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I get paid for my work, not 8 hours a day. I’m a salaried employee. I sometimes have to work more than 8 to deliver things, I sometimes work less than 8. The fact that someone needs to monitor me all day long and potentially could use the information to treat me unfairly is disgusting. I’m not the first in line to defend meta employees, but this is just unacceptable.

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Ok but that doesn't change what I said. Whether you work 1 hour that day, or 10, the hours you are giving to the business i.e what they are paying for - You need to be working.

If you're concerned about monitoring during your paid hours perhaps you should focus on being more productive during this time?

I don't think what I am saying is controversial but a lot of people seem to disagree with this

What you’re saying is controversial because you have no concept of what “productivity” is but are asking people to be more productive.

I actually get paid by the hour but I think exactly like you do. Often work more than what I bill for. I'm delivering so much now with swarms of agents it really doesn't even make sense to pay me by the hour. I really think my next job will be a one person company run by moi.

I like to use swarms of swarms of agents, but I think my competitor is using swarms of swarms of swarms of agents :(

The first firm to successfully nest it 40 levels will achieve the singularity.

Replying to myself after re reading it. Yeah I sounded like an full Kool aid drinker I guess. But there really is something to this idea that getting paid by the hour is so out of touch with the way 'work' now gets done.

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