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Americans working white-collar jobs may not work both long and hard, but people working 2+ manual labor jobs sure do.
by Konnstann 8y ago
Americans working white-collar jobs may not work both long and hard, but people working 2+ manual labor jobs sure do.
- Swizec 8y agoYou are correct. I was talking about the white collar bubble, which seems reasonable since we're talking in the VC-funded ecosystem. Do VCs often fund companies that are full of people working 2+ manual labor jobs?
- jpatokal 8y agoPeople looking for a second manual labor job are the mainstay of the gig economy (Uber, Airtasker, etc).
- Konnstann 8y agoThe comment you were replying to makes no mention of the VC environment, merely the hours that people work in various countries. VCs also don't fund companies full of people who "hardly do any work", they fund outliers full of passionate people who work twice as hard to make up for lack of manpower.
- geebee 8y agoWhite collar workers may actually work long and hard hours and be very exhausted by them. They may be unproductive, though. Or if they are “productive” in the sense that they complete a task, often the task itself adds little value. The white collar workers actually aren’t necessarily lazy though, which is why the bullshit work thing is kinda tragic.