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I do. It means that time is not mine to do with as I like. I cannot spontaneously go out of town, nor can I decide to have a few drinks. I cannot start a projec
by Broken_Hippo 4y ago
I do. It means that time is not mine to do with as I like. I cannot spontaneously go out of town, nor can I decide to have a few drinks. I cannot start a project that needs to see completion - this includes simply involved dinners, hobby projects, and sometimes home repairs and car maintenance. If it is at night, I have to sacrifice sleep quality for being able to hear the phone.
In other words, they are working hours with some degree of personal freedom during the day. The assignment is to be ready in case things go wrong.
- mlyle 4y agoSure, I'm not saying it deserves no compensation. But e.g. for defense contract stuff, I've accepted 1/4th my normal pay rate to be available for a span of hours (and then 150%, 2 hour minimum to actually do anything). Yes, I can't drink, or become unreachable, and need to be able to get to a computer within a few minutes. But I can read a book, watch TV, work on hobby projects, etc. 150% for the entire time seems unreasonable.
- sokoloff 4y agoSaid differently, if the employer is going to pay you overtime rates for the period, why wouldn't they just have you actually work overtime, prioritizing a production outage over regular development, but regular development over watching TV?
- mlyle 4y agoThank you-- this is a very cogent phrasing of the argument.