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Reminds me of the Ogilvy employee who died, allegedly of overwork.[1] With the risk of being seen as a corporate apologist, I'll say that it's really tough to t
by basseq 13y ago
Reminds me of the Ogilvy employee who died, allegedly of overwork.[1] With the risk of being seen as a corporate apologist, I'll say that it's really tough to tie this directly to overwork and not to a preexisting condition.
E.g., { People Who Die } ∩ { People Who Are Overworked } ≠ { People Who Die From Overwork }
[1] http://adage.com/article/global-news/young-ogilvy-china-staffer-s-death-raises-issue-overwork/241500/ http://adage.com/article/global-news/young-ogilvy-china-staf...
- jessaustin 13y agopreexisting condition I appreciate what you're saying, and of course we don't really know what happened here, but outliers are people too. Humans vary in a number of different traits. If 1% of interns will suffer an injury from working 100 hrs/wk, (hopefully a larger percentage will "suffer" from fuck-you-i-quit-itis) that is an argument for interns not working 100 hrs/wk. It might also be an argument for not hiring "weak" interns, if it's possible to weed them out in an interview.