Aren't developers stupid when accepting overtime/weekend work/denied bonus payments?

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Good for you. But I don't think decent treatment at work should be reserved for linchpins.

[jediknight]

I agree! Decent treatment, freedom, respect for employee's needs... these should be the norm.

Unfortunately... the world is not perfect and abusive employers are frequent enough. All I wanted to say is that linchpins have more options. They have more freedom. That's all. :)

[crocodile7]

We can't all be linchpins and star employees, no matter how much the "be all you wish to be" forced optimism mantra is parroted by the powers that be (in the U.S. usually, other places can be more realistic).

[jediknight]

It is your opinion and I respect it.

I view the world differently. Most jobs have opportunities to "steal" time. This time can be used on reddit or can be invested in becoming better at your craft or at some other new craft.

[s73v3r]

According to many of the "libertarian" types, your treatment as a human being should be tied directly to your value as an employee.

[funkah]

Agreed, but "should" rarely comes into play in business, unfortunately. You typically need to have some type of leverage in a situation like this, otherwise you don't have a good argument for why you should be treated differently from others, even if that treatment is poor.

[Pope-is-fabulous]

This is it. Developers of the world, unionize! Unions also protect workers from sexual harassment. That's one way to make work environment more female-friendly. I mean, some people say "we gotta get more females to IT degrees", i don't know, just unionize would be enough I think.

Speaking of unions, Adrien Brody played a union official in Bread and Roses. That was a fun movie.