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This is mostly a problem of being paid per hour (or being expected to be present a set number of hours) rather than per project or task - leading to very inflex
by quasque 14y ago
This is mostly a problem of being paid per hour (or being expected to be present a set number of hours) rather than per project or task - leading to very inflexible terms of employment or contract.
It's also a problem of management culture clashing with employee's expectations and desires. For example, I used to work for a place that would routinely monitor email and chat logs to make sure people were talking about work and not being overly social - even if the job was being done well with no problems.
Personally I think it's important to find a balance; if a small slice of at-work, non-break time is 'spare' and being used to better oneself rather than just sit around blankly doing nothing - what is the problem? And if side projects are being done outside of work, well that's none of the company's business.
- dredmorbius 14y agoHow about being paid according to supply and demand for your talents? Tying that rate to hours worked, or pieces produced, is a negotiating tactic to focus your mind on irrelevance. What matters is 1) what value do I produce for the organization (this sets an upper limit on what you can rationally demand in compensation, not that this seems to limit the C-level set), and 2) what can you command elsewhere? Being able to negotiate from a position of strength, particularly via collective bargaining (why do you think the tech world is so deathly afraid of unions or true professional organizations) boost that through Ricardo's Law of Rent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_rent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_rent).