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No WAN Show this week. The streak has ended. (twitter.com)

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"Heads up, there won’t be a WAN Show this week. Instead, we will continue to focus on addressing issues raised both internally and by the community during our production break. We appreciate you all for your patience."

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yup, agreed. In isolation, working late or unusual hours is not bad, but with the other things going on, perhaps worth them stepping back and evaluating if it's the right thing to do.

I doubt Colton has an on-call agreement to cover him getting call up on the show.

I am currently doing on-call work, I get a daily lump sum to hold the phone, and a fixed call out sum of I get called out. There are lots of different arrangements it seems. Compensation and balance is key though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no "off hours" for csuite though. At that point you're expected to act whether you're balls deep in your partner or chilling at the office.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno if that is typical for most companies? I'm pretty sure the csuite of my company isn't expected to be available 24/7. Neither would I expect that from the csuite of the BBC or any other media company?

Im not in their industry, is it how it works at other companies?

[–] Kecessa 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually c-suite are paid annually and are required to work whatever amount of time is required of them by the office, which might include working during what is considered time off for hourly employees. At my previous job they even told them "You're expected to end the year having worked 50h/week on average." when 40h was the max for regular employees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, 20 of those hours every week are spent attending meetings. The "work" That suite folks do consists of meetings, talking to people, and sending emails. Literally anyone can do that for 50 hours a week, especially when the salary allows you to hire domestic help to do the housework, cooking, landscaping, etc... Thatyou'd otherwise spend those hours on.

[–] Kecessa 2 points 1 year ago

I know employees not in managerial roles that do pretty much that too. Salaries also depend on the size of the company, I know some that make less than I do in an entry level job in my department.

"C-suites" (didn't use traditional titles as it wasn't a private business) at my previous job were obligated to work nights, weekends, interact with clients directly (including helping when facing difficult ones) and so on... Not all c-suites jobs are the same and not all of them are easy either...