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Re:Half of Workers Around the World Are Struggling with Burnout by blackeyeblitzar on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @09:01AM (#40799535)
Depends on the company. A place like Microsoft or Google, where the company doesn’t really need to try to reap the benefits of their monopolies, a lot of people get away with working 20 hour weeks. Amazon and Meta are known to be harder places to work, so maybe 50-60 isn’t rare - although many just do 40. At startups you have to work long hours but that can be anywhere from 50-70 hours. No one is actually doing the 100 hour weeks they glorify, because it’s impossible to sustain.

The truth is though it’s a broken system. In my opinion even a startup should be able to make it on 40 hours. If they have to put in insane hours for just a slim chance to survive, it’s an indication that there isn’t really fair competition and that the market is too skewed towards existing players.

Re:Half of Workers Around the World Are Struggling with Burnout by shrimp_emoji on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @09:52AM (#40800062)