Get on my mindset grindset, peasants.

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• theodewere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  and if you're enjoying your "weekend", remember to thank a union worker

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  • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was on a meeting the other day and we were discussing continuing education credits for a work-mandated cert. One of the younger guys said something along the lines of the training being easily knocked out over a weekend.

    I thought why would you occupy your own personal time like that? Maybe in my younger days it wouldn’t bother me so much, but never would I do that now.

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    • Knightfox@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m familiar with similar certs (mandatory with 16-40 hrs of CEUs). My work knocks it out by attending a conference which always begins on Sunday. The compensation is that it’s always at the beach, we take company cars, we get paid per diem for meals, we get paid for our travel time, the gas and hotel are paid for, etc and most importantly… it’s only once per year.

      Some people bring their families and turn it into a mini vacation. It does eat into the weekend, but we’re more than fairly compensated and it’s still optional, you just have to attend several smaller and more boring trainings. The conference generally has a nice mixer event at least once and a really nice dinner at least once.

      If you want my weekend make it worth my time and I won’t mind it.

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  • FetidArmadillo@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m a union worker, currently posting from work, on the tail end of a 72 hour week so I can see 2400 take home for the week. Whoever is getting a weekend because of me, well, you’re welcome I guess.

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    • theodewere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      that reminds me, remember to thank a union worker for overtime pay, sick leave, and every other damned thing you take for granted

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• Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Their wife’s boyfriend thinks it is.

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• neanderthal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Any work beyond the standard work week in your country should be working for yourself running your own business.

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• guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It should be ALL about hour hourly rate. If you are dragging that down by giving away your time then jokes on you.

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  • Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can finish before your contract, but yeah, you need to be contracted.

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As someone that takes advantage of flextime, this was confusing.

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  • unfreeradical@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Enthusiastically providing your own labor increases the total supply of labor, leading to wage depression for you and every other worker.

    Make business owners pay more for your labor, by making your time valuable to you, for your own life and for improving the lives of others, in family and community, about whom you genuinely care.

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    • ilovesatan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That only works once everyone is on board. Until then, you’re just refusing extra pay out of principle. Which, I mean, don’t let me stop you. I have respect for people who stick to their convictions. But in my current situation, I can’t afford not to take extra hours. A labor deficit would be nice, but I don’t think we can achieve the results we want by artificially reducing labor supply.

      I’m not being pessimistic either, I’m proud of the work laborers around the world have been doing to unionize more industries. If we keep going, we’ll all have livable wages with reasonable work schedules.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s the point of it. Since I have nothing better to do on every weekday, I just work more. Then I can fuck off camping for four days while everyone else keeps working all week.

      I’m sure there’s people out there that enjoy the routine of 5/7 days of the week going to work, but I try to avoid as many days not doing what I want as possible, so I will work excessive hours where possible so they get out of the way and free up my week.

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• pingveno@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Who doesn't love a little 996?

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