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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 20, 2021 @11:37AM (#26523863)
> it’s probably because those are prime child rearing years and that effort is needed to raise children. Instead Goldman Sachs gets those years.

Few people are responsibly having kids in their early twenties. Goldman got the time, but their alumni got the cash and cachet.

Not defending the practices in the complaint. 90+ hours is excessive. I turned down that lifestyle and think I’ve done decently well for myself. But being dismissive about the power, wealth and material comforts that work opens one up to is ignoring a strong signalling mechanism in our society.

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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by goatinaboat on Sunday March 21, 2021 @10:51AM (#26530868)
Few people are responsibly having kids in their early twenties

In most of human history your kids would old enough to help you on the farm by the time you reached your early 20’s!

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