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"How dare you slave not work for me 24/7 so that I can buy that yacht? I fucking own you, get back to work": the post

• TuringNYC 7y ago
  It is actually worse than that. He isn't even asking why his employees have side gigs (hint: it is probably his own fault for not providing sufficient growth/learning opportunities at work.) Of course no response is universal, but i'd venture that most people working at startups are seeking growth, learning, or excitement. They are probably giving up pay at bigger firms in exchange for this. If they are not giving up pay, they are probably at least giving up current cash and liquidity in pay (i.e., stock options instead of public company benefits/stock). So if they are then doing side hustles, it suggest to me, the employer has messed up and is probably not providing sufficient growth opportunities at work. Now, mind you, the employee is totally free to engage in [non competitive] side hustles, but not all want to. But if the workplace doesnt provide excitement, perhaps lets blame the workplace first?