I got this idea reading a thread about the “Gods Army” convoy to the border. Several people posted things like “don’t these people have jobs”?, or “how do they have the time to go to the border”? And it got me thinking that it’s bullshit for your boss to have veto on your political activities.
I understand that “Gods Army” are chuds, it’s just the principal.
“Give us more time off so we can determine the best way to dismantle your oppressive bullshit”
Surely they will comply
Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research into the historical pay gap between men and women. One of her remarks was that inflexible work schedules that demand most of a person’s time are one of the largest factors preventing economic participation.
These types of schedules did not exist historically but became the norm around the time of the industrial revolution. This was also the time when women were all but forced out of work, mostly because both parents working endless hours at the factory wasn’t possible. Before the industrial revolution, working from home was incredibly common.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Technological progress isn’t the problem, capitalism is.
A dollar of profit is a dollar exploited.
Uncle Ted strikes again
According to HR I have “unlimited time-off” and I just have to coordinate my time-off with my manager.
Of course, this quarter we have really tight deadlines on our project. Next quarter will be all the meetings pre-planning the phased rollout in Q3, can’t miss those. In Q3 we have another hard deadline for production and Q4 everyone else is out so we need people to cover.
“unlimited time off” is a scam. Actually any non-government mandated leave is dubious.
In Australia, you get 4 weeks PTO (called “annual leave” here) by law, which accrues if you don’t use it and is paid out when you resign or are laid off. Companies want you to take this leave because otherwise your accrued leave becomes a liability.
Most places I’ve worked, everyone sees people going on leave as a very positive thing.
We also get 10 days of sick leave which accrues every year as well so you can save your annual leave for vacations.
I worked for a company that had this, and for the most part everyone was fine with it, my boss included. We just had to make sure we had coverage, etc. It also puts pressure on the employee not to abuse it. I didn’t work with people that took an excessive amount of time off anyway, as people still took whatever 'normal" PTO they would have (a day here and there, extending a holiday weekend an extra day, one or two small vacations, etc).
It can be okay. But in most companies it turns out people take less leave if it’s “unlimited” due to peer- and self-pressure.
“Use it or lose it” tends to get people to use the most because you’re losing out on part of your benefits package. It being paid out instead of actually “losing it” is a nice middle ground but also results in less leave being taken.
They’re all retired or partially retired and on social security. I was watching one of their streams for a minute on YouTube and the chat were saying how old they were. Everyone was >60.
This is of course, a feature, not a bug.
That’s the point of it
That ain’t gonna happen
This sounds like 4 day work weeks.
Sounds like you guys need to get a job in pest control.
That’s a valid point. If you’re gone for days on end without a doctor’s note, though, I think your employer has reason to want an explanation. Plus, you’re asking others to pick up your slack. That’s something else to consider.
Also (sorry to be this way) it’s spelled principle in this case.
If someone is ill, they are ill. It’s unfortunate others are picking up that slack, but it is on the company to make sure they are prepared to cover. Please don’t ever shame an ill person because of this, blame your boss.
When I ran a team, I would like to keep us at about 50% utilization. The remaining time could be spent improving tools and processes or learning new things.
That way, if someone was out for whatever reason we would only have to ramp up to 60-70% utilization. Still plenty of time for all the other things we need to do, and nobody was too stressed out or felt bad taking a vacation.
In an absolute pinch we could go up to 100% but I made sure that was only a couple days, because clearly something had gone wrong that I needed to fix.
I hear stories like this and try to remember, “Reasonable employment exists!”
Then every job I actually get is a living hell where they have 100% utilization and like, you get screamed at for starting a break two minutes late.
The number of horrible managers I hear about simultaneously makes me want to be a manager again and never be a manager again.
Absolutely. If I implied that, it was unintentional.
Also they’re supposed to have enough staff to handle it. Understaffing is their fault
I think that could be reasonable if we got sick time that wasn’t just vacation time wearing a mask.
But since vacation time is being used to skirt sick time laws in many states, I don’t think the employer should be able to ask for a Drs note because the deal was it’s my time to use as I please.
Or, you know, they could treat workers like people.
