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by dejaime 2565 days ago
Personally, I prefer remote work, but have had a hard time finding it lately. Half of my opportunities require me to go to an office to work. I don't complain much, as I increase my hour by ~40% when it is not possible to do it remotely. That also comes to compensate for the time lost in commute, the extra money spent (e.g. transportation, food), and the fact that I can't really choose the hours I work. This last point is always funny, because my employers always tell me I have a completely flexible schedule. Their faces when I ask if I can come to work from 10pm~4am is priceless though. "Oh, your hours are 100% flexible given that you come anywhere between 8am and 6pm", heard this so many times it got funny.

PS: writing this at the office, feeling sleepy... they won't allow remote work... and this computer takes a while to build, 23x more than my personal workstation, I timed it.
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Leherenn 2565 days ago
To be fair, in a lot of place it is probably illegal to work those hours. Where I am from, 11pm to 6am are night hours and you need a special contract to be be able to work during those times. This contract is subject to restrictions (i.e. the employer needs to prove you need to work those hours, e.g. you work in healthcare, retail, ...) and they would need to compensate you more per the law. Same thing for Sundays.
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0xffff2 2565 days ago
Where are your from? AFAIK in the US most developers are paid as salaried exempt employees, which means they never got overtime pay and can work any hours. I don't think the restrictions you state are generally true anywhere in the US either, even for hourly employees.
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dejaime 2563 days ago
This. That's one of the reasons. Here anything between 22 and 5h is also considered night work. If your work is nocturnal (e.g. a security guard) you receive a "night time bonus" on top of your hourly rate. If it isn't though (e.g. a programmer), in theory one would need to receive double hourly rate to work those hours. This does not apply to contractors here, but is an issue when hiring someone as a formal employee.
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