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People might work really hard while they're young so that they can retire early and be happy and secure later. Those people would look like they value money mor
by brianpgordon 11y ago
People might work really hard while they're young so that they can retire early and be happy and secure later. Those people would look like they value money more than their time, and probably aren't going to be very happy right now, but in 30 years they're going to be much happier than people still working full-time.
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- grillvogel 11y agoor dead
- dpark 11y agoDepends on what people your talking about. People working wage jobs might retire early if they work really hard and save the extra. Salaried workers really don't make that much more for working themselves to death. Bonuses might be higher, promotions might be a little quicker. Or they might not. Certainly working 80 hours will not result in twice the pay for most salaried employees, not even close. Working more efficiently (and politically) is a better route for most if not all salaried employees.
- dpark 11y agoI hate that I can't fix that typo... I'm blaming autocorrect
- pasquinelli 11y agothey'll have reinforced the habit of denying themselves happiness for 30 years.
- taurath 11y agoOr you'll find that all the time you put into your work has left you with little hobbies and few relationships outside of your work. You'll also have been honing only the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace, not be happy in your life. What happens is you retire and then you find you're not really good at anything else, and your body is old and creaky and you just don't have the energy to learn things as much anymore. Or, even worse, if you didn't make quite as good investments as you thought you were or there is a huge market downturn and now you have no skills or resources. It happens to a lot of people.
- tamana 11y agoBeing old and creaky sucks even more when you still have to work for your hardscrabble life.