A few weeks in‚ she finds a better motel‚ though priced at $200 a week as opposed to its $120 listing. Her job at the nursing home is to take orders during mealtime and clean up afterwards‚ which she learns is more challenging than she thought dishwashing would be. Working for The Maids‚ she finds the work physically demanding and‚ in a sense‚ degrading. She comes to the understanding that “low-wage work in general
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Introduction: Getting Ready Page 1: What is the significance of Lewis Lapham‚ other than the fact that he is the editor of Harper’s? Why was Barbara Ehrenreich so inspired by him and the lunch they shared together? Page 2: Is Ehrenreich wealthy‚ middle-class‚ or poor? If I was in Ehreneich’s shoes and was wealthy‚ I would be very curious to see how other people live. Page 3: The introduction to this book seems kind of ironic to me-while eating at an over-priced restaurant‚ Ehrenreich considers
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a dietary aide at the nursing home. 3) Explain some of the behavior rules that the management of “The Maids” has for the employees. What do you think they are intended to accomplish? 4) Explain how Ehrenreich felt The Maids’ cleaning methods were lacking. 5) Choose one co-worker who interested you. What makes him/ her differnent? 6) Describe one difficulty of working as a maid that Ehrenreich found surprising. 7) What did Ehrenreich find when she looked to community charities for
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The Magnolia Inn sets on a bluff over-looking the Pacific Ocean in scenic Half Moon Bay California. The sole owners of the Magnolia are Jim and Nancy Anderson. They have some necessary experience as they owned and operated a motel until approximately one year ago. This motel was sold to help raise the funds necessary to purchase and renovate the Victorian home used to house the Magnolia Inn. The owners plan on being hands on owners who will be involved in all aspects of the operation of this venture
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Nickel and Dimed Book Analysis It’s a well known fact that everything in America is over priced‚ so with everything being over priced and citizens being under paid how are we supposed to expect citizens to survive in this rigged economy? Our economy is set up to benefit the middle-upper class and to take away from the lower class. As we stand by and say to the lower class citizens “get a job”‚ “work harder and longer”. In Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich proves that minimum wage cannot sustain
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attempting to make a living. She undertakes many noble trades‚ working in low wage and underappreciated jobs while trying to figure out how the people of this country do it every day. She works at Hearthside and Jerry’s in Florida waitressing‚ with The Maids in Maine cleaning houses‚ and with Wal-Mart in Minnesota‚ serving their `guests’‚ all while earning the minimum wage. She also looks to examine the functional and conflict theories of stratification as they relate to the low wage jobs she pursues.
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Skyview Manor This case study is set in 1962 in rural Vermont. The Skyview Manor is an old‚ but well-maintained property that has changed ownership several times over the years. It has no restaurant or bar. It is positioned as a mid-price‚ good quality “destination” resort hotel. The Skyview Manor is open only during the skiing season. It opens on December 2 and closes the last day of March. The ski mountain that it serves operates on a permit from the state which allows only 120
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The Value Chain in My Life Unit 1 Assignment Valda Dedrick Kaplan University GB570: Managing the Value Chain Professor Dr. Rita Gunzelman September 23‚ 2014 The Value Chain in my Life In order for a firm to create a competitive advantage it has to create a set of activities that can deliver value to the specific product and services that it offers to its customers. To describe the value chain in my life I need to compare it to a product. This will take place in my professional life.
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and where the maids’ carts are kept. We must bear in mind that each maid will handle anywhere from 12 to 15 rooms and that each maid will need a cart. The number of rooms on the floor will‚ therefore‚ determine the number of maids and‚ in turn‚ the number of carts. Aside from the space for the maids’ carts‚ there must be a porter’s closet for cleaning supplies‚ vacuum cleaners‚ pails‚ etc. A closed storage area should be provided for the storage of linens. In addition to the maids’‚ porters’‚ and
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stealing from the restaurant and fired without understanding the reason. Ted- Is the manager of The Maids‚ a housekeeping service in Maine that Ehrenreich joins. Ted attempts to get Ehrenreich to tell him about any employees who have been complaining about their jobs. Ehrenreich believes that many of the women working for The Maids are doing so to gain Ted’s approval. Holly- Holly is a maid who works with Ehrenreich in Maine. She discovers she is pregnant during the month Ehrenreich is there
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