{"id":13391,"date":"2023-10-25T08:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=13391"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:26:42","slug":"would-your-employer-pay-you-400k-a-year-if-you-were-this-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2023\/10\/25\/would-your-employer-pay-you-400k-a-year-if-you-were-this-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Would your employer pay you 400K a year if you were this employee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee statement:<\/p>\n

I won the job after a couple of interviews.<\/p>\n

I signed a bunch of documents in the first few days. I got a neat office and housing accommodation too. I got this great title. My employer doesn’t want me driving, they take care of all my transportation needs. Wherever I need to go, they make it happen.<\/p>\n

I get to meet all kinds of interesting people. About half the people in the company don’t like me, \u00a0I get to call them bad names. Unlike in the past, now I am expected to call people names and talk about how threatening they are. I never get taken to HR about it either.<\/p>\n

I do most of the things I was supposed to do, and because of my position I can say I’m done by noon. \u00a0Then I can go take a nap or two. Whatever doesn’t get done one day can be done the next. Besides there are other people in my office that can do the work.<\/p>\n

I \u201cwork” from home a lot, I’m often \u201cworking” at the beach. Other people get to do that why shouldn\u2019t I? I don’t even think about the cost of guys walking on the beach in suits & ties, or the other guys patrolling out in the ocean away from the beach keeping people away from me.<\/p>\n

I get to do what I want and anyone that say I’m doing things wrong is a bad person, who needs to be silenced. Often they are. That makes other people say I’m doing it wrong and bad at my job. I tell them to hush-up, or else…<\/p>\n

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Would anybody\u2019s employers put up with an employee as described above?\u00a0<\/p>\n

None of my employers would have put up with me only putting in half a day. None of my employers ever paid me more than 96K per year either, usually I got paid around 55 – 80K per year plus insurance benefits. For that amount of money I was expected to be in the office at least 5 days a week 8 – 10 hours per day and if necessary on weekends.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not complaining about my previous employers requirements, it was the job. I performed the required tasks, put in the time, and got paid. They didn\u2019t care about my politics or personal life, I didn\u2019t care about my coworkers politics or personal lives. We weren\u2019t working at the company as a social event, or to make friends, we were working for paychecks that facilitated our pursuit of goals in our personal lives.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve all recognized the person I\u2019m talking about. So I ask you, if this was your gardener, or your pool guy would you keep paying him? I wouldn\u2019t!<\/p>\n

So why is this employee still on our payroll?<\/p>\n

Just asking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Employee statement: I won the job after a couple of interviews. I signed a bunch of documents in the first few days. I got a neat office and housing accommodation too. I got this great title. My employer doesn’t want me driving, they take care of all my transportation needs. Wherever I need to go, … <\/p>\n

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