New OT laws

I just wanted to say I'm proud of us for making it to three pages without anyone being threatened to get patio'd.

Beer Baron wrote: Employers want to maximize production and revenue for minimal expense. Employees want to maximize compensation for minimal effort. All parties are self interested. Many are just strait up selfish, and their self interest is so short sighted that they will sacrifice long term sustainability for short term gains. (E.g. an employer will generally spend less money retaining employees by keeping them reasonably happy, than it will save by paying them a bare minimum that results in high attrition; an employee can ultimately make more money if the employer is financially healthy and able to invest in growth that expands revenue long term.) It's a constant struggle back and forth to balance these competing desires. It's silly to think there are not power dynamics that one party or the other will try to take advantage of, and that the government needs to occasionally step in to regulate. It is fallacious to think that just because we can't solve *every* problem, we shouldn't bother to solve *any* problem. Some of us are willing to sacrifice and take lower compensation for more work early in their careers if it means they're setting themselves up for a better long-term position. That doesn't mean we're exactly happy with the current situation or won't use leverage to push for more compensation as things get more successful.

This is an excellent post. I could not have said it any better.