Political Memes

Right again, I agree that's a liability. If the employee was negligent in their duties, that is definitely an issue.

Are you implying that every employee must be 100% productive with no deviation?

More importantly, you're making a lot of "if" statements. Which doesn't contradict the point that I'm making. So I'm not entirely sure exactly what it is you are arguing against?

But I will again reiterate exactly what I'm trying to say. The article is implying that there was a loss of productivity when employees went out to look at the eclipse constituting some sort of financial loss.

I am stating that there was absolutely no financial loss whatsoever because employees don't need to be 100% productive at all times as long as the work or project is completed adequately.

I'll use your airline pilot example. If the pilot deviates from his flight plan and a disaster incurs that pilot was negligent. Which is somewhat of a false equivalency. A better example would be if the pilot left to go, use the bathroom or talk to a passenger on the plane leaving his co-pilot in charge of flying the plane. There was no loss in productivity the work of flying the plane will still be completed. Therefore, the pilot should still be paid his regular amount of compensation. The airline didn't lose any money because he wasn't in the pilot seat.