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As long as developers keep accepting that they have to spend 15 hours a month on their own dime just to keep up, it's outright exploitative. Why? How is this a
by tbrownaw 12y ago
As long as developers keep accepting that they have to spend 15 hours a month on their own dime just to keep up, it's outright exploitative.
Why? How is this any different from working an extra... 4 hours a week? It sounds like long hours are fairly common, and we tend to be on salary and not get paid extra for that either.
- marvin 12y agoI think the US system of salaried employees and no overtime restrictions (or even pay) encourages exploitation in the first place, so that is my background for making this statement. I live and work in Europe, and I will never work for any US-based company that does not place firm restrictions on how overtime is managed. Most US companies simply have the wrong incentives in place. But yes, having the legal right to take 4 hours a week out of your schedule to stay up-to-date would go a long way towards alleviating the problem.