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> The myth that many people work 60-80 hr weeks needs to die. 996 and Japanese salarymen entered chat... You might not consider much of what they do "work". Y
by yourapostasy 5y ago
> The myth that many people work 60-80 hr weeks needs to die.
996 and Japanese salarymen entered chat...
You might not consider much of what they do "work". You might consider their choice freely-given. Others reasonably have a difference of opinion. I'd advise caution when baking in assumptions on what you see in an asymmetric power differential context.
- alar44 5y agoWe are talking about the US specifically.
- yourapostasy 5y agoFor W-2 exempt (salaried), if your definition of "work" is the equivalent of being in the zone for that much, of course not. However, meeting Japanese-style salaryman-type management expectations of butts-in-seat-appearing-busy, or in a poorly-led consulting company that underbids and expects hapless employees to still deliver with uncompensated overtime while timesheets read exactly 40 hours per week, or overbook in a subscription-based business and throw the overage onto the heads of the employees, or any number of numerous scams I've seen? Yeah, that happens plenty. Any area of human activity that is so structurally secular that it not only has a formal label ("overtime abuse"), but has law firms specializing in litigating it [1], makes it a real stretch to assert it is a "myth". I'd like to see where your assertion is coming from, because this is a concern I have to address with job candidates, and I'd really love to have persuasive evidence that it really is a myth in general, and with my organization in particular. [1] https://winebrakelaw.com/abuses-of-the-executive-employee-exemption-to-overtime-coverage-continue-to-flourish-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back/ https://winebrakelaw.com/abuses-of-the-executive-employee-ex...