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Aussie Billionaire Bans Workers from Leaving Office for Coffee and Lunch
- mrlonglong 2y agoI'd walk.
- NavinF 2y agoYou'd walk from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41437295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41437295
- mrlonglong 2y agoHe seems to regard his employees as his slaves.
- NavinF 2y agoby giving them free food/gym/childcare on site? Oh the horror
- mrlonglong 2y agoWhere does it say these are free?
- NavinF 2y ago>Ellison provides on-site amenities like daycare to encourage employees to stay in the office >"I don't want them walking down the road for a cup of coffee; we figured out a few years ago how much that costs," Ellison explained. "Wandering out around lunchtime, we've got a restaurant in there [the office], we've also got a gym, and we've got other facilities that keep them glued in there," he added.
- wpguy 2y agoIf your place of work is regulating what you do on your lunch break it should be paid. If you are not paying me for my 30 minute lunch break I should be allowed to do whatever I need to as long as I am back at my work station when it is time to get back to work.
- taylodl 2y agoI thought "company towns" were a relic of the 19th century?
- fuzzfactor 2y agoThere are some hard industrial employers who are completely non-generous, and require 12-hour shifts along with weekly overtime. Sometimes in a very harsh industrial environment. At least they get paid for all the time they are spending inside the gate, routinely logged in.
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- 39896880 2y agoDoes this person come to the office 5 days a week? That is not mentioned in the article.