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Maybe I’m oversimplifying, but in my experience the most effective reward for extra work is extra time. If somebody that works for me has to work a weekend to h

by akerl_ 4y ago

Maybe I’m oversimplifying, but in my experience the most effective reward for extra work is extra time. If somebody that works for me has to work a weekend to hit some objective, I thank them and tell them to take 2 days off the following week. A parallel comment mentioned burnout, and I think this is the only viable way to enable above-and-beyond surges while minimizing burnout risk: as a business, you have to decide that a surge doesn’t mean you’re getting extra time from people, you’re borrowing time forward against future days.

ted_bunny 4y ago
How do you keep that (awesome) policy from being abused? Say I want days off next week, maybe I'll work this weekend to make it happen.
- akerl_ 4y ago
  That doesn’t sound like abuse to me. The downside is if there’s synchronous things (meetings/collaboration) that the person is missing out on, but that’s no different than dealing with somebody working regular weekdays that isn’t collaborating well.
- culopatin 4y ago
  What wrong with that if the work is getting done? I would be much more productive on the weekends because the whole time is a change window so I don’t have to wait for people to get off my apps, but I don’t want to waste a weekend at work so I work during the week instead. If I was my employer I’d be happy to hear that I want to work weekends instead.
hakkoru 4y ago
At my job we can either get paid hours worked overtime or "bank" those hours to use as PTO later in the year. Unused banked time at the end of the year gets paid out. I've (thankfully) never had to work overtime but it's a pretty awesome perk that more companies should do.
screwturner68 4y ago
Do you think Tuesday and Wednesday off is the same as Saturday and Sunday, it's like trading a car for a bike. As someone who works lots of nights and weekends/holidays the "take a couple of days off when it's convenient to the company" thing only goes so far. Granted it's better than nothing but I would think people that give up their time when everyone else is off should be rewarded more than just getting a like for like trade -I mean if you worked for the government you'd be getting time and a half or double time. Don't get me wrong I know it doesn't work that way, working the house till it dies is pretty much SOP it just shouldn't be.
glacials 4y ago
We did the same when I was a founder, but we doubled the time off received. Working a weekend affects plans, wellbeing, and social life. The company should not feel it can trade those days around whenever it wants.

by akerl_ 4y ago

ted_bunny 4y ago

How do you keep that (awesome) policy from being abused? Say I want days off next week, maybe I'll work this weekend to make it happen.

akerl_ 4y ago
That doesn’t sound like abuse to me. The downside is if there’s synchronous things (meetings/collaboration) that the person is missing out on, but that’s no different than dealing with somebody working regular weekdays that isn’t collaborating well.
culopatin 4y ago
What wrong with that if the work is getting done? I would be much more productive on the weekends because the whole time is a change window so I don’t have to wait for people to get off my apps, but I don’t want to waste a weekend at work so I work during the week instead. If I was my employer I’d be happy to hear that I want to work weekends instead.

hakkoru 4y ago

At my job we can either get paid hours worked overtime or "bank" those hours to use as PTO later in the year. Unused banked time at the end of the year gets paid out. I've (thankfully) never had to work overtime but it's a pretty awesome perk that more companies should do.

screwturner68 4y ago

Do you think Tuesday and Wednesday off is the same as Saturday and Sunday, it's like trading a car for a bike. As someone who works lots of nights and weekends/holidays the "take a couple of days off when it's convenient to the company" thing only goes so far. Granted it's better than nothing but I would think people that give up their time when everyone else is off should be rewarded more than just getting a like for like trade -I mean if you worked for the government you'd be getting time and a half or double time. Don't get me wrong I know it doesn't work that way, working the house till it dies is pretty much SOP it just shouldn't be.

glacials 4y ago

We did the same when I was a founder, but we doubled the time off received. Working a weekend affects plans, wellbeing, and social life. The company should not feel it can trade those days around whenever it wants.