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The word 'crunch' is used so frequently in the article that the repetition becomes strangely hypnotic and the word becomes disassociated from meaning. Occassion

The word 'crunch' is used so frequently in the article that the repetition becomes strangely hypnotic and the word becomes disassociated from meaning. Occassionally using 'overtime' instead might have reduced this effect ... :-)

jjoonathan 8y ago
'Overtime' is paid, crunch is not.
- montyf 8y ago
  That's not true at all. Overtime can most definitely be unpaid, and usually is.
  - em3rgent0rdr 8y ago
    and couldn't crunch also be paid?
  - jjoonathan 8y ago
    By the legal definition, sure, but in common usage the word "overtime" is usually qualified as "unpaid overtime" if that's the case. Invoking the word "overtime" to mean "unpaid overtime," especially by young team-members, typically results in uncomfortable coughs, silence, and expectation setting from managers / senior members of the team, none of which would be necessary if, like the word "crunch," the unqualified word carried no connotation of payment. I've seen this happen many times in a number of settings so I'm pretty sure it's not just a regional quirk. Connotations are important.
    - hug 8y ago
      No one I know specifies overtime as unpaid or paid. It is simply time that is worked over the amount normally worked, and may be paid or not. Of my friends, I know if some of them say they worked overtime they mean unpaid, and I know if some of them say they worked overtime they're getting a fat paycheque.
      - Nomentatus 8y ago
        Legal reference? (This is a matter of law, re engineer's compensation.)
- tomrod 8y ago
  Unless you are "Salary Exempt," in the which case overtime is not paid.
antiuniverse 8y ago
There's actually a term for that effect: "semantic satiation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation
dsnuh 8y ago
I'm glad someone else mentioned this. So much crunch. All I could think of was that they were channeling The Mighty Boosh. https://youtu.be/X1rCpcC_-Ps https://youtu.be/X1rCpcC_-Ps

jjoonathan 8y ago

'Overtime' is paid, crunch is not.

montyf 8y ago
That's not true at all. Overtime can most definitely be unpaid, and usually is.
- em3rgent0rdr 8y ago
  and couldn't crunch also be paid?
- jjoonathan 8y ago
  By the legal definition, sure, but in common usage the word "overtime" is usually qualified as "unpaid overtime" if that's the case. Invoking the word "overtime" to mean "unpaid overtime," especially by young team-members, typically results in uncomfortable coughs, silence, and expectation setting from managers / senior members of the team, none of which would be necessary if, like the word "crunch," the unqualified word carried no connotation of payment. I've seen this happen many times in a number of settings so I'm pretty sure it's not just a regional quirk. Connotations are important.
  - hug 8y ago
    No one I know specifies overtime as unpaid or paid. It is simply time that is worked over the amount normally worked, and may be paid or not. Of my friends, I know if some of them say they worked overtime they mean unpaid, and I know if some of them say they worked overtime they're getting a fat paycheque.
    - Nomentatus 8y ago
      Legal reference? (This is a matter of law, re engineer's compensation.)
tomrod 8y ago
Unless you are "Salary Exempt," in the which case overtime is not paid.

antiuniverse 8y ago

There's actually a term for that effect: "semantic satiation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation

dsnuh 8y ago

I'm glad someone else mentioned this. So much crunch. All I could think of was that they were channeling The Mighty Boosh. https://youtu.be/X1rCpcC_-Ps https://youtu.be/X1rCpcC_-Ps