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Flexibility about where and, to some degree, when/how-much, one works, plus how surveilled one is while working, is a status-related perk (and connected more br
by yamtaddle 4y ago
Flexibility about where and, to some degree, when/how-much, one works, plus how surveilled one is while working, is a status-related perk (and connected more broadly to social class). No surprise execs who are used to maximal freedom on those see expanding those perks to the peons as a threat to their own status.
"But what if they fuck off to play golf at 2:30 PM or sneakily take a vacation to the beach without using vacation time while in fact only working part of the time for that week?" says the exec, before fucking off to play golf at 2:30 PM and then help the spouse and kids pack for for tomorrow's vacation-disguised-as-a-business-trip.
- redanddead 4y agoThat's the truth right there. My girlfriend's uncle told me over Christmas dinner, his job is to go golfing with US bank CEOs. That's how they do business! We're being scammed, and them too.
- yamtaddle 4y agoThere's even one[1] of these in the show Silicon Valley. The seasoned, solid-track-record, expert exec they bring in the show to be the "grown up" in charge as the startup begins to take off, who's out of the office messing with his horse-breeding hobby half the time. Like everything else in that show, it's not even really satire. [1] I haven't finished the show, so maybe "at least one"