Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by bentcorner on Friday November 15, 2013 @11:27AM
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In this hypothetical situation, if your boss is calling you at 7PM the day before a meeting, you've already lost. Either your boss should have had the good graces to give you a better heads up, or s/he is going to have to be a big boy, suck it up and either do it themselves or go without for the meeting because you're off the clock.
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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by Spooky23 on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:01PM
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Good luck with this attitude in the real world unless you're a unionized hourly worker.
In the real world, you're an at-will, exempt employee. So unless you're so special that you have the ability to tell your boss to f-off without worrying about the consequences, you're going to be updating that spreadsheet.
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by acjohnson55 on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:12PM
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You don't have to be special. You just have to have a skillset and knowledge base that's difficult enough to replace that people treat you with a modicum of respect. If the place isn't burning to the ground, I don't think it's unreasonable to push back.
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by mcguire on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:42PM
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"a skillset and knowledge base that's difficult enough to replace"
That would be the definition of special.
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by acjohnson55 on Sunday November 17, 2013 @05:34PM
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I guess it depends on how low your bar for calling something "special" is. I would put on two different levels someone who truly has a "special" skillset vs. someone who is simply very effective and in whom the company has a sunk investment.
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by showsover on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:16PM
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That's in America.
In Europe employees have a bit more to say.
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by pyrocat on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:21PM
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Or don't give your boss your cell phone number?
Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
by rfnslyr on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:23PM
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Don't be an apologist for bad management and bad people skills. If a boss or management ever called me and requested me to do a task on my own time, not company time, I'd politely refuse for obvious reasons. It's okay as a one time thing, "Hey David sorry to bother you at 7 but could you do me a huge favour and do X and Y? My bad I'll buy you lunch tomorrow" then yeah that's fine. But if it's spoken with any hint of authority or consequence they can fuck off.