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title, im paid by the hour so im wondering if its calculable the amount of time id need to be clocked in n not work to match the surplus value extracted from me

or am i stupid n misunderstanding surplus value

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[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

A company that doesn't catch you doing that, unless it's under very special circumstances, would not be able to survive the general level of time theft other employees surely engage in, in addition to yours. Companies need profits, and you are concretely denying them profit from you by effectively making them compensate you for what they would otherwise be extracting from you and basically have slightly negative economic value, which is death.