Your friend probably doesn’t have anything to look forward to IRL, so might as well make more money.
Buuut… His workers do. Empathy is caring/taking action about something even if it doesn’t personally affect you.
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TechnicallyColors@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I think it’s hard to dig yourself out of this hole unless you’ve got early retirement on the horizon. The more you work, the less of an outside life you have, and the less you feel compelled to focus on anything but work, rinse and repeat. Your friend probably doesn’t have anything to look forward to IRL, so might as well make more money.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 day ago
formalcapybara@lemmy.world 1 day ago
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 day ago
Strongly suspect that “a % of the overtime rate” is a lot less than 100%, too.
WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Which is galling, in its own right, as it’s – by definition – all overtime.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Not if you’re salaried exempt!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If it’s anything less than the 1.5x overtime rate for any time beyond 40 hours, then he’s also planning to violate Federal labor law.
I strongly suspect this dweeb does not understand that the Federal minimum for overtime pay is neither optional nor negotiable, or he is vainly hoping that his employees don’t.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If this company is in the US, overtime isn’t mandatory for all job categories. If they’re on a salary or some other excepted position (can’t remember if there are other excepted categories), then overtime pay isn’t required by law.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Who knows. Could be 300%. In which case maybe it’s worth it. Lol.
Zexks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is a huge piece of context missing from the OP.
TechnicallyColors@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Oh wow, that is horrible. I know people that talk exactly like that w/r/t wanting to “further their career” etc, but I guess the “announcement” part at the end doesn’t make as much sense in that context.