Late Stage Capitalism

tl;dr: Healthcare workers in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada were taunted by their employer with the promise of one (1) paid day off, but it was a gotcha to teach workers not to click links in their emails. Their IO and "VP of digital health" says he and the health authority are investigating themselves for wrong-doing ("not who we are blahblah").

“Our members deserve better than to be taunted with the promise of a day off after the incredible amount of work and sacrifice they made to get CorCare up and running," [Jerry Earle, president of Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employers] wrote in a statement.

He said members were denied vacation time and worked long hours due to the CorCare launch.

"To use those sacrifices as the basis for a phishing test is nothing short of cruel.”

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“Nurses and other health-care professionals have worked through enormous pressure over the last number of years, including ongoing staffing shortages, burnout, organizational restructuring, and the challenges connected to the rollout of CorCare,” [Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland and Labrador president Yvette Coffey] said in a statement Wednesday morning.

“To use the promise of an additional paid day off as the hook for a phishing exercise was in very poor taste.”

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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services said [in the email they sent] in recognition of the work [employees had] put in during the recent implementation of the new digital health information system CorCare, all employees would receive a paid day off.

It came with instructions to register for the day off by June 17 by clicking on a link.

“Thank you for the care, professionalism, and commitment you continue to bring to N.L. Health Services and to the people and community we serve,” the email concluded.