- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Read a bit lower, and there are promises of perks galore: competitive compensation, free meals, free gym membership, free health and dental care and so on. But then comes the catch.
Each job ad contains a warning: “Please don’t join if you’re not excited about… working ~70 hrs/week in person with some of the most ambitious people in NYC.”
The website belongs to Rilla, a New York-based tech business which sells AI-based systems that allow employers to monitor sales representatives when they are out and about, interacting with clients.
The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore.
In simple terms, it puts a premium on long working hours, typically 9am to 9pm, six days a week (hence “996”).
Overtime rules are 50% wage after 40 hours except for management (based on job duties, not whether or not you’re salaried) and certain professions paid at least a certain wage.
996 is a 72 hour week, so 32 of overtime being paid at time-and-a-half. Which means 48 pay-hours, on top of the regular 40 means… Uh… Eww.
I think I’ll just skip to the end and assume anyone advocating 996 is a racist dirtbag, thank you very much. (In addition to being an exploitive bootlicker…)
I don’t think it’s racist. That’s probably just a coincidence. But it’s definitely stupid and I guarantee you they don’t pay overtime. I don’t think you’re required to pay overtime for salaried employees.
The “correct” word for salary is usually “exempt employee”, as in exempt for overtime pay.
This isn’t always a bad thing. Some jobs need exempt employees because they run on call rotations and so forth, and if your employer isn’t a dickhead it can genuinely be done fairly with highly flexible hours and pay to match.
Of course, dickhead employers are a dime a dozen…
I disagree. You work X hours, you get paid for X hours. Would the company do any work for free for its costumers? I’m sure every hour of work will be billed.