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Anon is 23 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I must be a psycho for thinking people should be paid more rather than work themselves to death.

It's a cold world to live in when people think like this.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I’d rather have the ability to pickup an extra shift when times are tough. I have my friends that are on a strict 40 hour week and when the check doesn’t cut it they are fucked. OT has allowed me a lot of luxuries I otherwise would have had to scrimp and save for.

    Meanwhile most people are fucked if their car breaks down. I just pick up an extra shift and the problem goes away.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Thats exactly the point, if you are on a 40h week and that doesnt cut it, something is very wrong. If you say to work extra as a bonus, well maybe. But if you need it to make ends meet it's completely fucked imo.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    It can be both, can't it?
    People should be paid a living wage. If you do more work than is the defined norm you should be paid increasingly more sums of money.
    The intent of overtime laws was to encourage companies to hire someone else instead of making someone work 80 hours a week.

    A business saying that they'll pay you more if you work more at your discretion doesn't bother me. Even with a perfectly good wage and benefits you're going to have cases where people want a touch more more money. I had a coworker who did contracting jobs to pay for a new deck. He didn't have to, but it kept his budget from getting weird.

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