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The hurf durf "I worked 26 hours a day and it never did me any harm" style replies to this tweet are absolutely painful to read.

nullcipher 4y ago
Keep up! These days the trend has changed. We have gone the other end now. "I work from 10am and start chilling out at 2pm and make much more money than before." (this is what they say, but not what they do)
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quickthrower2 4y ago
People miscount worked hours with the fervour that they miscount calorie intake!
- public_defender 4y ago
  Wage theft is the most common form of theft.
  - quickthrower2 4y ago
    Is that the theft where the worker works too few hours, or where the employer steals more hours from the worker's spare time?
    - public_defender 4y ago
      It's the one where you work an agreed number of hours and the employer pays you for fewer. https://www.gq.com/story/wage-theft https://www.gq.com/story/wage-theft
aniforprez 4y ago
Even as a passionate twenties-something engineer I would see my productivity and output fall off a cliff after 6-7 hours of work even if I had a lunch or tea/coffee break in the middle. I was fortunate to work for a lot of very cool bosses who essentially forced me out of office and occasionally gently teased me for working at night at home. I didn't realise how critical this was until I worked very briefly for another shop in the middle for a few weeks that demanded you finish everything within the same day to fit their scrum metrics. I could feel every ounce of energy sapped away after 6PM (after starting the day at 9AM) and had zero motivation to get anything done even though they demanded I stay. I was getting nothing done until they let us leave at post-10PM and I had basically spent hours staring at my screen. Left there as soon as I could
- LtWorf 4y ago
  Lol, I had a similar boss. I'd just leave. What can he do? He can't beat me up and force me to stay :D He hated me very openly though, and refused to write a recommendation letter after the investors pulled out and closed his shitty startup.
dainiusse 4y ago
Totally. I fall on this sometimes because I like my job. And it is still immediatelly clear that quality goes up if you work normal hours and exercise instead of 12 hour pulls

nullcipher 4y ago

Keep up! These days the trend has changed. We have gone the other end now. "I work from 10am and start chilling out at 2pm and make much more money than before." (this is what they say, but not what they do)

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quickthrower2 4y ago

People miscount worked hours with the fervour that they miscount calorie intake!

public_defender 4y ago
Wage theft is the most common form of theft.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Is that the theft where the worker works too few hours, or where the employer steals more hours from the worker's spare time?
  - public_defender 4y ago
    It's the one where you work an agreed number of hours and the employer pays you for fewer. https://www.gq.com/story/wage-theft https://www.gq.com/story/wage-theft

aniforprez 4y ago

Even as a passionate twenties-something engineer I would see my productivity and output fall off a cliff after 6-7 hours of work even if I had a lunch or tea/coffee break in the middle. I was fortunate to work for a lot of very cool bosses who essentially forced me out of office and occasionally gently teased me for working at night at home. I didn't realise how critical this was until I worked very briefly for another shop in the middle for a few weeks that demanded you finish everything within the same day to fit their scrum metrics. I could feel every ounce of energy sapped away after 6PM (after starting the day at 9AM) and had zero motivation to get anything done even though they demanded I stay. I was getting nothing done until they let us leave at post-10PM and I had basically spent hours staring at my screen. Left there as soon as I could

LtWorf 4y ago
Lol, I had a similar boss. I'd just leave. What can he do? He can't beat me up and force me to stay :D He hated me very openly though, and refused to write a recommendation letter after the investors pulled out and closed his shitty startup.

dainiusse 4y ago

Totally. I fall on this sometimes because I like my job. And it is still immediatelly clear that quality goes up if you work normal hours and exercise instead of 12 hour pulls