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Re:Macron Vowed to Make France a ‘Startup Nation.’ Is It Get... by richardknop on Sunday May 27, 2018 @11:32PM (#17170448)
The 40 hour week is still not guaranteed. Especially in startup environment overtimes are quite common. In US more so than in Europe, you can easily be pulling 50h+ in a startup with all that overtime not paid for. So it's not like we don't need unions anymore.
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Re:Macron Vowed to Make France a ‘Startup Nation.’ Is It Get... by varjag on Monday May 28, 2018 @08:51AM (#17172137)
On the other hand pulling 50h+ on a shoestring budget is exactly how many startups grew into successes we know today. If that's problematic, one shouldn't work at a startup: it's part of risk-reward equation.

But some want the potential (low probability but out-sized) upside at no risk and strain.

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