Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days a week

Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by umanwizard on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:24AM (#34845404)

> A full time employee is paid for 40h per week.

That’s not true, at least in the US. The amount of hours I work weekly has never been tracked at any company big or small.

You’re not paid for 40 hours a week, you’re paid to keep up with the general standard of your peers. 40 hours is a very vague estimate of the time required to do so.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by nostromo123 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:41AM (#34845491)

In Europe, contracts generally specify a number of hours per week. For instance in Austria, my contract says 38.5h/week - this is what people usually think of here when they say "full time".

We have a time tracking system and overtime is either paid (not in my company, alas) or you can take it as free time.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by oblio on Saturday February 18, 2023 @05:01AM (#34845611)

The US is an outlier for the developed world.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by umanwizard on Saturday February 18, 2023 @05:29AM (#34845757)

We are talking about a US company.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by oblio on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:42AM (#34846480)

With hundreds of thousands of employees outside the US.

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