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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by sloxy on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:08AM (#17039512)
sure but it's slowly being eroded by the americanisation of companies & management styles.

salaried workers being exempt from paid overtime in most European countries has turned in to a joke. Instead of just being used to deal with "emergency" situations, it's used to coerce extra work for free.

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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by pishpash on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:21AM (#17039647)
That's exactly it, overtime is so normalized that planning never takes an 8-hour workday into account, with the obvious result of a frequent need to go to overtime to achieve basic business goals.
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