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Isn't it because north america still has this long hour work culture, where you are expected to be around but not necessarily do anything. Work identity is als
by danielovichdk 5y ago
Isn't it because north america still has this long hour work culture, where you are expected to be around but not necessarily do anything.
Work identity is also a thing. Where you kinda become what you do for a living. Which is bad.
Money is bad for your mental health unless you know when to pull the plug and don't have bills to pay but no income.
The balance is not hard. Which leads me back to identity. Why the fuck would want to get something you cannot pay for?
- Hamuko 5y agoI was pretty amazed when someone on HN told me that American salaried jobs don't usually have a concept of overtime. I didn't even know that it was a thing.
- tester756 5y ago>Work identity is also a thing. Where you kinda become what you do for a living. Which is bad. lol I've seen once a video called something like "a day of googler" and I was shocked that "average day" was hanging out with your coworkers after the work don't get me wrong, it's not like we dont do it here (poland), but it's from time to time, even when we have insanely good relations with eachother it's 16:00 on the clock and that's it - cya people tomorrow. I hope the video was not reflecting reality well?
- alert0 5y agoIt wasn't like that at all when I worked there. Quite the opposite, people were very quiet so we could do focused work, we did our work, then went home. We usually ate lunch together. Many of my coworkers had kids to go home and take care of. No one was looking to hang around. I'm sure it varies throughout the company though.