you pay me for working 8 hours and not for something else. Actually, if you're a salaried employee and not being paid hourly, that's objectively false. A sala

you pay me for working 8 hours and not for something else. Actually, if you're a salaried employee and not being paid hourly, that's objectively false. A salaried employee is paid to ... Well, it's up to the employment contract to decide. Personally, if I hire someone on salary I expect them to estimate level of effort honestly to the best of their ability and complete work at a rate I consider acceptable. If I lowball that expectation that's really my problem. And the reality is most employees would be dissatisfied with that situation, because most people want to do meaningful and challenging work. So if someone completes their assignments early and ends up filling their time with side projects, it's because I've failed to give them work that challenges them. The only thing I expect from the employee is that they tell me when they're done so I know what's going on and can decide what I want to do about it (and that should mean working with them to give them more satisfying work so they don't leave out of boredom).