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In my particular area of work (programmer to hire by hour) the differences between a boss and a client are neglible.
by Mithaldu 10y ago
In my particular area of work (programmer to hire by hour) the differences between a boss and a client are neglible.
- izacus 10y agoDoes your boss stand behind your back every moment of your work day?
- Mithaldu 10y agoNo, but for example in my last office job the 3 company founders tended to be walking along the main hallway of the office a lot for various reasons, and my desk was behind a glass wall along that hallway, and in one gig i was in an open plan office where people were moving around me and everyone else all the time.
- triplesec 10y agoYou are very accepting of severe authority and surveillance
- Mithaldu 10y agoWelcome to Germany. On a more serious note: No, i am not. Only in my work life.
- k__ 10y agoI'm from Germany too and as far as I can tell this isn't the truth for every company here. When I find clients/employers behave like that, I warn them and then I quit. This is what everyone should do. If you accept such horrendous conditions it's your fault people begin to think this is "normal".
- Mithaldu 10y agoYou're quite privileged.
- k__ 10y agoMaybe, I don't know. But, I lived in these conditions the past. One day I said to myself, I don't want this anymore, and quit. What is preventing you to change your life for the better? :)
- Mithaldu 10y agoAs i said in my post, i don't mind having upwork's program send 6 screenshots an hour from my work machine while i'm working, because it keeps me from being hassled by nontechnical clients who're otherwise fine people to work with. So i guess the only thing keeping me from making things even better than they already are is finding technical clients with Perl work that pay on the level of ~100$/h.
- k__ 10y agoHm okay, if it works for you. It's just sad that it perpetuates the idea that this kind of stuff is okay. I had problems with non-technical clients as well. What helped me was calling them 2-5 times a week, depending on how insecure they feel.
- detaro 10y agoWorking in an open-plan office where people expect that it looks like you are working is "very accepting of surveillance"?