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I allow my boss to be very demanding. Want me to take an important customer call during holidays? Sure, I can convince my wife to allow that. Want me to work a

• duckfang 6y ago
  > I allow my boss to be very demanding. Want me to take an important customer call during holidays? Sure, I can convince my wife to allow that. Want me to work a week in a different timezone? Let me check first, but should be doable. That's a really hot take. That shows that the company is very fickle and very bad about planning. And frankly, I'm not going to shed a tear if they badly planned a business meeting on my vacation and then expect me to attend. Now, given my position, I specialize in "accidents" or the recovery of. I get paid well for that. And I can decide when and what my schedule looks like. Outside of that and the appropriate pay for that skill, I expect my hours to be stable and consistent. In exchange, I will deliver consistently and stably and get money for that. Tl;dr. Touching my hours (aside real unplanned disasters) IS touching my compensation, and you will not do this without appropriate offsets.
  • anticristi 5y ago
    I should probably add that given the amount of holidays / parental leave we get in Sweden, these interruptions feel like a refreshing break from holidays. :)) But I agree with you. "Available randomly" is something I charge for.