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Why are some people always suspicious of others who work a lot ? Genuine question as I don't have this kind of sensibility it seems.
by hycaria 9y ago
Why are some people always suspicious of others who work a lot ? Genuine question as I don't have this kind of sensibility it seems.
- empthought 9y agoPeople were imprisoned or killed because they advocated for an eight-hour work day. Though I think "I work 80-90 hours for myself on my own projects" would be received differently than "I work 80-90 hours for my employer."
- mtberatwork 9y agoWorking 16+ hour days is not sustainable in the long term and is counter productive. Usually when people say they work "80-90 hours a week" I take it with a grain of salt.
- raamdev 9y agoWorking 80-90 hours a week remotely with the freedom to work from an environment that you find relaxing is a lot different than working 80-90 hours a week in an office or dealing every day with the stresses of traffic and commuting. Yesterday I was laying in a hammock feeling the breeze come in off the lake and listening to the birds while working on my laptop. I couldn't work 80-90 hours a week if I didn't have the ability to look up from my laptop and instantly feel relaxed.
- the-dude 9y agoAre you assuming a 5 day workweek? Divided by 7 gives a different picture.
- Nursie 9y ago>> Why are some people always suspicious of others who work a lot ? Sometimes it's bragging. Sometimes it's somewhat delusional. A lot of folks who say they work that long don't really. To be forced to do that much is awful, to do it voluntarily is probably obsessive. We absolutely do not want that to become 'normal' or accepted. As others have mentioned, our forebears fought very hard to get the right to a family life, the right to time away from the grind. We shouldn't give it up so easily. It's also likely to be really unhealthy.