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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I'm Gen X and the last job I had that required me to work a specific shift was in the kitchen of a pizza place in 1988.
In my first job after college, I asked the business administrator what hours I was expected to work, and she was noticeably confused by the question. She told me most folks show up around 9.l, but made it clear that it was up to me.
In my next job, I asked how to request PTO, and my boss told me he doesn't care about the record keeping. He said just let him know when I won't be there, and as long as everything keeps working he doesn't care if I'm ever there.
Even in my current position when they introduced time clocks and we had to clock in before our start time, we were allowed to specify our start time. I chose 10:00am. I normally get in around 7am, so I figured if I'm not going to be in by 10, I'll just take the day off.
Damn, what field are you working in that has that much flexibility? That's pretty unheard of, at least in the US.
University IT for the first two jobs, now healthcare IT.
University is definitely the place to work if you get into the right department. In my first job I was a db admin for a medical research center. Then I moved to a job as IT support for a robotics lab.
Pay is crap, benefits are fantastic.
My last job for a software company was like this. We had to file for PTO, but we got so much I took nearly every Friday off and didn't bother looking at my totals.
Sound like you have had some good, human bosses.
A good boss makes the job. A bad boss with a stick up their arse loses good staff.