• EndOfLine@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    The problem with statements like this is that they only ever seem to be made by narcissists who thinks work is only those efforts that directly benefit them. The end of my “work day” is when I start my other job of working for myself. I manage my home, I take care of my garden, I put effort into maintaining or improving my physical and mental well being, I foster and build the relationships in my life that I care about, etc. All of that is work, it’s just work that I do for myself and don’t get a paycheck for.

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      Some people would want others’ lives to be embedded into one hierarchy, and that only.

      So that everything of importance were decided by people on top of those hierarchies.

      Ex-USSR countries show full well why this shouldn’t be allowed. It, of course, was done there accompanied by a different ideology, but.

  • Thrashy@lemmy.world
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    Science: knowledge workers stop being consistently productive past 40 hours per week, and probably less than that

    Rentier-capitalists hot boxing their own farts recreationally: ackshually the problem is we let you dirty fucking peasants go home to sleep at all

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      So eloquently put & efficiently communicated, I only wish I could be that articulated with words.

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    He’s absolutely right. That’s why he should come work for me on his weekends. I’ll pay him $15/hr!

    What? He won’t work for that? Lazy CEO.

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    Bruh! Your golf business meetings, lunches, drinks, clubs, gamblin, parties, vacations, and anything other than sitting in front of a computer going meeting after meeting with 5 minute lunch and then coming home to make dinner or do chores and deal with shopping or family issues after sitting in traffic for at least an hour each way and no one driving you all while doing this without extra help is a mistake.

    When you can do what we do for the pay we get for at least a whole year, let’s talk. Until then, kindly suck on deez nutz.

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    I’m only able to take a couple a year, but 3 day weekends are amazing. It takes me two days to catch up on life from working like a dog, and it means I get one day to actually enjoy the life I allegedly work so hard for.

    You could argue my greedy ass would say the same thing about 4day weekends if 3days was the norm. Perhaps, but I don’t think so - I think there’s something balanced about the 3:4 ratio. My mood and productivity are so much better on the rare occasions I get to experience this.

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      Instead of taking traditional vacation throughout the year, I started taking as many Wednesdays as I can for this exact reason. I picked Wednesday specifically because no one else is off to need my attention and I can actually focus on my own chores or my mental health.

      Two days is not enough for me to get caught up.

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        That sounds good, but we are strongly discouraged from one or two day vacations. Supposed to take one week blocks. It’s just short enough to not be relaxing and long enough to chew through a decent chunk of time off.

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          That sucks. I work for a company that does that too but I don’t get reprimanded for doing it this way. I hope you are able to figure out a what works best for you and that they’ll let you take it.

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    Murthy once again declared he did not “believe in work-life balance.”

    “I have not changed my view; I will take this with me to my grave”

    I’m sure your workers are wishing you’d take it real soon.

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      If Musk has taught me anything in the last several months, it’s that the job of CEO is the easiest jib in the world. He’s CEO of like 5 different companies, and now he has a made-up but high level, government job. Must be fuckin nice-

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    Just because he is an idiot who never worked a day in his life and so doesn’t know that your productivity goes down significantly without relaxation that doesn’t mean that anyone should listen to that drivel.

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    “I’m a workaholic, and anybody who isn’t needs a good horse-whippin’ to knock some sense into 'em!”