Re: People don't see problems that don't happen

["elizabeth j allen" <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>]

I have to echo Gene's sentiment.

What's unethical about saying the following? "This is too much work for me
to do. Pick what you want me to work on during work hours." When work
hours are over, go home.

That said, I do often put in some extra time as deadlines approach.
However, unless the company made it clear when they hired you that 16-hour
days were part of the job (and compensates you accordingly), then
expecting that level of effort on the employee's part is unethical.

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth J. Allen
Technical Writer
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein


Gene Kim-Eng said:
> I don't think there's necessarily anything unethical that needs
> to be done.  If you're "killing yourself in the process" to get
> all your projects done on schedule, the odds are that most
> if not all of them already are on the verge of crashing and
> burning before you get them done.  You just need to stop
> making it all look easy.


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