I refuse to believe that anybody who claims they are working 80 hours per week are actually productive or efficient for all 80 of those hours. If anything, I think their employers are the ones getting screwed by paying some guy a shit ton of overtime to do theoretically the exact same amount of work that two people working 40 hours could do just as well, if not better.
Everyone should strive to work as little as possible. This was the promise of the future that our ancestors broke their backs to provide for us, and these fucking corporate drones just can’t help but maintain the status quo for internet clout.
there’s stuff I can do in eight hours of OT that would take some of my peers the better part of a week
I used to bust my ass to do that stuff, back when I was fairly compensated for it. I’m not anymore, so I don’t, and that stuff now doesn’t get done on the schedule desired by people above. not my problem
I work 40hs per week and I have very little time to live… how do americans work 80hs?!! Are your days doubled? At what time you take a shower/eat/sleep?
I’ve done 60+ hour weeks working mon-fri (with an hour of commute by car) and the answer to “how do you have time to do anything else” was “well you don’t”. I’m lucky that my girlfriend was at home doing all the cooking, washing, stuff like that so I could just come home, take a shower, eat and go to bed. Didn’t get enough sleep ofc but you can handle that for some time without being all fucked up. Gets to you over time though.
Halfway through residency that shit had gotten real old, but if I tell a boomer my dream is to work 4x 10hr days a week with no nights and no weekends they look at me like a gangrenous appendage. I want my fucking life back.
I refuse to believe that anybody who claims they are working 80 hours per week are actually productive or efficient for all 80 of those hours. If anything, I think their employers are the ones getting screwed by paying some guy a shit ton of overtime to do theoretically the exact same amount of work that two people working 40 hours could do just as well, if not better.
Everyone should strive to work as little as possible. This was the promise of the future that our ancestors broke their backs to provide for us, and these fucking corporate drones just can’t help but maintain the status quo for internet clout.
Most salaried positions don’t get overtime and I think that’s usually who is working these hours.
sometimes the problem is finding competent people
there’s stuff I can do in eight hours of OT that would take some of my peers the better part of a week
I used to bust my ass to do that stuff, back when I was fairly compensated for it. I’m not anymore, so I don’t, and that stuff now doesn’t get done on the schedule desired by people above. not my problem
I work 40hs per week and I have very little time to live… how do americans work 80hs?!! Are your days doubled? At what time you take a shower/eat/sleep?
I’ve done 60+ hour weeks working mon-fri (with an hour of commute by car) and the answer to “how do you have time to do anything else” was “well you don’t”. I’m lucky that my girlfriend was at home doing all the cooking, washing, stuff like that so I could just come home, take a shower, eat and go to bed. Didn’t get enough sleep ofc but you can handle that for some time without being all fucked up. Gets to you over time though.
Halfway through residency that shit had gotten real old, but if I tell a boomer my dream is to work 4x 10hr days a week with no nights and no weekends they look at me like a gangrenous appendage. I want my fucking life back.
The story of early 21st century America was told from its bathrooms.
This is the common wisdom nearly everywhere I’ve worked, and doing overtime at all only happens when absolutely necessary.
The only people doing anything close to that were on call.