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We're talking about one or two weekends a year, not every weekend. I feel like this position is almost hyperbolic. Even if you have a family, I'm sure you can
by morgante 10y ago
We're talking about one or two weekends a year, not every weekend.
I feel like this position is almost hyperbolic.
Even if you have a family, I'm sure you can manage to get away once or twice a year. After all, there are people with families who even travel for work. The horror!
- otoburb 10y agoFolks with families who travel for work tend to ask to travel during the weekdays. Also, if we're talking about one or two weekends a year, the balance tips in favour of scheduling the "strategic retreat" during the work week.
- morgante 10y agoWhat is so special and sacred about weekends?
- eropple 10y agoIf I'm an employee: that they're mine. My employer has no claim on all of my time. If I'm a consultant: not much, which is why I often work them instead of weekdays. Not both, but instead of.
- morgante 10y agoThis is such an aggressive attitude. Yes, in general, my weekends are mine. I would not work for a company which consistently asked me to work every weekend. But I'm happy to share one or two weekends a year with my employer. Moreover, I also consider my evenings "mine." That doesn't mean I'm going to throw a hissy fit when the company has its holiday party.
- thedufer 10y agoThere's a big difference between working a weekend and partying for an evening. The latter is typically optional (and if its not, that's a problem).
- eropple 10y agoThere is no "sharing" with an employer. The employer exists to get as much out of the employee as possible for as low a rate as possible. And drawing bright, do-not-cross lines is the only way to get on with them.