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> hopefully, as companies give more attention to the importance of work-life balance, more and more people will be in a better position to decide and act more h
by libria 12y ago
> hopefully, as companies give more attention to the importance of work-life balance, more and more people will be in a better position to decide and act more holistically on what’s important to them.
I see no signs of the US economy rewarding life-balanced underproducers, or of companies altruistically shouldering this moral burden. Spare time is not a right, quality time is a luxury. Every individual chooses how much time they are willing to trade for success/compensation. It will be difficult to convince companies and consumers that this is their problem.
- SnacksOnAPlane 12y agoThis is a shortsighted view, I think. More spare time can mean more novel inputs for your mind to process, which results in more creativity, which results in better performance in (some) jobs. Certainly in programming jobs. I think we'd be a more productive nation if we all took a 1-month summer break, like they do in some European countries.