New York AG Opens Inquiry Into Charter Communications' Coronavirus Response After Hundreds Reportedly Catch Virus (cnbc.com) 47
New York Attorney General Letitia James opened an inquiry into Charter Communications after the telecom company continued to require some employees to report to corporate offices amid government calls for employers to allow remote work where possible. From a report: The inquiry will look into how Charter has managed its employees during the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson from James' office said. More than 230 employees from Charter's Spectrum division have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic first reached the U.S., a person with knowledge of the company told The New York Times. The company has about 95,000 total employees, according to public filings compiled by FactSet. The illnesses follow a March report from TechCrunch that said Charter had continued to require employees to report to offices and call centers around the country despite government guidelines to restrict gatherings of 10 or more people. At the time, employees at some of those locations had already tested positive for the virus, according to the report.
Re:And let the government do what it does best... (Score:5, Interesting)
Shesh, the COVID-19 thing isn't even over yet...
Exactly, this isn't "after the fact." There are other companies who are still flouting the rules, or considering it. This sends a clear message to those other companies: if your employees can work from home, let them.
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It is almost a certainty that "Letitia" has no idea what is required to keep the essential services up and running and no idea what can and cannot be done from home.
It is almost a certainty that the people who do know those things don't work in the C-suite either.
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It's almost a certainty that you would be better off with 3 pounds of arsenic in your stomach.
Re:And let the government do what it does best... (Score:4, Interesting)
Do Charter's engineers have an idea what is required to keep the essential services up and running?
Also Charter doesn't seem to feel that certain people are as required to keep the essential services up and running as you believe:
"We don't need you to work, but if you work we need it to be from the office." No flaws in that reasoning.
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Do Charter's engineers have an idea what is required to keep the essential services up and running?
The engineers do, the management doesn't. But in any case it doesn't matter, the management just knows that they have to keep revenues/market value up or they won't get their end-of-year bonuses. If a few employees have to die for that, so be it, it's not their problem.
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It is almost a certainty that "Letitia" has no idea what is required to keep the essential services up and running and no idea what can and cannot be done from home.
But she sees political opportunity so there ya go.
Your "post" is a racial dismissal of someone with a degree in jurisprudence and your post is safely qualified by politcal speech.
Cowardly? You might require a corner in which to cower and with a blankie to suck a thumb.
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It is almost a certainty that "Letitia" has no idea what is required to keep the essential services up and running and no idea what can and cannot be done from home.
But she sees political opportunity so there ya go.
What's up with the scare quotes and using the AG's first name only?
Are you trying to emphasize that the NY AG is a black woman (and therefore does not know about business or technology) and is deserving of your derision?
Is this what is referred to as a dog-whistle?
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Isn't this from the state that has clearly handled this the worst out of ... almost anywhere?
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You mean the same company a month ago who we complained about when they were just starting to refuse WFH status for many employees? Yeah, that one.
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If you haven't considered forcing a sharp knife up your nose, you're missing out. Please try it and report back.
What does that say about the company (Score:5, Interesting)
I would consider how these companies deal with these Covid-19 as a good indication of how much employees are valued.
Do you just let them die? Do you just fire them? Do you just Furlough their jobs? That usually means the company and management doesn't give a rats ass about their employees.
Do they at least come up with a work from home plan? Find a way to keep physical distancing in place? Give alternative jobs away from people? Then they probably do care about their employees, or at least realize that it is too expensive to rehire new employees.
I would pay attention to how different places handle this situation, then you can see the real motives of the companies and how much they really care about people.
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I work for a company that actually cares about its staff.
No, you don't. You might think you do, but you don't.
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At the least, he is working for a company that is smart enough to act like it cares. It may be genuine or it may be enlightened self interest, but it beats mercenary corporations like Charter.
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Or the powers that be could just let things degrade until we get a resurgence of putting the heads of people who egregiously oppress the working class on pikes outside the Bastille — a movement that has been weakening since the 1790s.
The folks in power need to remember that the reason we have laws to protect workers is that if things get bad enough, the people in power tend to not fare very well. These laws exist just as much to protect the CEOs as to protect the workers. Those who fail to learn that lesson will be made an example of by the government, because the alternative, should things get bad enough, would be much more grim.
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The folks in power need to remember that the reason we have laws to protect workers is that if things get bad enough, the people in power tend to not fare very well. These laws exist just as much to protect the CEOs as to protect the workers. Those who fail to learn that lesson will be made an example of by the government, because the alternative, should things get bad enough, would be much more grim.
Except when those with governmental power are CEOs, or receive money from CEOs, or are ideologically aligned with CEOs, in which case the government protect CEOs.
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That's what leads to pikes and guillotines.
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Anyone with a user account should be able to post AC. Just check the box.
The only people who can't post AC are those who aren't logged in - you must log in to post nowadays to cut down to on the trolls and spammers.
Whether or not Slash keeps a track of who actually posted as AC is another matter altogether. It didn't in the past, but who knows nowadays.
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Neckbeard trying too hard 2/10.
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Keep that up and the younger people will give up on Capitalism and demand Socialism within our lifetime. Who can blame them with mercenary attitudes like yours at the helm.
Corporate charters are not a right, they are granted. In theory, they are granted under the condition that the corporation operates for the public good. That would include employees and customers as well as stock holders. It's about time to start enforcing that.
Charter should be on the hook for 100% of the medical costs of each and every
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My first question, is 230 a lot?
It could be. In fact it could end up being measured in dollars at some point.
I don't know what the mortality rate is at the moment. I'm not even sure it's possible to know; like everything else it's completely politicized and some sources have serious credibility issues. But lets go with the early WHO figure of 1-3% mortality.
That's about 2 to 7 Charter employees have already been or soon will be killed by COVID-19. You can bank on the survivors coming after Charter and Rutledge in court, and if they
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IIUC, current estimates put the mortality a lot lower, but those are population estimates and, I believe, include children under 10...who generally have milder cases. OTOH, they also include retirees, who more frequently have more serious cases.
One big question at the moment, which is so far being ignored, is what happens afterwards. COVID is known to damage many organs it infects, and one of the organs it infects are the testes. How many people are going to recover and end up sterile? This cannot be an
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...and if they can make the case that these employees could plausibly have survived but for the arbitrary decisions of their CEO they'll likely have a big payday.
I sincerely hope so. It's the only language they understand.
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Per capita, it's worse than New York City. So yes, it's a lot.
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Correction: Not that bad, I found some screwy figures.
Nevertheless, It will no doubt be more than if their policies on work from home weren't prehistoric.
Someone there needs to dust the CEO, then wake him and let him know he got them in trouble.
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No, infection rates are 13 per 1000 in new york. Rates of spectrum infection ... 2.5ish per thousand.
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I would consider how these companies deal with these Covid-19 as a good indication of how much employees are valued.
So you're saying Charter is fine, then? About 1 in 400 Americans have tested positive for CV19. About 1 in 400 Charter employees have tested positive for CV19. Seems they did OK by your measure.
Or are you talking about putting on a show of caring instead of actual results? I guess even in real life-and-death situations, some people care more about image than consequences.
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STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults [cdc.gov]
While this is taking place, Liberty University decides to forcibly remove the love-sock dispenser from the dormitory bathrooms, and s
Re:What does that say about the company (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, then confiscate their corpses and sell the remains for COVID-19 medical research. Employees only exist to make profit for their employers/owners. If they can't fulfill their employment obligations corporations should have the right to seize all their assets including their mortal remains. Anything less would insult the Official State Religion of Profit Above All.
I hope that clears things up for you.
5G at work (Score:2)
Communication firm that works with 5G gets the virus wirelessly.
It must be true, I saw it on the internets.