. Voter intimidating isn't just with guns, you can also do it with their job.
 
coffeetime [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:02:19 AM  
5 votes:
Seems like someone might need to draft a response.


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MurphyMurphy
2020-10-17 10:41:11 AM  
5 votes:

Vacation Bible School: schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891

"best" part of that, besides forever, is that it would have raised the price of their shiatty pizza by like $.25 a pie. A farking quarter is too much for Papa John to ensure his employees are cared for.  And that makes me wonder what he does when the price of cheese, flour, pepperoni etc goes up


I believe it was 15 cents/pie.

A better world for $0.15?
LIBRUL SOSHULISMS KURBLAHH
 
iheartscotch [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:29:09 AM  
5 votes:
Sounds like they'd be doing you a favor.
 
misanthropicsob
2020-10-17 12:33:23 PM  
4 votes:

TDWCom29: misanthropicsob: Mrtraveler01: misanthropicsob: Even the centrists' progressive icon Bernie

This is why no one takes you seriously.

Would you prefer "centrists' progressive punching bag"?

Nah, we already call you that


Notice how the centrists don't dispute the point that they're electing a military humping warmonger and instead resort to personal insults.
 
El Dudereno
2020-10-17 12:31:25 PM  
4 votes:
This guy just wants an excuse to offload his longer-tenured employees and their higher salaries, and then quietly hire new employees for dirt cheap. Doing it this way will allow him to feel better about himself for doing it. After all, it's not his fault the American people fired his orange messiah.
 
Esroc
2020-10-17 12:07:47 PM  
4 votes:
Reminds me of a sports bar in my hometown that shut down when Obama got elected. Owner put a massive sign in the front window biatching that Obama had ruined his business and forced him to close. And warned of the horrible apocalypse to come if something wasn't "done about him".

Obama hadn't even been sworn in yet. This was around December after the election. I guess he already had his time machine at that point.
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:46:47 AM  
4 votes:

misanthropicsob: Even the centrists' progressive icon Bernie


This is why no one takes you seriously.
 
Mail Order American Husband
2020-10-17 11:37:11 AM  
4 votes:

phalamir: vudukungfu: Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.

In the 1700s, every place on Earth went out of their way to insure no one who wasn't a 1%er could vote.  This man would have been lauded as a True Defender of [insert whatever nation you want].  The only people who would have been horsewhipped were his employees.  Then put in prison.  Then never get out because the room, board, and fees they would have been charged to be in prison would have vastly outstripped the meager pay they received before they lost their jobs for being in prison.  Well, actually, lost their jobs for daring to act like they had any rights - and then put in prison for daring to think they had any rights.  And I'm making the assumption all of the employees are white Christian men - get rid of any of those and they aren't going to prison, they are hanging from a tree at the edge of town.


In the 1700s the vast majority of people could not vote for anything, even the 1%ers in Europe. It was just a strange thing people in the UK and some colonies did until the French started chopping off heads and dominating the continent. Even then, most people in the world still couldn't vote for anything. Elected government is fairly new.
 
Mail Order American Husband
2020-10-17 11:24:26 AM  
4 votes:

macadamnut: vudukungfu: Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.

In the 1700s most of his employees would have been slaves. Only white males could vote, and since there was no secret ballot, their employers would know who they voted for.

What country are you from?


Counterpoint, Florida wasn't part of the union in the 1700s. It became a state in 1845 and was sparsely populated until the invention of AC and people realized it was a nice place to retire in. Hence the unofficial name "God's waiting room."

/From Florida.
 
GregInIndy [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:01:22 AM  
4 votes:

Sophont: Jail this farker.
Voter intimidation.


It's not illegal. At all.

It's just profoundly shiatty. And bad for business.

He'll pay in myriad other ways, difficult to measure & hard to put his finger on. Why the hell is turnover so high? Why do all my best guys up & leave for my competitors? Why am I less productive with the same staffing? What the hell's going on?
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:53:16 AM  
4 votes:

Opacity: Didn't Hobby Lobby shut down because of ObamaCare?

Oh wait, they didn't


That's because they got financed for dealing with stolen artifacts from ISIL/ISIS.
 
jerryskid
2020-10-17 10:45:57 AM  
4 votes:
Just another case of a christian showing his christianity/republican soul.
 
Nick Nostril [TotalFark]
2020-10-18 8:07:56 AM  
3 votes:
Yeah, we know why you're a Trump cultist, Mr. President of your shiatty company. The oldest reason in the book: greed. Biden mentions tax increases for those making over $400k, and that's all you need to hear. Strike one, Biden's out.

Fark you and your ilk. You had your four years of selling the country down the toilet, all so you could become a little richer. Now GFY and STFU.
 
lilbjorn
2020-10-17 5:20:11 PM  
3 votes:
Republican business owners pull this shiat every election.  They should be jailed.
 
hlehmann [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 4:23:51 PM  
3 votes:
The usual Republican garbage.
 
Stands With A Tiny Fist [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 1:20:19 PM  
3 votes:

quatchi: By hook or by crook.


But mostly by crook.
 
CorruptDB
2020-10-17 1:01:38 PM  
3 votes:
FTFA: "George Daniels, president of Daniels Manufacturing Corporation"

Gee, I wonder how George got his job?  I'm betting it's similar to this guy:
CEO Worked Way Up From Son Of CEO
Youtube _67JbvXLrmw
 
funmonger
2020-10-17 12:46:15 PM  
3 votes:
Trump win: "Hopefully" continue business
Biden win: "Could" go out of business

This guy is nowhere and everywhere.
 
DoctorCal [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:20:40 AM  
3 votes:
Pre-modding myself

"Exhorting illegal acts"
 
Dr. DJ Duckhunt [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:03:41 AM  
3 votes:

SoupGuru: It kind of makes you wonder how these idiots were ever able to run a company in the first place


Not bright, just greedy, cruel, and lucky.
 
OccamsWhiskers
2020-10-17 10:56:56 AM  
3 votes:

MurphyMurphy: Vacation Bible School: schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891

"best" part of that, besides forever, is that it would have raised the price of their shiatty pizza by like $.25 a pie. A farking quarter is too much for Papa John to ensure his employees are cared for.  And that makes me wonder what he does when the price of cheese, flour, pepperoni etc goes up

I believe it was 15 cents/pie.

A better world for $0.15?
LIBRUL SOSHULISMS KURBLAHH


TFA said $0.14. I remember seeing that and not much more in a headline and thinking, "Well good for Papa John speaking out in strong support of Obamacare!"

I actually used to get most of my pizza there - he eventually cured me of that.  You farkers with more sophisticated tastes may not realize that I think every single pizza I ordered from them came with a $5-$10 promo discount from their menu prices. They had a punchcard sort of program, were regulars in mailed and emailed coupons, and coupon aggregator sites usually had some even better deals (though those often had regional restrictions). Anyway, it was just amazing to hear him whine apocalyptically about the cost of healthcare for his employees while admitting that it was orders of magnitude less than their regular marketing costs.
 
phalamir [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 10:51:32 AM  
3 votes:

vudukungfu: Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.


In the 1700s, every place on Earth went out of their way to insure no one who wasn't a 1%er could vote.  This man would have been lauded as a True Defender of [insert whatever nation you want].  The only people who would have been horsewhipped were his employees.  Then put in prison.  Then never get out because the room, board, and fees they would have been charged to be in prison would have vastly outstripped the meager pay they received before they lost their jobs for being in prison.  Well, actually, lost their jobs for daring to act like they had any rights - and then put in prison for daring to think they had any rights.  And I'm making the assumption all of the employees are white Christian men - get rid of any of those and they aren't going to prison, they are hanging from a tree at the edge of town.
 
Deathfrogg
2020-10-18 6:36:29 AM  
2 votes:

gar1013: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Your political views do not create a protected status for you.


It is illegal to fire someone for the mere reason you don't approve of who they voted for. It is illegal to coerce them to vote for the candidate you approve of. It is illegal to reimburse people for their contributions to a campaign. It is illegal to require a certain political ideology as a condition of employment with your business.

You want to know, how I know that you've never owned a business?
 
contrapunctus
2020-10-17 2:24:16 PM  
2 votes:
Another small-time 'prince of capitalism' who thinks he's sitting at the big boys' table.

Small business owners are the most insufferable group of people around this time of year.  No discipline or self-control.

Luckily, I don't work in an industry where I have to deal with this kind of shiat, but if you're stupid enough to threaten livelihoods because of an election, you'd be well advised to watch your back in your office parking lot.  It's basic Machiavelli.  If you fark with a man's property or income, you'll learn quickly just how vicious human beings can REALLY be to each other.

Go easy, little man.
 
TDWCom29
2020-10-17 12:35:31 PM  
2 votes:

misanthropicsob: TDWCom29: misanthropicsob: Mrtraveler01: misanthropicsob: Even the centrists' progressive icon Bernie

This is why no one takes you seriously.

Would you prefer "centrists' progressive punching bag"?

Nah, we already call you that

Notice how the centrists don't dispute the point that they're electing a military humping warmonger and instead resort to personal insults.


No, I just know your shtick and it's more fun to insult you than try to explain how the world works to a brick wall
 
Billy Liar [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 12:35:09 PM  
2 votes:
Had a boss in 2008 that didn't shill for the GOP, but sent an email about a week before Election Day (we're in a state that does all elections by mail) to "think carefully about who you vote for" and the current sh*t state of the economy and repercussions of a "thoughtless" ballot.  Heavily shaded toward Republicans but didn't overtly say so.  It got a few disgusted laughs and some "f*ck you"s under a few peoples' breaths.
 
El Dudereno
2020-10-17 12:07:31 PM  
2 votes:

coffeetime: Seems like someone might need to draft a response.


[Fark user image image 275x300]


I used a version of this as a response to a friend's Facebook post.
"Hey, Friend, just thought I'd let you know that some asshole has hacked your Facebook account and is using it to post some borderline racist and horrible stuff. Just thought you should know."
 
El Dudereno
2020-10-17 11:54:50 AM  
2 votes:

TommyDeuce: We seem to get this story every election - don't we?

Hey rich assholes - this is not a clever way to make your employees vote the way you want to!!!

/I'll reconsider if all they make are MAGA hats
//then I'll laugh even harder
///Give them a job making slashies


No, silly. MAGA hats are made in China. Biden's campaign swag is American made.
 
Hoblit [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:40:35 AM  
2 votes:

neongoats: Yeah NASA won't need parts anymore if Joe is elected? In addition to having no morals this piece of shiat is also profoundly farking stupid.


Especially because part of the layoffs (in late 2020) would happen BEFORE Biden even took office.

This guy is performing voting intimidation, period.

But it sounds like he is planning on firing the liberals that work for him if Trump loses just out of spite.

/Business is probably failing already and this is way of using it as a weapon
 
misanthropicsob
2020-10-17 11:09:30 AM  
2 votes:
As if Democrats would ever curb military spending.

Even the centrists' progressive icon Bernie liked military contracts that provided work in his state.
 
Fart_Machine
2020-10-17 10:59:01 AM  
2 votes:
Considering how many manufacturing jobs were lost under Trump this is more like Comedy Gold.
 
macadamnut
2020-10-17 10:45:38 AM  
2 votes:

qorkfiend: macadamnut: vudukungfu: Don't fark with the democracy we laid down lives for.
This company's president should be in prison
Now

And in the 1700s he would have been horsewhipped in public.

In the 1700s most of his employees would have been slaves. Only white males could vote, and since there was no secret ballot, their employers would know who they voted for.

What country are you from?

Maybe further down the line, but probably not for a fabrication shop, even in the 1700s.


I stand by my point that "the democracy we laid down lives for" is a meaningless phrase.
 
keldaria
2020-10-17 10:37:33 AM  
2 votes:

OtherLittleGuy: Then again, everyone quits or is fired, he has no employees to intimidate, especially if no one applies.


Will never happen. It's Florida, they have a reputation to keep about making bad decisions.
 
Jesterling
2020-10-17 10:32:15 AM  
2 votes:
"Everybody has a choice to make their own decision," employee Stan Smith said.

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gar1013 [BareFark]
2020-10-17 11:31:07 PM  
1 vote:

Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired


Your political views do not create a protected status for you.
 
Lusiphur
2020-10-17 5:30:46 PM  
1 vote:

SoupGuru: It kind of makes you wonder how these idiots were ever able to run a company in the first place


9 times out of 10, it's because daddy or grandfather handed then something that was too complex and had enough competent oversight that they weren't able to break it.
 
Aquapope [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 3:19:41 PM  
1 vote:

hej: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Are Democrats a protected class in Florida?


If the boss says you lose your job if the Democrat wins, then you brag about voting for the Democrat, then you lose your job, it follows that you very likely lost your job for voting for the Democrat.  Democrats aren't a protected class, voting is a protected action.
 
Dead for Tax Reasons [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 3:07:28 PM  
1 vote:

hej: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Are Democrats a protected class in Florida?


i'm sure trumpsters will calmly accept their boss telling them to vote biden or else since they love capitalism and hate unions so much
 
chitownmike
2020-10-17 1:49:07 PM  
1 vote:

OhioUGrad: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Political affiliation is not a protected class.

Better to just update your resume and find an exit now than to work for such a giant asshole. Then, when all his employees (or even half) quit, and he goes under then he'll be left crying or trying to hire illegals (then report him to authorities).


Voter intimation is illegal
 
Aquapope [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 1:29:55 PM  
1 vote:

dsmith42: schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891

A farking quarter!!!


There was a study at about that time on the prices at Wal-Mart if the company raised all the hourly workers who made less than $15/hr up to $15.  Net result: a 69 cent box of Kraft Mac and Cheese would have to retail for 71 cents.  Two farking pennies.  The study also pointed out the increased revenue for Wal-Mart from employees who made as much as $6/hour more, who would naturally spend that money at their store.
 
Visual Howlaround Title Sequence [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 1:29:22 PM  
1 vote:

OccamsWhiskers: MurphyMurphy: Vacation Bible School: schecter: ahh, yes.....memories.......

Papa John's CEO Says 'Obamacare' Will Up Pizza Price
ABC News
August 8, 2012 <<<====
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/p​apa-johns-john-schnatter-obamacare-piz​za-prices/story?id=16962891

"best" part of that, besides forever, is that it would have raised the price of their shiatty pizza by like $.25 a pie. A farking quarter is too much for Papa John to ensure his employees are cared for.  And that makes me wonder what he does when the price of cheese, flour, pepperoni etc goes up

I believe it was 15 cents/pie.

A better world for $0.15?
LIBRUL SOSHULISMS KURBLAHH

TFA said $0.14. I remember seeing that and not much more in a headline and thinking, "Well good for Papa John speaking out in strong support of Obamacare!"

I actually used to get most of my pizza there - he eventually cured me of that.  You farkers with more sophisticated tastes may not realize that I think every single pizza I ordered from them came with a $5-$10 promo discount from their menu prices. They had a punchcard sort of program, were regulars in mailed and emailed coupons, and coupon aggregator sites usually had some even better deals (though those often had regional restrictions). Anyway, it was just amazing to hear him whine apocalyptically about the cost of healthcare for his employees while admitting that it was orders of magnitude less than their regular marketing costs.


Yep.

Wife and I used to be regulars. We'd get a Monday night pizza deal. Every week.

We got fat.

When he crapped all over obamacare, we never set foot in a Papa Johns again.
 
bigdog1960
2020-10-17 1:24:07 PM  
1 vote:
I work for big aerospace i expect layoffs either way. Defense spending is out of control.
 
twistedsteel5252
2020-10-17 1:18:01 PM  
1 vote:
Oh this shiat again. Eat shiat bob, or you equivalent thereof.
 
Aquapope [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 1:12:34 PM  
1 vote:

zgrizz: Honest President tells his workers what may happen in a Biden presidency1.

Libs, who loath honesty in any form, pillory honest President2.

Media, in the pocket of the DNC, runs headline3.

Just like politics.


1Did Honest President tell his workers that a stable economy under a sane Biden presidency might increase business?  That might happen as well.  Why did he only threaten their jobs with doom and gloom, when he could have boosted morale with a more positive scenario, one more likely to happen in the real world than what's playing out in his swampy noggin?  I don't think you should call him Honest President when he only tells half the truth, the half he's politically invested in.

2If libs loathed honesty, wouldn't they be supporting the candidate who's lied publicly, often about the most important national policies, over 25,000 times since being sworn in?

3Of course the media reported it.  It's a company president threatening the incomes of his workers if his political candidate isn't elected.  It's unethical and criminal.  Do you really think that the big 6 media companies are in the pocket of the DNC?  Do you think the DNC has that kind of power or money?   C'mon, just think about these idiotic talking points for a minute before you regurgitate them.
 
shaggai
2020-10-17 1:00:19 PM  
1 vote:
This is the kind of place that makes sure no employee works more hours to be considered full time.
 
TDWCom29
2020-10-17 11:53:10 AM  
1 vote:

Chevello: TDWCom29: Chevello: [external-content.duckduckgo.com image 850x477]

Florida's a "right-to-work" state, so good luck with that

Aren't they all any more?


Nope, unless you're thinking "right-to-work" and "at-will employment" are the same things. At-will is pretty much in every state. "Right-to-work" is in (I think) roughly a third-to-half of the country and you can tell which states are right-to-work because their workers make less
 
misanthropicsob
2020-10-17 11:47:59 AM  
1 vote:

Mrtraveler01: misanthropicsob: Even the centrists' progressive icon Bernie

This is why no one takes you seriously.


Would you prefer "centrists' progressive punching bag"?
 
dartben [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:43:54 AM  
1 vote:

Burn_The_Plows: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

You will not win that lawsuit in any "right-to-work" state unless your employer specifically states that you were fired for that reason.

But then again, they're Trumpers, so maybe they won't listen to their attorneys and put that in writing.


Know how I know you don't know what "right to work" means?
 
phoenix352 [TotalFark]
2020-10-17 11:39:43 AM  
1 vote:
Does this need to be reported as a campaign contribution?
 
Fart_Machine
2020-10-17 11:24:59 AM  
1 vote:

saywhonow: OhioUGrad: Dead for Tax Reasons: tell everyone at work you are voting for biden, then sue for discrimination when you get fired

Political affiliation is not a protected class.

Better to just update your resume and find an exit now than to work for such a giant asshole. Then, when all his employees (or even half) quit, and he goes under then he'll be left crying or trying to hire illegals (then report him to authorities).

Nope, but here in Michigan:

This means that it is illegal for your employer, or anyone else, to buy your vote, or pay you to not vote.  It also means that your employer cannot fire or threaten to fire you to try to get you to vote a certain way.

You can't threaten someone to vote a certain way. Voter intimidating isn't just with guns, you can also do it with their job.


California has similar laws as well.
 
lilplatinum
2020-10-17 11:14:58 AM  
1 vote:

inglixthemad: qorkfiend: "Beginning in late 2020 or early 2021"

In other words, before the evil Biden administration even has a chance to take office? One suspects the impending layoffs aren't actually due to hypothetical cuts in military spending which wouldn't even materialize until 2022 at the earliest.

One of my clients is a decent sized defense contractor, well one of its wholly owned subsidiaries is anyway. They don't worry about the political party in power because neither really cuts down the military budget. They change priorities a little bit, but the hardware is the same in any case. The CIO of the company, a reasonably decent fellow, noted the only thing that really changes is the delivery schedule. Oh, and he notes that sometimes the cyclical swings are a bit smaller under democratic administrations. You don't get wild profits, but you don't have the risk of YUUGGGEEEE losses either. So the stability makes some planning easier. That being said, they're not big fans of Trump. Too much volatility, too many changes with classic allies making things a complete clusterfark.

Of course they don't pull this shiat at all, with employees, because they're not idijits.


I did defense base act litigation for a while and the only thing that changed in administrations was if it was fluor or kbr hiring balkans to work at our bases in iraq.
 
Screaming Candle
2020-10-17 11:13:47 AM  
1 vote:
Time for these people to find new jobs. If I got this, I'd be looking the next day.
 
Opacity [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-17 11:13:12 AM  
1 vote:

Nuclear Monk: Opacity: Didn't Hobby Lobby shut down because of ObamaCare?

Oh wait, they didn't

Only because they were finally allowed to deny their female employees birth control pills.  I mean, if that would have been allowed to continue on...can you just imagine?

/No...you can't imagine
//you only think about yourself.


Ah yes, the "any business is a religion when it's convenient" system. Thanks for reminding everyone of their real exploit.
 
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