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> Apple pays me for 8h a day, why can't I work another 4h a day for Google if I choose to do so? You can, if you are being paid by the hour. But you probably a
by umvi 7y ago
> Apple pays me for 8h a day, why can't I work another 4h a day for Google if I choose to do so?
You can, if you are being paid by the hour. But you probably aren't being paid by the hour, you are probably collecting an annual salary which means you might be expected to work 8-10 hours per day, not work for other companies, and other restrictions.
- BossingAround 7y agoEven though my contract states yearly salary, that salary is calculated by $hourly_rate * 8 * $number_of_work_days_in_year. That's specifically stated. My contract also specifically states that I agree to work 40 hours a week. Maybe this is not the case in a typical US employment contract?
- grumple 7y agoUS contracts usually don't explicitly list policies like this. From my perspective, this means they can't hold you to anything, although the average person seems to think it means the company can do whatever they want. Either way, I'm pretty clear about my relationship with my employer - if you start asking me to do things, and I don't want to do them, I won't. They can decide if they want to live with that arrangement or not. Some of us outside CA do sign non-compete agreements, though, which is another matter entirely.