Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas
by EpicEng on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:18PM
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Yeah, but that only tends to work in favor of the company. Try telling them you're salary, so you'll only be working 25-35 hours / week. Even if you get your work done and don't have a 'butt needs to be in the seat' type job, they'll laugh at you.
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Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas
by chii on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:46PM
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The usual is to get time off in lieu for working weekends.
It's sometimes unavoidable to work on weekends - e.g., a tight deadline. But I would ahead of time get the agreement in writing that the weekend work is going to be given back in time off in lieu after the deadline - otherwise, don't work weekends. there needs to be a feedback loop (via money or capacity) to management. Otherwise they'd just see amazing results, and keep wanting more. That's how you end up in a permanent crunch job.
Re:In Praise of the 5-Hour Workday and Other ‘Radical’ Ideas
by krageon on Thursday November 07, 2019 @07:32AM
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> unavoidable to work on weekends
It was avoidable, just not by you. That's not your problem though - it's your bosses' problem. Letting them make that your problem is a choice for you, but I would posit it is a poor choice.