Reply to post: Re: Just don't work for free

This always-on culture we're in is awful. How do we stop it? Oh, sorry, hold on – just had another notification

batfink

Re: Just don't work for free

Agreed. It's common that organisations of all sizes rely on their workers giving them time for free. I stopped playing that game some years ago when I realised that all I was doing was giving my (large) company my free time so they could make a better profit.

It's been the case with several companies I've worked for where they say "you're not allowed to book more than 40 hours pw no matter how many you've actually done". It's just a way of hiding the fact that they're getting free labour.

This, of course, benefits the managers and the shareholders. It doesn't benefit the ones whose time is being given.

TL;DR: Pay me for my time or fuck off.

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