Commuting should count as work
When the driverless utopia is finally realized we'll all have desks in our cars to make sure we're actually working on the commute.
Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
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Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think it's this black and white. First, I'm sure plenty of companies are basically stealing from their employees, but this is also situational. I answer emails and slack whenever I can. On the flip side, I get work from home privileges, I show up when I want, I leave when I want, and I get put on exciting projects instead of boring ones. People who don't check their phones after-hours cannot be trusted to lea…
Nearly all companies "steal" from their employees. If the company makes any profit whatsoever, that is surplus value which has not been paid to the employees who generated it.
it's called business not socialism. if the company you work for treats you poorly then leave for another that won't. that or, as already recommended, go off on your own and create all the value for yourself that you can. either way, it's capitalism at work.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
You two are talking about completely different things. There's no 'on call' for the kind of projects that parent is talking about. There's a small handful of guys who get shit done and maybe a second ring development team around them. For some people, the truly exciting work is the work where none of this stuff has been proceduralized. It's not feasible to train or do knowledge transfer between two shifts for these p…
>For some people, the truly exciting work is the work where none of this stuff has been proceduralized. It's not feasible to train or do knowledge transfer between two shifts for these projects. This is true, but this is really question about compensation, not work time. Executives are basically always on call but they get executive pay. If you are not well compensated for doing the work that can't be replaced, you a…
Executives also usually have someone filter their calls, their phone numbers are rarely available to random clients.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#74After declining for nearly one and a half centuries, the time spend per family on salaried employment post WWII has gone up back to around the level it was at the end of the 19th century. While per person average 'working' hours are down in large parts of what we call the Western world, woman were brought en mass into salaried employment, raising the time on the company clock for a family significantly. The cost-of-l…
>After declining for nearly one and a half centuries, the time spend per family on salaried employment post WWII has gone up back to around the level it was at the end of the 19th century. While per person average 'working' hours are down in large parts of what we call the Western world, woman were brought en mass into salaried employment, raising the time on the company clock for a family significantly.
>The cost-of-living has adapted to this situation, and a dual-salary income is now 'required' for many.
These two facts often make me ponder whether we are regressing as a society but simply blind to this fact because various quality of life things have become cheaper (e.g. going on holiday and electronics).
Meanwhile, we are mostly collectively losing at the wealth game and I am quite convinced we are losing at the wealth game globally - despite many people's attempts to illustrate that global poverty is decreasing (I lack data and drive to prove this point sadly). As such, social mobility also seems to regressing as who your parents are seems to be more important now than it might have been 50-60 years ago - I need only to look to my parent's achievements (and their peers) to be reminded of this fact.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#75Women joining the workforce increased the labor supply which decreased wages on the whole. This makes it so many women HAVE to work as opposed to GET to work. A double income for many families is required nowadays.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#76If you take into consideration the near future of autonomous cars where people will be capable of working during their commute, which some people have up to 3+ hour commutes - absolutely this should count as working hours. Hopefully it also means less hours in the office.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#77Women joining the workforce increased the labor supply which decreased wages on the whole. This makes it so many women HAVE to work as opposed to GET to work. A double income for many families is required nowadays.
Women joining the workforce lead to a long term decrease in the labor supply. The only reason wages haven’t gone up is a massive influx of foreign born workers that keeps supply high.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#78After declining for nearly one and a half centuries, the time spend per family on salaried employment post WWII has gone up back to around the level it was at the end of the 19th century. While per person average 'working' hours are down in large parts of what we call the Western world, woman were brought en mass into salaried employment, raising the time on the company clock for a family significantly. The cost-of-l…
>After declining for nearly one and a half centuries, the time spend per family on salaried employment post WWII has gone up back to around the level it was at the end of the 19th century. While per person average 'working' hours are down in large parts of what we call the Western world, woman were brought en mass into salaried employment, raising the time on the company clock for a family significantly. >The cost-of…
> I am quite convinced we are losing at the wealth game globally - despite many people's attempts to illustrate that global poverty is decreasing (I lack data and drive to prove this point sadly)
So what is it that has convinced you that we're losing, in the face of evidence to the contrary?
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#79Women joining the workforce increased the labor supply which decreased wages on the whole. This makes it so many women HAVE to work as opposed to GET to work. A double income for many families is required nowadays.
At the same time, it's also given women the ability to survive and exist in society without requiring them to be married or otherwise supported by a man.
Re: Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
#80Women joining the workforce increased the labor supply which decreased wages on the whole. This makes it so many women HAVE to work as opposed to GET to work. A double income for many families is required nowadays.
Women joining the workforce lead to a long term decrease in the labor supply. The only reason wages haven’t gone up is a massive influx of foreign born workers that keeps supply high.
... because they were not home having babies?