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Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout by crusso on Monday June 25, 2012 @03:22PM (#4158207)
> You appear to be constructing some sort of opposition to your preferred way of working when there is none.

You said you wanted to kill yourself after reading an article about someone who talks about working hard and her management techniques at one of the most highly successful technology companies in the world that is listed as THE best company to work at in the country. Exactly how am I misunderstanding your own words and how much are you to blame for putting them together the way you did?

> Are you under the impression that Google is still minting millionaire chefs?

Seriously, number one in the country. I'm not exaggerating.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/f...

Are you under the impression that there aren't other reasons to work someplace besides just the money?

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Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout by heretohelp on Monday June 25, 2012 @03:40PM (#4158314)
What are you trying to prove exactly? That I'm coffee-deprived and tired?

Google being a good place to work at really has nothing to do with demanding overtime of employees.

For that matter, Google isn't even guilty of what I'm talking about.

Given those two statements, everything you've just said is null.

What an immense waste of time.

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Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout by crusso on Monday June 25, 2012 @04:20PM (#4158534)
> What are you trying to prove exactly?

Just trying to probe the depths of the reasoning of someone posting something that's contrary to the conclusions I've drawn from life.

> What an immense waste of time.

If you say so. I gained another little data point in my mental model under the section of "Why do some people react so strongly against others who profess to work hard?" So, thanks.

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Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout by heretohelp on Monday June 25, 2012 @04:24PM (#4158551)
That's a bad data point.

I'm not against working hard, I'm against forcing others to work hard for your benefit without commensurate reward.

What is so difficult to understand about that?

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Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout by crusso on Monday June 25, 2012 @04:54PM (#4158694)
In the context of Google, your use of the terms "forcing" and "commensurate reward" are decidedly oxymoronic. I'd make the case that in the US and most other Western countries, your use of those terms doesn't really make sense.

Do you live in some non-free society where you aren't allowed to quit a job and find another more suitable to your liking? Maybe you live somewhere where you aren't allowed to start your own business and take part in deciding your own compensation? I'd guess North Korea, but your English is extremely good and I didn't think they were allowed to access the Internet.

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