• RaivoKulli
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    6 months ago

    Because it is much easier to make that sort of contract than measure some objective “work done” metric. Unless you’re hoping to be signing piecework/work by tender contracts all the time.

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      6 months ago

      My employer mandates 40h of work per week and a core working time where all employees are supposed to be available. No fixed hours required. I don’t see how fixing hours is easier than that.

      And ultimately, that is my point: Why set fixed times, if the time itself doesn’t actually matter?

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        6 months ago

        It can be that the employer just considers it easiest for them.

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          6 months ago

          That’s hardly a good reason to continue doing it. I consider it easiest to just let me work whenever I want to and stop worrying about how much.

          If there’s no big consequence to starting a few minutes later, Employers shouldn’t be so anal about it. It’s a waste of everyone’s time and will probably cost more time and productivity than those few minutes I wasn’t gonna be super productive anyway.

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            6 months ago

            I mean for the employer it’s a fine reason. If they didn’t get their way with that then they’d probably have to figure out a different system. But right now most workers have set hours

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                It’s sorta tough shit as long as you are under such contract. Then again, breaking it is one way to get out of it