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Comment on California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Middle Managers in shambles over this
“But how will I get my rocks off to knowing I can strangle my underlings with infinite meaningless metrics‽”
Sakychu@lemmy.world 2 months ago
krashmo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is it really a widespread thing for people to get in trouble for not doing this? I’ve never answered an email or phone call while off work or on vacation and not once has anyone brought it up. The only people I see doing this are the people that do it of their own free will.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I used to get in trouble for missing calls and texts out of hours because they expected it. They expected it because I usually answered. I stopped and got in trouble a few times. Then they started calling someone else.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Likely you’ve suffered in less noticeable ways, like delays in promotion or pay increases
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah it is. Remember the whole “quiet quitting” bullshit panic? That way about people doing this and bosses (plus the pro-corporate billionaire-owned mainstream media) pretending that it was the death knell of businesses.
Good. That’s exactly how it should be. If they’re not paying you for it, you’re not on call. That should be a given.
Unfortunately, that’s far from true. Lack of regulations. An obscene power imbalance stemming mainly from lack of unionization. A business culture that heavily encourages ruthless exploitation.
These conditions combine to make many if not most bosses abuse their workers in any and every way not specifically illegal and oftentimes even THAT doesn’t stop them.
This law and effective enforcement of it is VITAL for labor rights and the mental health of workers