accountingsucks
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Last night's episode was a repeat - sorry if this has already been discussed on the forum
Anyways one of the topics was America's "obsession" with work and how people are putting in 60+ hours per week or more at their jobs. I too was at one of these employers for about a year and a half and quit without having another job lined up. I am now making the same amount of money at a company that values work/life balance and I never work more than a 40 hour work week.
I guess my question is do these people realize they are wasting their lives at work? If they are so valuable at their current employer then why not leave? I suppose the answer is that most employers now expect this from their drones....urrrr employees. There is allegedly a labor shortage with the boomers approaching retirement so does anyone envision a huge backlash by employees demanding better working conditions? If this future labor shortage is in fact true, then employees will refuse to work for companies that demand this kind of schedule. I guess only time will tell but sadly I think most people will continue to be tied to their Blackberrys and be happy with their 3 weeks vacation for working 3000 hours a year.....
Anyways one of the topics was America's "obsession" with work and how people are putting in 60+ hours per week or more at their jobs. I too was at one of these employers for about a year and a half and quit without having another job lined up. I am now making the same amount of money at a company that values work/life balance and I never work more than a 40 hour work week.
I guess my question is do these people realize they are wasting their lives at work? If they are so valuable at their current employer then why not leave? I suppose the answer is that most employers now expect this from their drones....urrrr employees. There is allegedly a labor shortage with the boomers approaching retirement so does anyone envision a huge backlash by employees demanding better working conditions? If this future labor shortage is in fact true, then employees will refuse to work for companies that demand this kind of schedule. I guess only time will tell but sadly I think most people will continue to be tied to their Blackberrys and be happy with their 3 weeks vacation for working 3000 hours a year.....