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> And now you have to achieve 50 hours of work in 30 hours. Could this argument not be made about the 40hr week?
by smokeyj 11y ago
> And now you have to achieve 50 hours of work in 30 hours.
Could this argument not be made about the 40hr week?
- amouat 11y agoOnly if everybody else was working 50 hour weeks.
- smokeyj 11y agoIt has nothing to do with everyone else. If you impressed your boss while sticking to a 40hr week, they'll only be impressed so long before it becomes your norm. In which case you bump up your hours to maintain your prestige. I don't buy that reasoning, just saying it goes both ways.
- erikb 11y agoSorry, I wasn't able to express myself clearly. If you fix a 40 hour week your boss is disappointed that you stop working at 40 hours. If you do not have a fixed amount of hours your boss will still be disappointed, but you have no good reason to ever stop working. Without the 40 hour limit you work more and more and more and still disappoint your boss. The disappointment can't be avoided. But the unlimited overtime can be avoided, by limiting the amount of hours you work.