Please edit out swipes and name-calling from your comments here, as the site guidelines ask. Your post doesn't need that first bit.
I think that was heavy handed, dang, but I changed it.
"This is such entitled drivel" is precisely the sort of thing the HN guidelines ask users not to post:
"When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. 'That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3' can be shortened to '1 + 1 is 2, not 3." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I appreciate your taking it out! and have taken the flags off the GP.
Re:How to go to war with your employer
by monsieurgaufre on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:13PM
(#36362233)
You're basically saying that workers should be cogs devoid of reflexion and agency.
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse.
Re:How to go to war with your employer
by monsieurgaufre on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:31PM
(#36362524)
I've edited my comment.
I do believe what i wrote, tho. It was not meant as a personal attack.
Yes, I was reacting to the name-calling part ("this is such drivel") which is against the site guidelines. Since you took that out (thanks!) I've taken the flags off the post.
Re:How to go to war with your employer
by monsieurgaufre on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:27PM
(#36363349)
Thank you as well. Have a nice weekend!
Re:How to go to war with your employer
by erik_seaberg on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:53PM
(#36362868)
They get to decide what they’re willing to pay for. If I’m not willing to sell that to them, the answer is to walk away peaceably, not “go to war.” My customer is not my adversary.
Re:How to go to war with your employer
by monsieurgaufre on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:11PM
(#36363127)
If they (employers) can change the terms of contract, why shouldn’t the worker as well?
Within the legal framework, here is what you have to do: whatever your employer asks you to do. No, if your employer believes that Linux isn't right for their business, or that you can't work from home, you are not supposed to do that.
I think smart employers will give a lot of agency to engineers to make some of these decisions, but it's not your call. If you want to make these decisions, become an employer yourself.