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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If you're getting the work done you're getting the work done.

Bottom line is that companies don't pay you for being more productive, so you have to pay yourself by working two at the same time and getting both done. If you fail to perform, sure, get fired. As long as the product is there, it's just a worker ensuring they are getting the money they deserve for their production capacity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The company is paying you for your time, therefore that time is theirs. If you have two companies paying for the same 40 hours, whose time is it and which gets priority when there is an urgent matter? You're stealing the time resource that they're paying for if you're double dipping. It's greedy and unethical.

If you want to be paid for your production capacity, go independent and pick up jobs where they pay you on job completion.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you are hourly, they are paying you for your work. Salary does not mean you work a consistent 40 hours. Some salary positions require more than 40 hours to do and some are highly variable. It does not seem like you have had any jobs with measurable KPIs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

So if they're paying you for your work, I assume you can come and go as you please then. No need to be at work during specific hours of the day.

I've always worked for small companies where I'm working directly with the owner of the business most days. I don't need KPIs because the owner can see my performance on a daily basis.

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