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I wouldn't go as far as saying it is stealing. I've been in situations before where I would need to go to my manager and ask for work, anything to do. I was too
by reustle 11y ago
I wouldn't go as far as saying it is stealing. I've been in situations before where I would need to go to my manager and ask for work, anything to do. I was too young to realize I could invest my time in bettering business process around me with the software development I was learning on my free time. Some places are just built around having a lot of people not doing too much.
- geomark 11y agoThat's the point of contention. It boils down to the fact that the boss is paying you to work on his stuff. Instead you work on your own stuff. It's a different story if the boss says spend your free work time doing whatever you want, or develop some skills of your own choosing. In my experience that's usually not the case.
- reustle 11y agoI should be clear, by free time I mean time outside of work.
- calibraxis 11y agoLet's say it is theft, under the rules of the system. But in a repugnant system, it's good, sensible theft. More people should steal. (Unlike the wage theft employers commonly employ, where they find cute ways to overwork their employees or garnish their paychecks.) We should look at ethics by the outcomes, not the technical terms used by a particular system.