25th April 2012, 07:56 AM
Wax Wrote:self employment is a bit different as you choose the hours you work and how much you charge for them. What about management level posts where it is the norm to expect staff to be working way above and beyond the paid hours just to keep the company afloat? Or is that what they get paid the big money for?
That's one of the worst and most prevalent afflictions that the people of this country suffer from.
Call it industrial disease, call it dedication, call it exploitation.
There does seem to be an idea that its 'expected', or 'everybody does it' etc.
But from what I've heard it's not the case elsewhere in Europe.
Fair days pay for a fair days work if you ask me.
We are not machines. We can't perform at maximum efficiency for an unlimited time. The relationship between hours worked and work produced is not a linear one.
Pipelines jobs are a great example. Take eight hours work and stretch it out for 12 hours. Everyone gets paid more, but little extra work gets done..............in some case less gets done due to burn out, stress and illness.
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