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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Most of these people are over paid actually. Making without stock over 150k and then around the same in RSUs or more.

The issue is many folks were only doing like 3 or 4 hr a day and then double dipped to collect another paycheck because they had the time to. I don't necessarily fault them.

Friend of mine intentionally took a boring bank job making like 50k less than he was making (so around $125k a yr) so he could coast as a high performer there then planned and did find another gig in Pacific time (were east Coast) and then pulled two checks and still only worked like 42 hr a week.

This is the true reason there making work from home optional.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

so they should just sit and stare if they’ve finished their work? don’t be absurd, please. the whole system is way past its due date. our society needs to scrap it and start over. and i mean human society. the world, our species. the one we have now if fast leading us to extinction, along with most of the other creatures on earth. what he says isn’t the way, but it’s better than harassing people for doing more work when they finish their first job.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are they overpaid, or is every other job underpaid? Seems weird to call them overpaid when the company is making a profit on them anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

It's management's own damn fault for trying to use butt time in seats as a proxy for productivity.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Huh? If the job can be done this fast and the contract says, you get this money for doing that, why should that be wrong, meaning why should anyone be unhappy?

Except companies are just in for the money and would rather pay you less ... Hmmm

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All I can say is I agree with you; however, lots of contracts have you agree that you only work for that company while you're employed by them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think mine has a clause too, that requires me to at least inform my employee

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point of the clause; to fire people who tell them they're working a second full-time job. When required to be in office everywhere it becomes quite obvious very quickly. They're upset they can't tell if you're two-timing or not if you work from home, so they want to make sure you come in and work for them

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Petty tactics from petty people. If someone is doing the job they are paid for, why bother? It's like the employers are entitled to the 40 hours or something, even if all the work is done.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If someone is doing the job they are paid for,

They aren't if they aren't available because they are working the second job. I question how many people saying this are actually salaried workers who've read their employment agreements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and the contract says, you get this money for doing that

Almost certainly the contract doesn't say this tho.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine does. But I'm not working manual labor, so it definitely can and will differ I guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that a job you could get away with working 2 at the same time remotely?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really, maybe this one and a half time job or sth, I work 4-8 hours a day depending on what's happening (I work in it)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if you're working on something for the second job, do you have to drop it if something comes up with the first one? Does the second job know you're going to be doing that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where did I say, that I have a second job? I don't, so that's that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No idea why you're getting down votes.