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"They can do the work at night or over the weekend, so they don’t have to leave their current job in the meantime."

If I spend night working, I'm tired next day. Not sure if it is shocking. If I spend weekend working, then I just lost most of my free/family time and not surprisingly, I'm tired during next week and produce less in my regular job.

So, the hourly rate is better be competitive with salary. Otherwise I would just consider them freeloaders trying to get some cheap labor.



One aspect of this system is that potential employees get an early sense of how much Automattic values their time.

$25 per hour for overtime work = apparently not that well.

In my opinion, they would likely get better results paying $0, and avoiding this negative signal.


That struck me as well. I'm better off working on my own projects (or studying and learning new stuff so I can find a better employer).

Also, the usual stuff about any "non compete" agreements with your current employer.




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