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I suspect it’s mostly about control, or maybe some misguided idea that employees owe loyalty to their employer. People trade their work for money. It’s not like

I suspect it’s mostly about control, or maybe some misguided idea that employees owe loyalty to their employer. People trade their work for money. It’s not like getting married, forsaking all others. If the employer sets clear performance expectations and has some way to measure performance, then employees either meet expectations or they don’t. If they don’t the employer can take remedial action, up to letting the employee go. It doesn’t really matter if the poor performance or low productivity was caused by another job or the employee playing video games or watching TV all day. There’s some irony in the business the OP describes hires programmers out to multiple customers. That means the owners and managers of the company are working multiple jobs.

iExploder 5y ago
> There’s some irony in the business the OP describes hires programmers out to multiple customers. That means the owners and managers of the company are working multiple jobs. nailed it :) its fine when we pocket the US cost / EU dev salary difference, but its not ok when you try to go solo and do the same its not exactly breakthrough idea, don't get weird when someone else tries to have a go at it
NaTopp 5y ago
> There’s some irony in the business the OP describes hires programmers out to multiple customers. That means the owners and managers of the company are working multiple jobs. Interesting point. Didn't thought about that yet! I wouldn't say the situtations are exactly the same, but they share a lot of details.