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by freedomben 928 days ago
I didn't downvote, but I considered doing so because nowhere that I saw in GP does it say in his own time, and that's a critical piece of the equation. Hallucinating that datum means they got the argument wrong, and worse they were harshly critical of the company based on that wrongly assumed information.

It reminds me of the Homer Simpson quote, "I don’t mind being called a liar when I’m lying, or about to lie, or just finished lying, but NOT WHEN I’M TELLING THE TRUTH!" I would be equally critical if it was warranted, but when it isn't it's deeply unfair to the accused.

If the person wanted to build their own ramp, and the employer let them do it on the clock, that's a completely different scenario than the employee having to come in during their off-hours to build the ramp just so they can go to work.
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navbaker 928 days ago
Yeah, it wasn’t on his own time. He had a full budget and this was right in line with stuff he had already done research in anyway, so he just went for it.
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romwell 926 days ago
> He had a full budget and this was right in line with stuff he had already done research in anyway, so he just went for it. reply

So you're saying, not only you didn't pay him extra, but that the company got to benefit from him building the system as it was already in line with your other projects?

Unless his working hours were reduced, he did it in his own time.

Unless his pay was increased, he did it in his own time.

Unless the expectations for him were scaled down, he did it in his own time.

Merely allowing them to hack on a project that is in line of his work is exactly like having someone build their own ramp because "it's already in line with other construction they did on the project".

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romwell 926 days ago
>nowhere that I saw in GP does it say in his own time

Nowhere did I see that GP said the employee was paid extra, had the expectations on other projects reduced in writing and deadlines shifted, or had his working hours reduced at same pay.

Saying "oh hey, you can work on this during 9-to-5 as long as you get your other shit done on time" means the project was done in his own time.

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