• ShittyWallpaper [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I work like 30 hours a week, a lot of which is walking over to the couch and laying down to think for a bit or walking to the kitchen to get a snack and give my eyes a break. What is this lifestylism nonsense?

    Facts:

    • If one of your hobbies is watching tech talks on YouTube, that is not part of your job.
    • If you have hobby projects you maintain a codebase for outside of work, that is not part of your job.
    • If you are on call and expected to respond to a crisis at any time of day, you should be getting compensated for those on-call hours.
    • If you are required to do professional development for work, the cost should be covered by your work and your should be compensated for your time.
    • If you are not being compensated for hours you are entitled by law to be compensated for, that is wage theft. Your employer is robbing you.
    • If you make $50k/year for a 40 hour work week and are on call for an extra 80 hours on top of that, you’re being robbed, on average, $273/day. If you’re making $150k/year, that becomes $820/day.