redstar2000
23rd March 2005, 02:35
eBay for the Working World
When Fabian Löw unleashed jobdumping.de on the Internet, he had an inkling it would be provocative. Because at a time when job seekers have it tough, his job auctions are won by those willing to work for the least pay.
The concept of jobdumping.de is simple. An employer posts a job that needs doing, along with the maximum wage he or she is willing to pay. Interested job seekers then compete with each other for the job by underbidding, meaning the employer ends up with the person willing to do the job for the least amount of money.
Löw is frequently accused of exploiting the desperation of job seekers at a time when unemployment is at a record high, and laws cutting benefits for the jobless have just been introduced.
"Wage costs, compared across an inter-European level, are unreasonably high in Germany. They have to be completely renegotiated," Löw told Die Zeit.
Löw makes no bones about the fact that he approached the project from the employer's perspective. He looks at the situation on the German labor market with cold realism, and doesn't shy away from saying things most Germans would prefer not to hear -- including his view that in future, Germans will have to get used to working more.
It sounds a bit callous coming from someone currently studying social work at a Catholic technical college in Münster. But Löw said he has no moral qualms.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1519405,00.html
And in a related story...
Germans Mull Fifty-Hour Workweek
In a move that will surely raise the hackles of Germany’s labor unions, two leading economic and industry figures proposed introducing a 50-hour workweek as a means to reduce the country’s staggering unemployment rate.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1260997,00.html
Here is a graphic lesson in how the capitalist world is preparing for its own destruction. Each time the working class is forced into accepting ever more degrading and onerous conditions, more of them will find that Marxism makes sense.
I expect Germans, being sensible, to "pick up" on this fairly quickly.
Americans, sad to say, are "underachievers" in this regard.
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When Fabian Löw unleashed jobdumping.de on the Internet, he had an inkling it would be provocative. Because at a time when job seekers have it tough, his job auctions are won by those willing to work for the least pay.
The concept of jobdumping.de is simple. An employer posts a job that needs doing, along with the maximum wage he or she is willing to pay. Interested job seekers then compete with each other for the job by underbidding, meaning the employer ends up with the person willing to do the job for the least amount of money.
Löw is frequently accused of exploiting the desperation of job seekers at a time when unemployment is at a record high, and laws cutting benefits for the jobless have just been introduced.
"Wage costs, compared across an inter-European level, are unreasonably high in Germany. They have to be completely renegotiated," Löw told Die Zeit.
Löw makes no bones about the fact that he approached the project from the employer's perspective. He looks at the situation on the German labor market with cold realism, and doesn't shy away from saying things most Germans would prefer not to hear -- including his view that in future, Germans will have to get used to working more.
It sounds a bit callous coming from someone currently studying social work at a Catholic technical college in Münster. But Löw said he has no moral qualms.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1519405,00.html
And in a related story...
Germans Mull Fifty-Hour Workweek
In a move that will surely raise the hackles of Germany’s labor unions, two leading economic and industry figures proposed introducing a 50-hour workweek as a means to reduce the country’s staggering unemployment rate.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1260997,00.html
Here is a graphic lesson in how the capitalist world is preparing for its own destruction. Each time the working class is forced into accepting ever more degrading and onerous conditions, more of them will find that Marxism makes sense.
I expect Germans, being sensible, to "pick up" on this fairly quickly.
Americans, sad to say, are "underachievers" in this regard.
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/123.gif