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This is not a good article. It basically thinks about the employer in Marxist-like ways (class relations, owner of means of production etc). Within the legal f
by glimshe 3y ago
This is not a good article. It basically thinks about the employer in Marxist-like ways (class relations, owner of means of production etc).
Within the legal framework, here is what you have to do: whatever your employer asks you to do. No, if your employer believes that Linux isn't right for their business, or that you can't work from home, you are not supposed to do that.
I think smart employers will give a lot of agency to engineers to make some of these decisions, but it's not your call. If you want to make these decisions, become an employer yourself.
- monsieurgaufre 3y agoYou're basically saying that workers should be cogs devoid of reflexion and agency.
- dang 3y agoPlease don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- monsieurgaufre 3y agoI've edited my comment. I do believe what i wrote, tho. It was not meant as a personal attack.
- dang 3y agoYes, I was reacting to the name-calling part ("this is such drivel") which is against the site guidelines. Since you took that out (thanks!) I've taken the flags off the post.
- monsieurgaufre 3y agoThank you as well. Have a nice weekend!
- erik_seaberg 3y agoThey get to decide what they’re willing to pay for. If I’m not willing to sell that to them, the answer is to walk away peaceably, not “go to war.” My customer is not my adversary.
- monsieurgaufre 3y agoIf they (employers) can change the terms of contract, why shouldn’t the worker as well?
- glimshe 3y agoWhat contract terms do employers change? The US has strong contract laws that would make that quite expensive for the employer.
- dang 3y agoPlease edit out swipes and name-calling from your comments here, as the site guidelines ask. Your post doesn't need that first bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- glimshe 3y agoI think that was heavy handed, dang, but I changed it.
- dang 3y ago"This is such entitled drivel" is precisely the sort of thing the HN guidelines ask users not to post: "When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. 'That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3' can be shortened to '1 + 1 is 2, not 3." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I appreciate your taking it out! and have turned the flags off on the GP.