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This is kind of not surprising, I'm even seeing it here in the US in some very odd circumstances. One of my life long friends just took a job doing less work t
by iamdave 18y ago
This is kind of not surprising, I'm even seeing it here in the US in some very odd circumstances. One of my life long friends just took a job doing less work than his previous job, but pays more (higher profile company).
I worked full time at a law firm before getting my company off the ground and it was pure hell. I dreaded going in because while I got to enjoy smoke breaks, the entire time my work cell was going off, emails coming in, people needing more and more.
The work world is getting grueling. Whoever said this fast paced culture was right, but Japan isn't the only culture experiencing work-related jetlag. We're in an accelerated culture as well and we're working people into the ground, but paying them more to do it. I don't miss the 9-5 one bit.
- qwph 18y agoI find it odd that that the more people there are in the world, and the more technology there is, the harder we all have to work. It seems counter-intuitive.
- otoburb 18y agoThe more people there are in the world, the larger the supply of labour. The more technology, (usually) the more productive people can be. This means that people from developing (i.e. poorer) countries are able to do more at lower prices, forcing everybody else to work harder overall to keep up. It's initially counter-intuitive, but ultimately this is supply and demand. You can coast, but while you do, other people with higher incentives (e.g. more desperation to get out of their poorer living conditions) are working harder.
- Rexxar 18y agoWe have now more technology and more people than in the 19th century and people work less and have higher salary. Why would it be different in the future ?