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I'm not telling anyone how to work. that is what you are doing: > it's effectively wage theft when a company forces you to work long grueling hours for the sam
by adamrezich 4y ago
I'm not telling anyone how to work. that is what you are doing:
> it's effectively wage theft when a company forces you to work long grueling hours for the same rates and it steals years off of your personal life to feed the ambitions of an insane CEO.
> Perhaps instead of calling it 'hard work' you should call it what it is: Stealing.
you're explicitly stating that the standards that Elon Musk is setting for his employees, just by saying "this will mean working long hours", are unilaterally, inherently unjust.
when you work at an hourly pay rate and your boss/supervisor tells you to work more hours than usual at no additional pay, that is obviously exploitative.
salaried positions are completely different, and it is disingenuous to pretend like this is not the case. it is true that the social contract between Twitter employees and their employer is in the process of changing, but that is being made explicit to the employees, and they are being asked to either agree to the changes or leave the company.
what exactly is wrong with this?
where exactly is the "labor theft"?
> And companies bleed employees when they do things like this for a reason: Because they can get similar or better pay with better working hours. It's a worker's market right now and you better believe people are going to take advantage of it.
and that is absolutely fine! there is absolutely no reason why a Twitter employee who does not agree to the new terms put forth by their boss should stay with the company. and there's nothing compelling them to do so!
but why should those who do agree to the new terms like shamed or told their labor is being stolen or whatever, just for finding the new terms under which they receive payment in exchange for their labor to be satisfactory? the decision is wholly up to these employees to make personally, on an individual basis. anything else is "telling people how to work".