What bothers me about this attitude is that it totally ignores the rewards for working hard for at least part of your life, and it also relies on the idea that

What bothers me about this attitude is that it totally ignores the rewards for working hard for at least part of your life, and it also relies on the idea that everyone subscribe to the same theory, which makes those pushing it suspicious in their motivations. "You shouldn't work hard because if you do, it makes me look bad and I don't want to look bad or work hard." Some people have lives and the capacity optimized towards working many long hours. You can't tell us to stop, it's not fair.