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> 1. If a manager leaves work unassigned and you pick it up, prepare to have a LOT more work dumped on you in the future for no reward. Why do you assume "no r

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• Cthulhu_ 11y ago
  Most. For most employers, an employee is a cost / benefit thing (see also: capitalism). The more work an employee does for the least amount of money, the better value that employee is to the employer. Relevant to HN, this is common in SV; fixed working hours / contracts (i.e. 40 hr workweeks) - which unions have fought hard for to achieve - are frowned upon, working overtime, evenings, weekends, and odd hours are encouraged, and people are expected to be available for work pretty much 24/7, and to be doing something work / profession-related outside of work too (think hackathons, meetups, hobby / OS projects, etc). Mind you my sweeping generalisation may not be accurate, I don't live / work there.
  • michaelt 11y ago
    At least where I work, there are annual raises where junior managers recommend which of their employees should receive small/medium/large raises; and only giving small raises does not produce any rewards or benefits for the manager. If someone is doing great work, why wouldn't a manager recommend they get a large raise? They want to retain good performers, after all.
    • eitally 11y ago
      Outside of the highly profitable sectors (tech, finance, insurance, pharma), annual raises mostly went the way of the dodo back in 2007-2008... and didn't come back.