this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, this is completely unrealistic. No tenured IT professional is just going to announce that they've doubled workflow efficiency overnight. They'll slow play the improvements until it becomes absolutely necessary to reveal them, and then act like they've been putting in extra work when in reality they've been spending 6 hours a day writing new Quake 3 mods.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As they should. These people don't care about us.

[–] Isthisreddit 2 points 1 year ago

No sometimes the bosses are told, because rather than having someone sit on nights for 2+ weeks doing tedious shit in production, a worker/dev/whatever would rather say "I think I might a solution that can automate this". I've done it, seen it happen, collected attaboys, moved on to the next problem that's screaming for a better solution, etc

But Of course I do agree with you completely, if you automate your tasks, better to keep that on the downlow for your own mental wellness :)