Timeline for Is automating my job a good idea?
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| Oct 3, 2016 at 22:01 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 19, 2016 at 0:35 | vote | accept | Cameron Anderson | ||
| Feb 17, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | simbabque | @joe your average restaurant probably doesn't care. I guess they have more important things to do than suing some former employee about the amount of salt in something. But most likely it's not that different. I will investigate, though we are taking it a bit off-topic with this discussion. ;) | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 13:21 | comment | added | simbabque | @Joe good point. Apparently not, but I was looking for parallels where some process improvement idea that was not implemented using consumable resources that the employer owns is introduced by an employee, and where that is not part of their job. For a cook, that might be the development of a recipe. To be honest I don't kow about cases where that was the case, and for one that works in a RnD environment it would likely be in the contract, e.g. in a fast food factory's development section. If those have real cooks anyway. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 8:28 | comment | added | simbabque | @user23013 that is entirely up to the legislation of the country that the OP is in, and what it says in their work contract, if there is one. In Germany for example, it usually says that kind of thing in a work contract for a software developer, but would not say it in the contract of e.g. a cook or an accountant. The latter are commonly taking their arsenal of very nifty Excel solutions with them as they move through companies. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 2:15 | comment | added | user23013 | It's already a part-time job. There is no way they could own it, unless they let you write the automation script. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 23:53 | comment | added | dyesdyes | Also, i think trying to sell it is not a good idea. It will replace the good action you did by automating the process, so something really positive to go up, with a customer/product vision of it. If you don't get paid for it, they will be grateful for it. If they pay for it, then it is a due that it works well and they won't feel as strongly about your pay rise. Selling it is a short term solution I think. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 23:47 | comment | added | dyesdyes | And this is actually something great for the CV and future interviews. "I have automated tasks that lead to save X hours a week, I estimate this made the company save XXXXX $ each year" | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 23:09 | comment | added | JamesRyan | By automating this you don't put yourself out of work, you make yourself worth vastly more because you can automate other things too. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 22:59 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2016 at 22:38 | comment | added | user15729 | With something so simple to automate, this makes some sense. Give the employer the benefit of the doubt and assume, at least at first, that there is a good reason they are not currently automating. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 20:20 | history | answered | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |