• 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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    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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        It seems that modern society has made “standard” things more standard than they originally were.

        At least people having special arrangements and working, say, one job 2 days a week and another 3 days a week, and the third sometimes on-demand, seemingly was more normal 100 years ago.

        Of course not the majority, the majority would work their asses off by the clock even more than now.

        But there are upsides to a non-synchronous, irregular life schedule. Say, more even load for utilities and transport. Weekends not being special days when half the things don’t work.

        And, of course, the ability to pick something you like most. Say, if the pay for 3 days a week somewhere is good enough to keep you floating, even if barely, then why the hell not, it’s worth it.

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