• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I feel this.

    None of my stuff gets done when I’m gone, so a day off just makes things worse when I return to the office, so I end up spending my day off answering emails and taking phone calls.

    A day off is basically just remote work that burns vacation time.

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        7 months ago

        In my case it really is true. I work for a very small city with less than a dozen employees, and we all wear a lot of hats. I process permits, coordinate development projects, am the GIS department, and have been known to flag traffic when there’s a road collapse.

        The State keeps passing new laws to prevent cities from getting more income, so we can’t hire more people.

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            7 months ago

            I don’t disagree. We’ll spend $60,000 on engineering reviews making sure a billionaire’s new house won’t flood the street, then another $200,000 in court to tell him he can’t build what he wants, then another $200,000 forcing him to tear out down after he built it anyway, and all we can charge him is 10 grand because of politicians.