It is precisely because of the totally asymmetric power balance between employer and employee that Unions were invented. Most people on slashdot seem to think that they're elevated far above the common working man and can negotiate on an equal basis with big corporations and their lawyers. it just needs something like this to make them realise how deluded they are.
I have found that remote employees put in whatever amount of time it takes to do the job and then some. Covering for colleagues, throwing in massive extra work to make sure projects hit deadlines. They do far more than 40hrs and they do far more than just 9-5. In their minds, they're usually "always available, because my job is my job and not necessarily constrained by hours or time of day".
In other words, by giving them a little sugar in the form of being able to work in their underpants, you get twice as much work out of them and they think they're getting one over on the corporation. Genius.
Requesting someone to travel 1000 km just to fire him/her and leaving him/her in a difficult position without support 1000 km from home seems far more dickish than to fire him/her over the phone.
Yes, I don't exactly suppose you'd be paying his travel, hotel, coke and hookers bills for him, would you?
I get really annoyed and angry at people who interrupt me all the time to ask me inane questions.
No, that depends entirely on what your job is. Unless you're the CEO/CTO or something, there will always be people senior to you who have a right to ask you questions.
If you want to do only what you feel like doing, work for yourself. In the meantime, work politics, procedures, rules and customs all apply to you.
You are only looking at a very narrow segment of the job market. I am a freelance programmer and web developer.
No, you are only looking at a very narrow segment of the job market. Why do people on slashdot seem incapable of remembering that 99% of people (outside specific areas like Silicon Valley) are not software developers?
I've known a great many people who turn up to the office, only to browse the web, play games, chat or conduct their own business all day, all while sitting at their desk where management assumes they are working.
Even though I'm not generally a mad Colonel right wing bastard, this sort of comment really provokes me into thinking that some national service wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. You don't get to say "no" to a twenty mile route march with full equipment in the rain just because you're not "in the zone". You fucking get on with it.
And your little coding problems are not in the same league as being under enemy fire while you're lying in a ditch after three days with little or no sleep.
Because by showing up at someone's desk, or calling them on the phone you are making the statement "stop whatever you are doing and devote your attention to me right now".
Oh, just fuck off, you precious little snowflake. It's called real life, deal with it.
Guess what? Some things and people at work are more important than you. Amazing, huh?
No they're not your fucking "team". You are not the leader of a crack squad of special forces operatives. They're a bunch of people who have to work to pay their bills.
The more employers and managers who remembered this, the better life would be.
If I were in that situation, it would be a far better use of my time to make three or four phone calls and wind up employed again by the end of the week, in the position and circumstances I prefer than to drag out a bunch of bullshit in some legal action.
Well aren't you the lucky one?
I know it's hard for the geniuses on slashdot to understand, but a lot of people can't just waltz from one highly paid job to another. Amazingly, there is this thing called unemployment that affects normal people.
Your attitude reminds me of those CEOs who are happy to get fired from their current position with a few million in share options and bonuses, because they know they'll be walking into a similar job after a short holiday.
No one ever said that capitalism doesn't work really well for the lucky minority.
how about... "I am more productive from home" meaning...I don't really need 40 hours to do this 40 hour job you've proposed to me, but I'll do it better than the next schmuck you bring in, so hire me, your work will get done, I get paid, and business continues.
If a company has a 40 hour a week job that can in fact be done in 20 hours, they should be re-classifying it as a 20 hour a week job. Whether it's in an office or at home is irrelevant.
When Bain Capital purchased my ISP, they changed the rules to no blue jeans. Khakis or better only.
The evil fucking bastards. How dare they attack your entitlement to live a student lifestyle with a six figure salary until you create the next facebook and become a multi-billionaire? That's the most heartrending First World Problem I've ever seen.
If the "Dead Sea Effect" were true, companies would simply ensure that they had a high staff turnover, rather than worry about keeping valued employees. Especially in places like the US, it is very easy to fire old staff and hire new ones. Companies don't accumulate old, useless employees for the sake of it.
What is wrong with a folder named "Friends-Joe" and another one named "Friends-Betty" ? You are complaining over little things.
OP feels he is entitled to have yahoo work exactly as he wants it to. If he wants all his emails to give him a blow job when they're sent, it is up to yahoo to implement that feature.
Flash is largely a non-issue at this point. I'm all for it passing into the great beyond. Good riddance. So far I haven't heard any serious complaints. Moreover, my time and her time are actually worth something. Lack of hassles has actual monetary value. Flash games and the like have been a major source of headaches and repair sessions.
Bollocks. If you want to look at most online pron, for instance, you need Flash. If you want to play a lot of online games, you need Flash. It's just wishful thinking that because there is now an option, Flash has suddenly become irrelevant for many users. I know everyone here can get round these limitations, or simply isn't interested in a site that requires Flash on principle, but that's not how most of the world thinks.
So what we need to do is make it illegal for the majority of people to become programmers. It should remain a tiny elite class, a bit like being a Catholic Cardinal, but with less sex.
What retard modded this as flamebait? It is a perfectly on-topic example of the sheer fucking stupidity of most social media "hey guys let's take this viral!" marketing bollocks. The only surprise is the relative good humour of the gamed company, but then again they can afford to.
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It is precisely because of the totally asymmetric power balance between employer and employee that Unions were invented. Most people on slashdot seem to think that they're elevated far above the common working man and can negotiate on an equal basis with big corporations and their lawyers. it just needs something like this to make them realise how deluded they are.
If the peons are so smart, why didn't they have their parents pay them through business school, like I did?
It's laziness like that that keeps them from making something of themselves; but at least it justifies how much more money I make...
Only on slashdot would this not be modded as a troll. And only on slashdot would nobody respond with criticism. Money rules, eh?
Any displaced Java developers wanting to work in the Oklahoma City area, contact me. We're hiring.
Why do you mention the physical area? I thought everyone here worked from home?
I have found that remote employees put in whatever amount of time it takes to do the job and then some. Covering for colleagues, throwing in massive extra work to make sure projects hit deadlines. They do far more than 40hrs and they do far more than just 9-5. In their minds, they're usually "always available, because my job is my job and not necessarily constrained by hours or time of day".
In other words, by giving them a little sugar in the form of being able to work in their underpants, you get twice as much work out of them and they think they're getting one over on the corporation. Genius.
Requesting someone to travel 1000 km just to fire him/her and leaving him/her in a difficult position without support 1000 km from home seems far more dickish than to fire him/her over the phone.
Yes, I don't exactly suppose you'd be paying his travel, hotel, coke and hookers bills for him, would you?
I thought the "in" thing these days was to lay people off by email or SMS. Right before Christmas.
I thought the real "in" thing was for the company to unfriend employees on the corporate facebook account.
Status: fired.
I get really annoyed and angry at people who interrupt me all the time to ask me inane questions.
No, that depends entirely on what your job is. Unless you're the CEO/CTO or something, there will always be people senior to you who have a right to ask you questions.
If you want to do only what you feel like doing, work for yourself. In the meantime, work politics, procedures, rules and customs all apply to you.
You are only looking at a very narrow segment of the job market. I am a freelance programmer and web developer.
No, you are only looking at a very narrow segment of the job market. Why do people on slashdot seem incapable of remembering that 99% of people (outside specific areas like Silicon Valley) are not software developers?
I've known a great many people who turn up to the office, only to browse the web, play games, chat or conduct their own business all day, all while sitting at their desk where management assumes they are working.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
I need to be in my zone to function.
No, you don't.
Even though I'm not generally a mad Colonel right wing bastard, this sort of comment really provokes me into thinking that some national service wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. You don't get to say "no" to a twenty mile route march with full equipment in the rain just because you're not "in the zone". You fucking get on with it.
And your little coding problems are not in the same league as being under enemy fire while you're lying in a ditch after three days with little or no sleep.
Because by showing up at someone's desk, or calling them on the phone you are making the statement "stop whatever you are doing and devote your attention to me right now".
Oh, just fuck off, you precious little snowflake. It's called real life, deal with it.
Guess what? Some things and people at work are more important than you. Amazing, huh?
I have not taken a day off for vacation in TEN years. I have not taken a six day in TEN years.
LOL you are a retard.
The more employers and managers who remembered this, the better life would be.
Who has the time or energy for that?
If I were in that situation, it would be a far better use of my time to make three or four phone calls and wind up employed again by the end of the week, in the position and circumstances I prefer than to drag out a bunch of bullshit in some legal action.
Well aren't you the lucky one?
I know it's hard for the geniuses on slashdot to understand, but a lot of people can't just waltz from one highly paid job to another. Amazingly, there is this thing called unemployment that affects normal people.
Your attitude reminds me of those CEOs who are happy to get fired from their current position with a few million in share options and bonuses, because they know they'll be walking into a similar job after a short holiday.
No one ever said that capitalism doesn't work really well for the lucky minority.
Nope - that's the point of the exercise. You're not fired - you're quitting.
Surely companies can't just unilaterally and fundamentally change the terms of an employment contract?
I know you all love being able to fire at will in the US, but you must still stick to basic contract law?
how about... "I am more productive from home" meaning...I don't really need 40 hours to do this 40 hour job you've proposed to me, but I'll do it better than the next schmuck you bring in, so hire me, your work will get done, I get paid, and business continues.
If a company has a 40 hour a week job that can in fact be done in 20 hours, they should be re-classifying it as a 20 hour a week job. Whether it's in an office or at home is irrelevant.
When Bain Capital purchased my ISP, they changed the rules to no blue jeans. Khakis or better only.
The evil fucking bastards. How dare they attack your entitlement to live a student lifestyle with a six figure salary until you create the next facebook and become a multi-billionaire? That's the most heartrending First World Problem I've ever seen.
If the "Dead Sea Effect" were true, companies would simply ensure that they had a high staff turnover, rather than worry about keeping valued employees. Especially in places like the US, it is very easy to fire old staff and hire new ones. Companies don't accumulate old, useless employees for the sake of it.
I hope you're being ironic, because what you wrote is really stupid. Unfortunately, I know lots of people who have this mentality.
I think the batteries on your sarcasmometer need recharging.
What is wrong with a folder named "Friends-Joe" and another one named "Friends-Betty" ? You are complaining over little things.
OP feels he is entitled to have yahoo work exactly as he wants it to. If he wants all his emails to give him a blow job when they're sent, it is up to yahoo to implement that feature.
Flash is largely a non-issue at this point. I'm all for it passing into the great beyond. Good riddance. So far I haven't heard any serious complaints. Moreover, my time and her time are actually worth something. Lack of hassles has actual monetary value. Flash games and the like have been a major source of headaches and repair sessions.
Bollocks. If you want to look at most online pron, for instance, you need Flash. If you want to play a lot of online games, you need Flash. It's just wishful thinking that because there is now an option, Flash has suddenly become irrelevant for many users. I know everyone here can get round these limitations, or simply isn't interested in a site that requires Flash on principle, but that's not how most of the world thinks.
I always back up my cloud data to a local harddrive, just to be safe.
Isn't that cheating or something?
That's because most programmers suck.
So what we need to do is make it illegal for the majority of people to become programmers. It should remain a tiny elite class, a bit like being a Catholic Cardinal, but with less sex.
What retard modded this as flamebait? It is a perfectly on-topic example of the sheer fucking stupidity of most social media "hey guys let's take this viral!" marketing bollocks. The only surprise is the relative good humour of the gamed company, but then again they can afford to.
If you can't run for office...teach gym.