[Avodah] Using Company Time

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:53:34AM -0800, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: If anyone knows any good sources I should focus on for this talk, please let
: me know.

What me, sources?

Seriously, though, perhaps THE central issues I would focus on if I were
the one talking are:

1- The difference between a po'el and an uman -- how much are they paid
to work certain hours, and how much is it by getting the job done. Most
modern professins are somewhere in between -- if you aren't making a
deadline but you put in some overtime to try, you're okay. Putting in
the time but not getting work done or getting the work done on time but
chatting on Avodah/Areivim for 6 hours out of 9 would both typically be
grounds for dismissal. Our current employment agreements are therefore
somewhere in the middle. Again, IMHO.

2- Contracts vs expectations, today vs the gemara. In the days of the
gemara, hand labor in the orchards meant not having the time to get out
of the tree for minchah. Few of us are in those kinds of jobs. Also,
there is usually a gap between the terms in the contract and the
informal understanding of our business culture. How much to each of
these -- the norm at the time the halakhah was codified, the norm today,
and the contract you signed -- each play into my obligations toward my
boss.

3- Does it make a difference if it's an issue of geneivas akum?

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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