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This is what neoliberal serfdom looks like... "60 hour weeks" until 60, unhealthy attachment to employer, using your 9 month severance as a "foundation" for the
by sfpotter 1y ago
This is what neoliberal serfdom looks like... "60 hour weeks" until 60, unhealthy attachment to employer, using your 9 month severance as a "foundation" for the business you plan on starting... why not just retire? If the guy spent that long working in tech and lives in Denmark and still isn't able to retire comfortably, I don't know what to say...
- betaby 1y agoCurrently, Danes retire at the age of 67. In 2030, this limit will rise to 68, and in 2035, it will reach 69. Copenhagen raised its retirement age last week to 70 for Danes born in 1971 or later. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg71v533q6o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg71v533q6o https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/business/denmark-retirement-age-rise-70-intl-scli https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/business/denmark-retirement-a...
- SoftTalker 1y agoThere's some possibilty to retire earlier, I know a guy there in his early 60s who did it. Perhaps accepting reduced benefits? Or still having to wait until 67 to start collecting? If I got an offer to retire early with 9-12 months salary I'd take it in a heartbeat. IT is absolutely no fun anymore. As soon as you learn something it's obsolete. And the treadmill keeps getting faster and faster. I used to go to work feeling like I was an expert at what I did. Now I feel like I'm babysitting technology that nobody really understands but has decided we need to be using. There's no training for it because anything you learn is already out of date. Problems are solved by googling (or more recently, asking an LLM) and trying stuff until you find something that works. I.e. vibing. It's totally demotivating.