What do we get paid for?
Yesterday I was at a birthday party given for one of my best girlfriends. And I was chatting with one of the other girls’ husband about work.
The guy is a consultant in the IT field, and he was telling me that the company encourages them to work from home and telecommute. But then on the days they do that, they have a small pay-cut, because they enjoy a higher quality of life as they can stay home.
Very interesting. I always thought we were paid for:
1/ the time we spend working for our company
2/ the skills we have that the company needs to use
Acting this way, this company says “if working for us is not hard and uncomfortable, then it is worth less money”.
I think this is unacceptable.
What do you think?
Dear God, that’s scary! I can’t believe they can get away with that! I wonder if they can, legally speaking.
Actually, I think what the company is really saying is “we want to improve our bottom line by cutting salaries, and here’s a valid excuse we can give.” Only it’s not valid.
I know a number of people who telecommute, and I have never heard of any of them taking a cut in pay to work from home.
Singletude
Elsie
February 4, 2008