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Actually, knowledge workers are even more affected by >40 hr workweeks. Read this fascinating history of the 40-hour workweek and its demise: http://www.salon.
by bjhoops1 14y ago
Actually, knowledge workers are even more affected by >40 hr workweeks.
Read this fascinating history of the 40-hour workweek and its demise: http://www.salon.com/2012/03/14/bring_back_the_40_hour_work_week/ http://www.salon.com/2012/03/14/bring_back_the_40_hour_work_...
One of the author's (more interesting) premises is that individuals with mild forms of autism like Aspberger's, who came to typify the sorts of personalities drawn to tech in the early years, may be able to effectively work excessive hours, but ordinary individuals will experience diminished quality of work, just like everyone else.
- Evbn 14y agoCEOs and directors aren't primarily "knowledge workers", they are networkers/connectors/presenters. It isn't the same sort of concentration as programming or accounts payable.
- rhizome 14y agoFunny how a definition of work that applies to CEOs in comparable terms lets them "work" by playing golf and going to parties.
- 31reasons 14y agoSigning checks for themselves is also lot of work.
- notsosmart 14y agoHow condescending... even by hacker news standards.
- bjhoops1 14y agoYou're allowed to mock a class of people who earn 380 times more than the average American workers. :) For $12.9 million a year, I'll let people be as condescending towards me as they want! http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/economy/ceo-pay/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/economy/ceo-pay/index.h...