Friday, February 29, 2008

Are you working for free today?

Today is leap day. The BBC notes that if you are on an annual salary (or a monthly one for that matter) and you are at work today, you are working without additional compensation, i.e., for free.

Britain's National Trust has given its employees the day off. (I wonder if that applies to the custodians? And the executives, for that matter.)

So, if your employer is not so enlightened as the National Trust, and you're working today, take the weekend off.

(Editor's note: TONE is working today, likely for no pay--i.e., on a case that will pay only if we win--and will be working for much of the weekend as well. TONE's employer--himself--is obviously not enlightened, not smart, or both.)

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