Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but experts split

Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by ghshephard on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:43PM (#27576092)

I would say the opposite - the only job I can imagine (outside of the first two years of investment banking) working 60+ hours/week would be a startup - where each and every hour in those first 2-3 years can make the difference between building a Billion dollar company or just getting left behind.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by 8note on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:51PM (#27576147)

The only time id do that is if I was the founder.

Employees are too likely to be screwed over, even if the company is successful

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by ghshephard on Saturday June 26, 2021 @06:03PM (#27646344)

I mean, a lot depends on your level of seniority, what type of equity you negotiate, how likely it will be diluted, whether you are likely to have a $100mm/$500mm/$1B exit. A lot depends on the integrity of the CEO in the event of an acquhire (probably the most common exit) and how well the Principle engineers will be compensated (Retention Bonuses usually).

I will agree with you - it's probably batshit insane for a working stiff without a good chance of a $2mm+ payout to be working 60+ hours/week for years on end.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by DSingularity on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:55AM (#27579769)

Define screwed over? Because in my view getting screwed over is joining the industry on promise of working on deep tech and ending up a tiny cog in a machine.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by whateveracct on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:53AM (#27576921)

Most startups aren't engineering-bound though

Amdahl's Law

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