SWEATSHOPS

Online store to buy gifts to remind call center workers to protect themselves from repetitive use or overuse injury;deep vein thrombosis (economy class syndrome), carpal tunnel syndrome (median nerve compression), eye strain; or to give as gifts to those healing from such injuries and/or disabled by call centers and unemployed. Dehydration can lead to kidney stones (calculi), and call center workers have no time to drink between calls, only during one break in the morning, lunch and one break in the afternoon. Call centers are notorious for annual turnover rates above 70%. Recently employees have won lawsuits against employers, including call centers (contact centers), for back pay because employers make them do work, such as logging into computer workstations, before the start of the actual shift the employee works, resulting in the employer benefiting from free labor (aka slavery).