In a normal functioning group or society, in order to get things produced, people must "pay" something (ie. incur a cost).
When we agree to work for an organization as an "employee", we agree to be paid more or less a fixed price, for an unspecified type and amount of labor.
In the workplace, people who ask us to do things (ie. coworker, boss) do not actually pay us directly for completing that work.
Due to the above, we are frequently asked to:
- do things that are inefficient
- do things that are repetitive
- do things that are not well thought out
- do things at a moment's notice
This is because asking people to do these things is "free" for the asker, so the short and long term "costs", in time, do not need to be factored into the decision to ask for the work. What this means is that we, as employees, do not own our time. As a result, employees who are able to do more things, more capably, will be penalized for their abilities. This type of workplace stress is defined as "time slavery".
I hold these as self evident truths.
