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0 pointsbasisword3y ago0 comments

>> And people that work 40 hours should get more than those that work 32 hours.

This is not how it works currently. You get paid your salary and are expected to do a minimum number of hours + any more reasonably required. You don't get extra for those extra hours in a salaried job so I don't see why you would if they reduced the hours required.

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jacquesm3y ago

> You get paid your salary and are expected to do a minimum number of hours + any more reasonably required.

This is a geographically limited factoid, and even then lots of companies do pay overtime. But in those cases where they do not: I always wonder how those companies would respond if I treated them the way they treat their employees.

> You don't get extra for those extra hours in a salaried job so I don't see why you would if they reduced the hours required.

Because it is fair.

basiswordOP3y ago

>> This is a geographically limited factoid

Possibly but it's widely true for UK based tech companies and that's what this article was about.

Whether it's fair or not and treatment of employees is a whole other discussion.

jacquesm3y ago

UK tech companies can and do pay for overtime, just not all of them and the ones that don't would like to have that discussion squelched as much as possible.

Talking about a 'four day work week' is meaningless if you at the same time claim that you have to work more than those four days per week to satisfy your employment contract, it just turns one vague thing into an even vaguer thing.

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jacquesm3y ago

> You get paid your salary and are expected to do a minimum number of hours + any more reasonably required.

> You don't get extra for those extra hours in a salaried job so I don't see why you would if they reduced the hours required.

Because it is fair.

basiswordOP3y ago

>> This is a geographically limited factoid

Possibly but it's widely true for UK based tech companies and that's what this article was about.

Whether it's fair or not and treatment of employees is a whole other discussion.

jacquesm3y ago

UK tech companies can and do pay for overtime, just not all of them and the ones that don't would like to have that discussion squelched as much as possible.

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