Dilbert says it all really.
There is just so much of this going round at the moment. IBM have just stopped paying for home internet for its staff, as well as refusing free tea and coffee. Of course they still expect you to work all the hours known to man and be available 24 hours a day when they need you. I also hear on the grapevine that as ever managers expenses get paid without any hassle whatsoever. It doesn’t help my mood on the subject to know that it is Australian “managers” who are deciding this stuff.
It has always bugged me that companies whine about staff stealing pens from the stationary cupboard, or “stealing” time by surfing the net at work – and yet those same compnaies will steal time from thier workers by demaning they work overtime and not pay them for it.
Did you know that in New Zealand it can legally be written into your job contract that you have to work as many hours as the job demands, and that this will be included in your salary – ie. no overtime will be paid. A lawyer once told us that this really has to be kept to civil levels of about 10% over your “contracted” hours – but you would have to argue that with your boss.
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4 Comments on Dilbert says it all really.
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Anton on
Wed, 29th Apr 2009 8:01 pm
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Avalon on
Wed, 29th Apr 2009 9:15 pm
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Avalon on
Thu, 30th Apr 2009 11:45 am
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Hubby on
Sun, 3rd May 2009 8:11 pm
no tea and coffee at work? now thats just not cricket! hope that stupid idea doesn’t catch on to other companies!
Shouldnt think so – companies that are not doing as well are actually trying to keep staff motivated instead of crapping all over them 
On the other hand – IBM are willing to stump up for Flu injections for everyone who wants it. A total waste of money for people who are not elderly or already suffer conditions such as Asthma. Talk about screwy priorities!
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