Dear Modern Employers:
I know you’re all hot to get on the employee empowerment bandwagon, but if you create a performance incentive program that will require me to spend a significant number of hours and then make it plain that all the other work that I do will not be allowed to slip, and if you then couple all of this with a massive list of re-engineering projects that must be completed by the end of the year, aren’t you merely forcing an overtime contract on me, where I will complete certain tasks on my own time (because there is no time during my regular day) for fixed remuneration?
And if that fixed remuneration is less than (1.5 x hours_required x hourly_rate), aren’t you forcing an overtime contract on me at less than industry standard overtime rates?
I’m just wondering, Employers, if you’ve thought about this. Because this is an industry that is widely populated with highly analytical people, and such people are hard to fool1.
- Except, possibly, on the subject of Apple products, the mere mention of which makes even a percentage of the tech-savvy get all tingly in their pants.