IT Services Company Wipro Forces 600 Employees To Work In Bed Bug Infested Office (11alive.com) 127
McGruber writes: Information Technology Services CorporationWipro's 600-employee call center in Chamblee, Georgia is in infected with bed bugs according to Atlanta television station 11Alive. The facilities manager admits there is a bed bug problem and it's been an issue since late May. Employees told the tv station that the bugs are all over the three floors -- and they're biting. But employees are being told they still must go to work. Kwanita Holmes sent 11Alive photos of what she said is a bed bug bite on her arm: "We're at work 8 hours a day and we're getting munched on all day," she said. Wipro said it's paying for in-home bed bug consultations and treatments for employees.
For the humanity of it, (Score:5, Funny)
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Well, "Georgia" may. Up where it gets well below freezing all you have to do is let the room freeze for a few days in the winter and problem solved (dust mites, too). Just be careful not to burst your water pipes. This also means they don't migrate as much between houses in the winter, at least not via car.
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When I lived in Atlanta, I used to have a roach problem - despite not having food or such stuff in the open. I called in the pest control a number of times, sometimes it was needed as frequently as once every two weeks. The pest control guy on one occasion explained to me the types of roaches, and told me that I was lucky enough to be visited by just Georgian roaches and not the African ones. Also, during winter, one also explained to me how the roaches were in my apartment due to the cold
I do pref
Re: For the humanity of it, (Score:1)
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DDT was "banned" for agricultural use, not indoor use, where it is still used for malaria prevention.
At any rate, what makes you think that bedbugs won't become highly resistant to DDT, just as they have for most every other insecticide used on them? DDT is already nearly useless on other insects that have become resistant to it.
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At any rate, what makes you think that bedbugs won't become highly resistant to DDT, just as they have for most every other insecticide used on them?
I already said it. Apparently you ban-defenders can't even fucking read. Bed bugs were nearly wiped out, AS IN EXTINCT, and then we banned DDT.
... they banned it entirely. It wasn't until 2006 that they started allowing it for indoor use.... IN AFRICA ONLY ... all these facts right here combined make you a lying fuck. You literally pretended to know something that you knew you didnt know. Surely you wont pretend to have simply been mistaken while
And no, they didnt ban ddt for only for "agricultural use"
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There is not way in hell that bedbugs would become "extinct" before developing resistance to any single insecticide.
Given the way you're foaming at the mouth, I think you should be more concerned about rabies than bedbugs anyway.
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Bah, that's a Medium at best. The worker can still function after being bitten, right? Push it into the next sprint.
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You spelled "sister" wrong.
As for the mushroom growing out of the guys' penis - it's magic. The problem will magically go away when his dick falls off tomorrow. Or earlier if he goes back for seconds.
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Re: The hotel chain I worked for...Tent and gas. (Score:2)
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many of the employees now have them at home
The bugs probably came to the house initially from someone's home. They likely will return to the office again if all employee homes aren't included in the kill approach.
Re:The hotel chain I worked for... (Score:5, Informative)
I have dealt with bedbug infestations. They generally don't bite people that are not sleeping. The "bedbug bites" shown in the video look nothing like actual bedbug bites that I have seen. To see what real bites look like, go to images.google.com and type "bedbug bites".
Insecticides and fumigation don't work well because they only kill the bugs, and not the eggs, so a week later they will be back. The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed. Then buy or rent some powerful space heaters and heat up all the rooms. Luckily, they will be doing this in the summer.
To prevent reinfestation, they need to ban people from bringing cushions, blankets, stuffed animals, etc. from home. They also need to check their contractor cleaning crew. It is best that they use your vacuum cleaner rather than their own that they move from place to place.
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The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed.
Or, being that they are located in Georgia, just turn off the air conditioning.
Or, lock the employees in cars parked in the sun with the windows closed.
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Yes. I have a package in the basement. Price on it is 43 cents. Probably from the 1960s. I found it in a house I bought. Still works very well. I remember they used to put DDT on playgrounds it was so safe. Nothing like the crazy environmentalists want us to believe.
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Dammit Bill, do you automatically think every person on the planet but you is a lying piece of shit?
No, but I have found that it is a good working assumption when dealing with journalists, lawyers, and politicians.
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Re:The hotel chain I worked for... (Score:5, Insightful)
60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.
Massive overkill is exactly the right amount of overkill for bedbugs.
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Compare the cost of heat-soaking an entire office building to 120F vs 140F.
140 is prohibitively expensive and also extremely dangerous to humans, but you can easily reach 120F in the summer by opening all the doors and windows to get the building up to 100-105F in the early afternoon, and then close the doors/windows and crank up the heat in the late afternoon. At 120F, humans will be able to enter the building to take measurements.
p.s. I guarantee you that someone brought the infection from home, and they'
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60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.
The problem is that bedbugs hide in cracks and crevices, under carpets, inside furniture stuffing, etc. You need to get sufficient heat into all those places ... and the hard part isn't killing the bugs, but killing the eggs. If you don't kill all the eggs, the bugs will be back in a few weeks. It is better to do "massive overkill" once than to do it twice with less heat.
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This however is exactly what the pros recommend.
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No, it's not overkill. Overkill doesn't exist for the bedbugs.
Notice that to reach the level for killing the bugs and their eggs in the hidden parts of a building you need to exceed the heat needed to kill them in the building and make sure that the whole building gets hot enough.
But all people working in that workplace has to get their homes cleaned as well.
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I worked for years in mosquito control so I know a lot of entomologists, including one who has for years now operated a service for identifying pests like hair lice and bedbugs. More than half of the time the samples of bedbugs he's been asked to look at are something else.
The first step in a problem like this is to get someone who knows what he's doing to look at samples of what you're seeing. You could have a completely different problem going on -- a different kind of insect like fleas or bat bugs -- o
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The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours.
Good lord, don't give them any ideas. It seems like work conditions there are bad enough without you having them make it into a *literal* sweatshop for an entire workday.
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I wonder how many employee's homes got infested by bringing bedbugs in clothing and personal belongings. The facility is surely possible to treat with heat, but would then re-infestation occur via employees bringing them back from their homes? Should the employer offer bedbug treatment to any employee who needs it, at the same time?
This is an expensive problem.
I've just had a misfortune to stay in a hotel in Paris infested with bedbugs (Hotel Aladin at Les Gobelins). Found them after two nights in the place
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Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its business (Score:1)
Back on June 9, 2017, CNN reported that Wipro was claiming that Trump's election as U.S. president would harm its business:
Bangalore-based Wipro has included Trump's election as U.S. president in a list of "risk factors" in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Significant developments stemming from the recent U.S. presidential election could have a material adverse effect on our business," Wipro said.
It called out Trump's opposition to the North America Free Trade Agreement and his advocacy for "greater restrictions on free trade" as specific risks.
Wipro, much like its peers Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys (INFY), Tech Mahindra and others, depends heavily on the U.S. The company gets more than half its total revenues from U.S. clients.
But Trump and his administration have accused Indian firms of using the popular H-1B work visa program to send millions of foreign tech workers to the United States to take jobs Americans could do. Around 70% of all H-1B visas go to Indian workers.
The article: CNNTech article: Indian tech firm makes it official: Trump is a risk to its business [cnn.com]
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Being competent.
Only if referring to Wipro. (Score:1)
Unlike Wipro, Trump actually has acted in favor of regular, non-billionaire US citizens.
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Yeah, I'm sure Trump sent them bedbugs you fucking loon.
Trump does own hotels...
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Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines (Score:5, Insightful)
You misunderstood the intent of my post.
If Wipro, a company that forces its employees to work in a bugbed infested building, is typical of the companies being harmed by Trump's policies, then I'm all for the policies that are harming these companies!
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We should all sympathize with the H1B abusing foreign company that forces employees to work in dangerous, insect infested offices. Because they hate Trump too!
We gotta stand together!
Jobs Americans won't do? (Score:2)
Us USA citizens also have to right to have our asses chewed off by insects, managers, and other vermin. Equal Opportunity Chewin'!
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Very unfair portrayal. (Score:4, Funny)
They're not bugs... (Score:5, Funny)
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Are undocumented features better or worse than H1B features?
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WTF Bedbugs OMG!!! (Score:2)
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What do you mean carpet beagles?
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I wonder who breeds bugs faster (Score:2)
for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc suc (Score:2)
for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc suck it up and no we can't pay you more then 60K
Re: for the H1B's it's better then oversaes so usc (Score:2)
Damn it, Joe. Turn on spellcheck.
This is what happens when you don't have Unions (Score:2)
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We have a union, did nothing for our bedbug infested government building: Bedbugs Surprise New York state workers [timesunion.com]. As far as I know the bugs are still there (no fumigation notices went out).
Suspicions confirmed (Score:5, Funny)
They won't kill the bedbugs out of professional courtesy.
Easy fix... (Score:1)
If you use Wipro call them, demand a manager, and tell them you want to cancel your service because of the bedbug issue and how they're treating their employees. Even even a couple of customers leave they'll jump right on it because it'll hit em where it hurts... in their wallets...
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You're kidding, right? The psychopathic managers that outsource to places like WiPro to begin with would consider this refusal to shut down the building for fumigation as a plus! In their minds, it shows how focused they are on keeping costs low and meeting delivery targets on time.
Of course (Score:2)
Indian sweatshops. Cheap ass commodity labor.
Wipro too. I'm not surprised. We know that Wipro is a shit company, in my shop. That's why they're on the prohibited vendor list. Fuck em.
Taking them home (Score:1)
The company will likely go under when bed bugs start appearing at employees homes. You think it's expansive to get them out of one building, imagine adding 600 homes to that list.
a real problem (Score:2)
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