Why 40 hour work weeks are a joke... | #grindreel

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[christhesingledad]

“Most employers only pay enough so most employees don’t quit. Most employees only work hard enough not to get fired.” Movie suicide kings

[progtom]

Listen to this dude, I used to be contracted to do 40 hours and it was nearly frowned on to do 40 and go home. I'd do 50-60 a week excl commute with little or no breaks and 5 mins for lunch. You slowly but surely burn out. And the erosion of your personal time makes you lose the will to live as long hours of work becomes the norm -its expected and underappreciated. Dont do it.

[kvasir]

Work 8 hours a day and get your job done: Good
Work 8 hours a day but get nothing done: "If it continues like this im gonna have to let you go. I pay you because you produce someting.
Work 3 hours and get your job done: "Great, then you can start this next thing. I pay you for the hours you put in after all"

[bigneiltoo]

With software engineers, 90% of what we do is all in our head.

[Incubansoul]

My last employer finally let us work remotely due to the pandemic. I'm the type that gets 8 hours worth of assigned work done in 2. I got a call from my (douchebag) boss, he's like "hey so I noticed your VPN is only active like 3 hours a day so I cut it off. I expect you to be in the office 8-5 starting tomorrow"
I was like "is something not getting done?"
"no but you need to be active for 8 hours a day"
"fuck you I quit"
Now I'm self employed and life has never been better lmao.

[bloodluster]

Most people are happier working 20 hours a week, even on jobs they don't really like. 40 hours/week seems a little excessive for many jobs.

[pogiman]

Don't spend your best hours working for the company. Spend it building something for you that gonna benefit you later.

[marcellelabuschagne]

That “presenteeism” is very prevalent in corporate jobs: ppl look like they’re working hard by just sitting at their desks the longest. I’ve seen the most useless people do that and the boss thinks they’re the best.

[Azariven]

Best advice of the day: Don't give your best hours to the company

[cole]

I feel you, Josh. Working 40 hours does not mean you worked those 40 hours non stop. I think most people only work four or five hours a day.

[laverdadbuscador]

You're productivity is meaningless if the decision maker feels threatened that he/she will lose their management job due to you demonstrating you can self manage.

[Nerobyrne]

"We need you to work more hours"
"Great, I need you to pay me more hours"
"Wait hold up ..."

[theplaymakerno]

My father told me that my goal should be to start a business and work. Work until you do not have to work anymore and try to reach it before you turn 40.

[vistaj]

One thing I've enjoyed from this working from home is that I am goal focused rather than time focused. At the beginning of the day I set my goals, when I reach them, I'm done. Since I am a responsible adult, I set appropriate goals.

[Trazynn]

I solve most of my problems during my sleep and implement them the next morning. I should bill my sleep.

[FrostlordTheWizard]

Read in corporate voice: "But mr.Flute where does loyalty fit into this remote model?"

[Lactovacilo]

i've been working from home and finished all my stuff in a few hours. the rest of the day i spent watching youtube and playing games.

[theamethyst]

I just got hired at a digital marketing agency and due to COVID were all remote right now. My training has been completely remote and I love it I don’t think I could ever go back to working in office full time 😱

[konfluence]

This is so true man. Numerous times I've found myself at the end of the day with what feels like a big problem to solve. I stare at the code but it just doesn't make sense, it seems insurmountable, I don't make much progress at all. Then I come back to it the next morning, refreshed and ready, and solve it in casually in 30 minutes without really even having to think about it, the solution is suddenly obvious. Getting this extra time at home has made this painfully obvious that those last few hours of the day are rarely useful for anything. All my good productivity happens much earlier, after that, it's totally diminishing returns.

[GrowthMindsetProductions]

Couldn't agree more with what is said here. It is almost as if we are being paid to sit around and waste our life away. I get it, if we are working for someone else we should spend time building their business, but I can get my best hours of performance out in 3-4 hours. After that and I feel that I am being forced to stay at work. In addition, it is almost as if we are getting paid to give up on our dreams, the 40 hour work week is designed as such. Go to work, spend the best energy of your day on something else you will never own, then go home super drained and try to make it through the night. Then repeat, over and over again. That is why entrepreneurs who *look* *for* *meaning* *and* *more* *then* *a* *paycheck* spend hundreds if not thousands of hours building something *they* *believe* *in* . I can say the same thing for myself being a small but growing entrepreneur. Its not easy, but easily well worth it.