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> 2. If work is your support system, your life exists on shaky ground This is why I despise it when the likes of Jack Ma, Elon Musk, et al try to promote a cul
by dheera 3y ago
> 2. If work is your support system, your life exists on shaky ground
This is why I despise it when the likes of Jack Ma, Elon Musk, et al try to promote a culture in which staying at work till 9pm or later and coming in on weekends is normalized, and tell everyone in their 20s that that's the only right way to live. It's horrible advice and incredibly short-sighted.
Then you have the likes of TikTok who have meetings late into almost every evening and blame it on the time zone difference between USA and China, when they could have planned better, drawn lines, and have more reasonably-planned meeting times that fit both time zones. Employees in their 20s who don't know better just drink this Kool-aid and get burned out.
Those people will never have time to make real friends outside of work, date healthily, or otherwise find a real support system that can emotionally support them without a conflict of interest with the workplace.
The way you find that healthy support system is precisely by having evenings and weekends to yourself so you can go to venues where you can meet people outside of work.
- FooBarWidget 3y agoYes big money exploit workers. What else is new?
- klyrs 3y ago> What else is new? People are learning anew that they have a say in this relationship, and after decades of hiatus, starting to resist again.
- starbugs 3y agoI hope people will one day learn that the cake is a lie. Nothing bad will happen if you dare to say no. Quite the opposite. It's a house of cards built on greed and fear.
- disgruntledphd2 3y ago> Then you have the likes of TikTok who have meetings late into almost every evening and blame it on the time zone difference between USA and China, when they could have planned better, drawn lines, and have more reasonably-planned meeting times that fit both time zones The only difference between TikTok and older fast growing consumer tech companies (Google, Facebook et al) is that their headquarters are not in the USA, so west coast employees are exposed to this. I remember seeing someone I used to work with at FB complain about this, and I smiled as this person used to try to put meetings in my calendar at 9pm on a Friday. I'm totally agreed with you in principle, but just pointing out that this isn't a new phenomenon that TikTok invented (though I hear they are pretty bad).