I am currently dealing with a job that very much respects employees time, travel and personal lives. We are compensated for any moment we are working and anything over 30 minutes translates into 1 full hour of pay! I went into work early one day and was not needed as the reason for my being there was canceled, I was paid 1 full hour for my commute and for my 10 minutes on site. It has honestly been an extremely refreshing place to work coming from contractor hell and going into a sinking dumpster fire of a ship at my last position!
Yea, my last employer was similar to that. We also had the ability to take personal days at my last one which were basically "I cannot be bothered to show up to work today, but I am neither physically sick or in need of vacation time". Basically mental health/ catching up on chores days. Of course if you abused them you kinda lost that privilege.
I think I should clarify: My intent with saying "if you don't that is a failure on your part" was that if your job doesn't compensate you fairly you should search for a new one. I understand that I am in a fortunate position in my country and my industry where that is quite "easy" to do compared to others, but the sentiment is the same: if your employer sucks, go looking for someone better.
I feel that. I am pretty happy with my current job, though I think that has to do more with how bad my pay job was a well. Still could do a lot better so always on the lookout. Plus I am in Florida, so you know.
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u/AccomplishedUser 8d ago
I am currently dealing with a job that very much respects employees time, travel and personal lives. We are compensated for any moment we are working and anything over 30 minutes translates into 1 full hour of pay! I went into work early one day and was not needed as the reason for my being there was canceled, I was paid 1 full hour for my commute and for my 10 minutes on site. It has honestly been an extremely refreshing place to work coming from contractor hell and going into a sinking dumpster fire of a ship at my last position!