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Working 130 hours a week will not make you successful, but if you are successful, you probably worked 130 hours a week. People are praising the wrong thing.

• gmarx 10y ago
  Probably? As in you know that more than half the people whom would be reasonably considered successful worked 130 weeks for a non trivial portion of their careers? I'm calling bullshit. I'd need to see a study. My belief is that work hours is one of the most common things to lie about these days. It's the adult version of how much you can bench
  • dvtv75 10y ago
    Sounds like the CEO at my work. I was working 75+ hours a week, no breaks (got a warning for taking them), using my own equipment just to keep up with the increased demands on me. Not paid for anything over 40 hours, minimum wage was almost double what I was paid. When I complained about it, I was told that I could do the work or quit, because the CEO goes to bed at 2am and gets up at 6am, works all his other hours, and it's my problem if I can't keep up with the workload. (It's worth noting that, in the end, he got his way and drove me to resign. Years later, I found out that what he does is illegal, but of course you don't mess with millionaires if you ever want to work again. Still have a couple of tricks up my sleeve, though.)
    • gmarx 10y ago
      Yup, once you take the job you are at a tremendous disadvantage. You can quit but then you need to find a new job. If you quit the CEO just works the remaining people harder until you are replaced