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What are you saying? I work 12 plus hours a day, every day, barring maybe weekends. If the law said I must be paid double or triple or whatever per hour of over
by smabie 7y ago
What are you saying? I work 12 plus hours a day, every day, barring maybe weekends. If the law said I must be paid double or triple or whatever per hour of over time (which is kind of a nebulous idea since I run my own shop), then I guess I’d work 24/7.
Reading your comment, I feel a little confused. Are you advocating against working overtime or for it? I’m not critical of what you’re saying, I’m just confused. I might be being dense, but reading the first paragraph you seem to be understanding (if not agreeing with) me, while the subsequent paragraphs seem to make no sense.
Did you perchance respond to the wrong comment? If not, could you expound? Thanks!
- eesmith 7y agoThe author of the Tweet thread said that he freelances because he doesn't want to be like friends of his "who barely get to see their children, stuck at the office 12 hours a day so their family can have a good life." My comment meant to point out that perhaps the underlying issue is that people are being overworked as regular employees, and there are larger structural issues here than the details of some recent change in CA state law. I do not know, and the author of these tweets does not describe, the structural reasons which prevent him from getting a part-time job for at least equal benefits as being a freelancer. Are you working 84+ hours a week and seeing less than you want of your children because you feel like you need to work the equivalent of two jobs in order to have a good life for your family? Because if so, why aren't you able to work only a 40 hour week and still make a good living? If not, how is your personal story related to the thread?