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No war but class rule (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When I got my first corporate job, I was lectured about the concept of a "working lunch."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I’m fine with a working lunch, as long as I stay clocked in. Because it means I either pick up OT at the end of the day, or I get to leave early. But this only works because I have a fairly flexible schedule, set my own meetings, etc… And I certainly wouldn’t try to enforce it on my coworkers, because they may want to be able to walk away and disconnect for a while.

Meal time is time for whatever you want to do; If you want to stay at your desk and play catch-up on some emails, then great. If you want to walk away and de-stress for an hour, then great. Neither one should be the expectation, because the time should be at the employee’s discretion, not the employer’s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

To paraphrase my manager, "It would behoove you to consider what you can do for the company."