I think I want to work for Patagonia....

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Blueberry08

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.....but if they won't employ me I'm just going to fill my wardrobe with all their clothes.

Read here.

Or, if you don't want to click, the highlights:

"At lunchtime many days, Patagonia employees go surfing for two hours...".

"Patagonia is so mellow about flextime that the receptionist at headquarters, an 11-time world Frisbee champion :)D), is allowed to take three months off each summer to run a surfing school."

"With 1,300 workers and $275 million a year in sales, it donates 1 percent of its annual sales to environmental groups. Four days a week at lunchtime, the company offers yoga and Pilates sessions; there are also occasional classes on fly fishing."

(Fly fishing? :confused:)

"Each year Patagonia lets 40 employees take paid two-month internships with an environmental group. The best spots in the parking lot are reserved for the most fuel-efficient cars, and above dozens of parking spots are solar panels that supply all the power for one of Patagonia’s administration buildings."

And I love this one: "It sponsors civil disobedience training for employees who want to participate in environmental protests."

You gotta love this company. Hippy heaven, with monster profits thrown in.

At the other end of the scale, read page one of that article to see what beauties FedEx are.
 
Just remember that every cost they incur by offering these perks to their staff is passed on to the purchaser.
 
So let's all work in sweatshops so the consumer has the cheapest possible goods...oh sorry, that's frowned upon too.

Dammit, you can't win ! ;)
 
Pique318 said:
So let's all work in sweatshops so the consumer has the cheapest possible goods...oh sorry, that's frowned upon too.

Dammit, you can't win ! ;)
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And there's the Carbon footprint issue; how would we keep all the shops hot enough to make us sweat while we do our work without damaging the planet?
 
Someone told me that they have factories in on the Mexico side of the US/Mexico border. Management live in southern Texas and commute. Workers are Mexicans.
 
csirl said:
Someone told me that they have factories in on the Mexico side of the US/Mexico border. Management live in southern Texas and commute. Workers are Mexicans.
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I wonder do their Mexican workers get to go surfing at lunchtime?
 
Don't know. Anybody seen him? But hey Purple, I think you've earned your stripes. Therefore you are the anointed one .......... seenimgly! (sic)
 
Simeon said:
Don't know. Anybody seen him? But hey Purple, I think you've earned your stripes. Therefore you are the anointed one .......... seenimgly! (sic)
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No, CM spends most of his time answering questions and giving useful advice, I spend most of my time in the Depths part of the forum, so there's no comparison. He’s de man.
 
Like most things that live in the deep ....... are you thick skinned? I would have thought that you were sensitive .......... with a healthy emotional balance.:) However, that could be just front.;)
 
Simeon said:
Like most things that live in the deep ....... are you thick skinned? I would have thought that you were sensitive .......... with a healthy emotional balance.:) However, that could be just front.;)
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Thick skinned? Yes, I suppose so. It’s not so much that I have a high opinion of myself I just find it hard to take life seriously.
 
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