I just read some interesting stuff about Corporate Feudalism (yeay, again a term from Kim Stanley Robinson’s books). The author of the text says “So, employees end up getting paid by the hour. So maybe it’s natural for us to think that what we’re selling our employers is our time”. Well he continues to argue “The fact is, it’s NOT one’s time that an employee sells; it’s LABOUR. The two are very different things. As a salaried employee, I may be hired to look after my employer’s interests in as narrow or as broad a scope as specified in my job description, but my time is and always will be mine. I will of course spend as much of it as necessary to fulfill the duties contracted of me, but I am under NO obligation to spend more than that on additional tasks simply because I’m there and might be able to do them. If I am able to meet all of my productivity obligations for an 8 hour day in 5 hours, how is it stealing if I spend the remaining three hours reading a novel?”. Yeay, thats something I can agree on. It exactly describes that what I think is very important for people: freedom in choosing when you want to work. It’s your own responsibility. Some Googling brings up some more interesting stuff. As an MSc student like I am you are bound to make the following decision, choosing the corporate world or choosing academics… I have to say I’m really interested in both systems.
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