On 05/08/2012 09:57 AM, Warp wrote:
> Le_Forgeron<jgr### [at] freefr>  wrote:
>> You were expected to work double time for free. You are a picky a*****e
>> to have ask a salary.
>
> Technically speaking it's illegal here (and I'm sure in most civilized
> countries) to ask an employee to work extra hours without pay, and it's
> also quite illegal to fire them just because they refuse. Yet it happens
> all the time here.

My sister is an accountant. She's /paid/ to work from 9 to 5. And yet, 
it's not uncommon to hear that she's stayed in the office until 11pm, 
and then taken a laptop home and worked until 3am. (And then gone back 
to the office at 8am on 4 hours' sleep.)

Sure, /technically/ they're not allowed to make people do that. But when 
the entire office is "expected" to put in the hours, and everybody else 
/does/, what are you going to do? Guess who gets the big promotions, the 
bonuses, etc. Yeah, that's right - the people who work for free...

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