6 ms·

Salary is set by the year, and with the calculated 6.7 milliseconds of time dilation in the reverse direction (i.e. they will be 6.7ms younger when they arrive)

Salary is set by the year, and with the calculated 6.7 milliseconds of time dilation in the reverse direction (i.e. they will be 6.7ms younger when they arrive), sounds like they should be docked a cent or so.

jamesjyu 2y ago
This brings up an interesting question of salary for near-lightspeed travel. Is it Earth's frame of reference, or the astronauts?
- dools 2y ago
  You'll have to take that up with HR: Human Relativity.
- sobellian 2y ago
  Naturally, a firm located in the local frame of reference has a comparative advantage when it comes to employment. Remote work just isn't viable when you can't even agree on simultaneity.
  - pixl97 2y ago
    Dear sir Your packets are too blueshifted for my receiver to decode, please slow down.
  - jamesjyu 2y ago
    Time to deploy trusted AI managers to all reference frames.
- Majromax 2y ago
  For an extensive discussion of similar issues, see Paul Krugman 1978, "The Theory of Interstellar Trade:" https://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf https://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf.
- EasyMark 2y ago
  Maybe they could pay them in advance, and then put it in a safe growth account of some sort and by the time they get back they’ll never have to work again? Win-win