• meco03211@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    But how will you make sure their every waking moment is devoted to work? Gotta invest in some ridiculous office space and middle managers to crack the whip.

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      1 year ago

      That’s the thing - if I’m being forced to come into an office when my work doesn’t require it, I am 100% a clock watcher, and outside my scheduled work hours, I an unavailable. You sent me an email at 5:01 PM on Friday? I’ll read it at 8:00 AM on Monday.

      Take away my flexibility, and I take away yours.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t understand the other side of this. I work from home and already do this. Work from home is not 24 hours work unless you let it be that. My clock strikes 5pm and my laptop is turned off.

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          WFH can enable flexibility on both parts. But, it’s highly variable depending on the employer. I might be able to slip out and go to a dentist appointment in the middle of the day without using comp leave, etc. If the employer allows me that flexibility, I may be more willing to be more flexible to respond to an email or a message after hours on occasion. The flexibility is give and take between the employer and the employee.

          Now, I understand that not everyone wants that. For me personally with kids to deal with and family things that come up here and there, I much prefer the flexibility and the occasional work evening that’s a bit later or the occasional work morning that’s a bit earlier. Then I can save my comp leave time for when my kids are out of school or I want to plan a vacation rather than using it up on the small trivial things throughout the year.

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        1 year ago

        I am the same way with watching the clock and being unavailable after hours for work shit. I won’t be, come November, because I’ll be added to the on-call rotation. Not looking forward to it, but I plan on using the assignment of extra responsibility to ask for extra money. I think I deserve a raise lol. I work super hard because I genuinely like my company and what I do. It’s the first job I’ve had that hasn’t been toxic in any way.

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          I mean, being on-call is something that implicitly comes with compensation to match. I’m sure there are outliers, but it is literally extra work. It wouldn’t make sense any other way.