@Cefr @emilygorcenski My statement was a broad generalization, since there are a lot of infrastructure-related works that certainly demand shifts, but, somehow, I do not believe most jobs in our late-stage capitalism belong to those categories.
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Seiðr (illuminatus@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 00:44:10 JST Seiðr -
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Cefr (cefr@beige.party)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 00:44:12 JST Cefr @Illuminatus @emilygorcenski Well, in technology, System Admins and higher do have this expectation. DDoS, outage, or failed hardware? When the boss calls at 1am, you're remoting in from home or taking a trip to address it.
That's normal, but also System Admins should be paid above non-exempt employees for being on call like that. If someone is being paid hourly in Tech for that on-call expectation, I agree, run for the hills. (Especially when an employer shorts hours later that week to avoid overtime pay when emergencies happen.)
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Seiðr (illuminatus@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 00:44:14 JST Seiðr @emilygorcenski If you don't work in the firefighters or are an on-watch doctor, there is no fucking excuse for your job to call you afterhours.
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