Missing stair is a metaphor for a person within a social group who many people know is untrustworthy or otherwise has to be "managed", but who they work around by trying to quietly warn others rather than deal with openly. The reference is to a dangerous structural fault such as a missing stair in a home, which residents have become used to and accepting of, and which is not fixed or signposted, but which (most) newcomers are warned about.
Tag: human resources
$2.5m-a-year CEO set to take a pay cut, so that's all right, then
As far as the IRS is concerned, there are only two types of workers in the world: employees and independent contractors ("ICs"). Independent contractors are people who are in business for themselves. Employees work for someone else’s business. Being classified as an independent contractor instead of an employee has enormous consequences. Because they are supposed to be in business for themselves, ICs don't get the same legal protections that employees do--for example, they don't qualify for unemployment insurance and are not protected under most labor laws. Moreover, hiring firms need not provide ICs with benefits ordinarily provided to employees such as health insurance or vacations.
Nat Alison (threadreaderapp.com)Oh hey, the new site is up, which means it's time for A Thread about Gatsby (1/??) https://t.co/ozvsEyHqHH
— Nat Alison (@tesseralis) August 12, 2020
employer: can you explain this gap in your CV
— james (@Gilofthepeople) June 8, 2020
me: yes. you see, it was then that i carried you
employer:
employer: i don't think,
Elected officials offer a flood of facts and spin in daily coronavirus briefings. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the press could do a better job separating vital information from messaging. Plus, a look at the unintended consequences of armchair epidemiology. And, how one watchdog journalist has won paid sick leave for thousands of workers during the pandemic.
1. Bob [@bobosphere] on the challenges of covering the pandemic amidst a swirl of political messaging. Listen.
2. Ivan Oransky [@ivanoransky], professor of medical journalism at New York University, on the rapidly-changing ways that medical scientists are communicating with each other. Listen.
3. Ryan Broderick [@broderick], senior reporter at Buzzfeed News, on "coronavirus influencers." Listen.
4. Judd Legum [@JuddLegum], author of the Popular Information newsletter, on pressing large corporations to offer paid sick leave. Listen.
5. Brooke [@OTMBrooke] on the cost-benefit analysis being performed with human lives. Listen.
👓 Why Women, but Not Men, Are Judged for a Messy House | New York Times
They’re still held to a higher social standard, which explains why they’re doing so much housework, studies show.
📑 YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant
The idea was to reward video stars shorted by the system, such as those making sex education and music videos, which marquee advertisers found too risqué to endorse. ❧
This is an interesting concept. Too often, too many people are “shorted by the system”.
👓 Twitter’s Jack Dorsey paid $1.40 in 2018 | Reuters
Twitter Inc said on Monday it paid its Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey $1.40...
Surely I won’t be the first to have said it, but a penny per character in a tweet almost seems fitting if not overpaying. But they need to amend his contract to match the new 280 character limit.
👓 Tech Culture Can Change | danah boyd
We need: Recognition, Repentance, Respect, and Reparation.
🎧 The Daily: How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Work (or Not Work) | New York Times
As the idea gains traction in mainstream circles, we look at its roots in progressive American politics.
🎧 The Daily: Silicon Valley’s Military Dilemma | New York Times
Should Big Tech partner with the Pentagon? We examine a cautionary tale.
Some great history and questions about ethics here.
I’m surprised that for it’s share of profits that Down didn’t spin off the napalm division to some defense contractor?
Of course some tech companies are already weaponizing their own products against people. What about those ethical issues.
👓 Defining the DNA of collaboration | The Open Co-op
As a species, human beings are barely more intelligent than kindergarten kids. We revel at our place at the top of the food chain, and praise our technological ingenuity but, let’s face it, we’ve barely begun to work life out. We’ve created one directional extractive systems that undermine our own life support systems, like kindergarten …
There’s some interesting philosophy here. It dances around the idea of fitness landscapes, but doesn’t mention them directly, though this is essentially what the article is exploring from the perspective of businesses.
👓 How to Think Like a Front-End Developer | Jeremy Keith
Alright! It’s day two of An Event Apart in Seattle. The first speaker of the day is Chris Coyier. His talk is called How to Think Like a Front-End Developer. From the website:
The job title “front-end developer” is very real: job boards around the world confirm that. But what is that job, exactly? What do you need to know to do it? You might think those answers are pretty cut and dried, but they’re anything but; front-end development is going through something of an identity crisis. In this engaging talk, Chris will explore this identity through the lens of someone who has self-identified as a front-end developer for a few decades, but more interestingly, through many conversations he’s had with other successful front-end developers. You’ll see just how differently this job can be done and how differently people and companies can think of this role—not just for the sake of doing so, but because you’ll learn to be better at your own jobs by understanding how other people are good at theirs.
🎧 The Daily: How New York Lost Amazon | New York Times
Lawmakers who opposed the company’s deal are calling its collapse a political victory, but some say this messaging may come back to haunt them.