What's the point about framing this around AI? This is a problem around capital in general. What the author is looking for is communism, or at the very least some form of socialism. They are...
What's the point about framing this around AI? This is a problem around capital in general. What the author is looking for is communism, or at the very least some form of socialism. They are fundamentally talking about wealth redistribution!
Whatever it is, I just don't want to work for 5 days of the week. Part time work from home is a godsend. I can get my tasks finished by noon and fuck around for the next 4 hours. Without it, I'd...
Whatever it is, I just don't want to work for 5 days of the week.
Part time work from home is a godsend. I can get my tasks finished by noon and fuck around for the next 4 hours. Without it, I'd probably just roll over and die.
I guess the idea is that chasing infinite growth and productivity increases has to stop at some point, and mass adoption of AI is a potential turning point in that conversation. AI threatens to...
I guess the idea is that chasing infinite growth and productivity increases has to stop at some point, and mass adoption of AI is a potential turning point in that conversation. AI threatens to magnify problems the author has with the way things work currently, but it could also alleviate some of those problems with proper implementation, so it's worth talking about what those problems are, and what solutions could become feasible. There's a lot of capital riding on the success and usefulness of AI, so you kinda have to account for it regardless of your agenda or ideals.
Capitalism is also wealth redistribution. It distributes wealth to people that already have capital. At least that appears to be what modern capitalism is.
Capitalism is also wealth redistribution. It distributes wealth to people that already have capital. At least that appears to be what modern capitalism is.
A recruiter contacted me for an IT position at a large financial services company that is mandating full-time RTO. And then he missed our agreed upon call time, following up an hour later with...
A recruiter contacted me for an IT position at a large financial services company that is mandating full-time RTO. And then he missed our agreed upon call time, following up an hour later with barely an apology and no explanation. As far as I'm concerned, that's two strikes of disrespect for my time before we've even had a serious conversation about the role. I'm flat out not doing that. It really feels like capital and workers are in a horrendous game of chicken.
In America I feel like the amount of work people are actually doing in office jobs is like... 20 hours per week max? Why do we need to lie to each other and ourselves just for the appearance of...
In America I feel like the amount of work people are actually doing in office jobs is like... 20 hours per week max? Why do we need to lie to each other and ourselves just for the appearance of being busy? I can't stand that perpetual cognitive dissonance.
I hear this, but it was never my experience. I guess I was maybe the sucker in the office. I easily worked 40 hours, and frequently 50+ hours. I worked in supply chain/logistics at a very large...
I hear this, but it was never my experience. I guess I was maybe the sucker in the office. I easily worked 40 hours, and frequently 50+ hours. I worked in supply chain/logistics at a very large transportation brokerage. Freight never stops, and my customers included some very large multinational companies. If I went on vacation for a week I’d easily have a few thousand emails to wade through.
That said, I no longer work there (or anywhere, as a stay at home dad), and things have changed a lot since in left just before Covid (dodged a bullet there). The company really went all in on AI stuff, having been investing heavily into machine learning before LLMs broke out. Now they’ve laid off about 30% of their total workforce. And I’m sure that my job would have been easier in terms of email management and normal scheduling stuff. Most of the job is exception management though.
Anyway, I could drone on, but mostly I just wanted say that there are definitely people putting in full work weeks out there, and I honestly could never have got my work done inside of 40 hours.
I think we've all had jobs like this, most of us have the sense to job hop until we find one that's not like that though My first job out of college was like that, totally insane, and I'm positive...
I think we've all had jobs like this, most of us have the sense to job hop until we find one that's not like that though
My first job out of college was like that, totally insane, and I'm positive it's because anyone worth their salt jumped ship soon as they could, brain drain effect.
Yeah, I'm firmly of the opinion that a company that has someone regularly working more than 40 hours per week, or more than the hours agreed upon when the person was hired, is understaffed. If...
Yeah, I'm firmly of the opinion that a company that has someone regularly working more than 40 hours per week, or more than the hours agreed upon when the person was hired, is understaffed. If you're in that situation, your employer should be actively trying to fill additional roles to offset their deficiency.
But they don't. They let one person do the work of two or three people, and take home the profit. And have somehow convinced workers to be thankful, or even to think themselves more virtuous, for it.
Thankfully, there are employers that don't do this, as @snake_case says. But they seem to be harder and harder to find.
It certainly didn't start out that way for me, though, my first adult-salary office job out of college I worked like, idk, average 10 hour days? It was nuts. I feel like that situation happens to...
It certainly didn't start out that way for me, though, my first adult-salary office job out of college I worked like, idk, average 10 hour days? It was nuts. I feel like that situation happens to a lot of people, your coworkers leave or get laid off and the company is struggling so they don't backfill and you're suddenly last man standing juggling like 3 different projects with angry customers.
I got far away from that noise though and 3 job hops later I'm comfortably doing like, 2 hours of work tops per day, most days. Some days we mess up and I end up working 12s for a week or two catching up but that's like, once a year, maybe, and I'm happy to do it since things are normally chill.
Maybe, I don't really think about it that way cause it's not like I can just leave my computer during working hours, I'm expected to at least be around to respond if someone needs me to do a...
Maybe, I don't really think about it that way cause it's not like I can just leave my computer during working hours, I'm expected to at least be around to respond if someone needs me to do a thing.
I start my day at like 10am and I'm done by noon, I cook a good lunch, and play video games until about 6pm or so when I can safely actually turn off and "leave" work
It's super chill, but not QUITE like having a part time job.
What's the point about framing this around AI? This is a problem around capital in general. What the author is looking for is communism, or at the very least some form of socialism. They are fundamentally talking about wealth redistribution!
Whatever it is, I just don't want to work for 5 days of the week.
Part time work from home is a godsend. I can get my tasks finished by noon and fuck around for the next 4 hours. Without it, I'd probably just roll over and die.
I guess the idea is that chasing infinite growth and productivity increases has to stop at some point, and mass adoption of AI is a potential turning point in that conversation. AI threatens to magnify problems the author has with the way things work currently, but it could also alleviate some of those problems with proper implementation, so it's worth talking about what those problems are, and what solutions could become feasible. There's a lot of capital riding on the success and usefulness of AI, so you kinda have to account for it regardless of your agenda or ideals.
Capitalism is also wealth redistribution. It distributes wealth to people that already have capital. At least that appears to be what modern capitalism is.
A recruiter contacted me for an IT position at a large financial services company that is mandating full-time RTO. And then he missed our agreed upon call time, following up an hour later with barely an apology and no explanation. As far as I'm concerned, that's two strikes of disrespect for my time before we've even had a serious conversation about the role. I'm flat out not doing that. It really feels like capital and workers are in a horrendous game of chicken.
I don’t know any office job types that actually get any work done on Friday. Its all performative.
In America I feel like the amount of work people are actually doing in office jobs is like... 20 hours per week max? Why do we need to lie to each other and ourselves just for the appearance of being busy? I can't stand that perpetual cognitive dissonance.
I hear this, but it was never my experience. I guess I was maybe the sucker in the office. I easily worked 40 hours, and frequently 50+ hours. I worked in supply chain/logistics at a very large transportation brokerage. Freight never stops, and my customers included some very large multinational companies. If I went on vacation for a week I’d easily have a few thousand emails to wade through.
That said, I no longer work there (or anywhere, as a stay at home dad), and things have changed a lot since in left just before Covid (dodged a bullet there). The company really went all in on AI stuff, having been investing heavily into machine learning before LLMs broke out. Now they’ve laid off about 30% of their total workforce. And I’m sure that my job would have been easier in terms of email management and normal scheduling stuff. Most of the job is exception management though.
Anyway, I could drone on, but mostly I just wanted say that there are definitely people putting in full work weeks out there, and I honestly could never have got my work done inside of 40 hours.
I think we've all had jobs like this, most of us have the sense to job hop until we find one that's not like that though
My first job out of college was like that, totally insane, and I'm positive it's because anyone worth their salt jumped ship soon as they could, brain drain effect.
Yeah, I'm firmly of the opinion that a company that has someone regularly working more than 40 hours per week, or more than the hours agreed upon when the person was hired, is understaffed. If you're in that situation, your employer should be actively trying to fill additional roles to offset their deficiency.
But they don't. They let one person do the work of two or three people, and take home the profit. And have somehow convinced workers to be thankful, or even to think themselves more virtuous, for it.
Thankfully, there are employers that don't do this, as @snake_case says. But they seem to be harder and harder to find.
The plus side for me at the time was 1.5x pay. But yeah, I quit when I had something more worthwhile to do after work hours.
It certainly didn't start out that way for me, though, my first adult-salary office job out of college I worked like, idk, average 10 hour days? It was nuts. I feel like that situation happens to a lot of people, your coworkers leave or get laid off and the company is struggling so they don't backfill and you're suddenly last man standing juggling like 3 different projects with angry customers.
I got far away from that noise though and 3 job hops later I'm comfortably doing like, 2 hours of work tops per day, most days. Some days we mess up and I end up working 12s for a week or two catching up but that's like, once a year, maybe, and I'm happy to do it since things are normally chill.
When you do the math the effective hourly rate ends up being crazy.
Maybe, I don't really think about it that way cause it's not like I can just leave my computer during working hours, I'm expected to at least be around to respond if someone needs me to do a thing.
I start my day at like 10am and I'm done by noon, I cook a good lunch, and play video games until about 6pm or so when I can safely actually turn off and "leave" work
It's super chill, but not QUITE like having a part time job.