"And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death"

-Pink Floyd

One hour commute each way 💀 Bruh that is brutal, waste of life. My commute takes 15 mins

My version:

24 hours in a day
12 hour shift
1 hour commute each way, so 2 hours
1 hour cooking/eating/cleaning
1 hour showering, getting dressed, getting ready for the next day.
Uh oh, bedtime if I want to have a chance at 8 hours of sleep.
1 hour walking the dog and playing with her. 7 hours of sleep possible.
Fuck it, I'll get groceries next week I guess.
Trouble sleeping due to the anxiety of not getting enough sleep.
Cry.
Sleep 5 hours.

WFH has been a blessing.

You easily eliminate almost 2h from there, no commute, and some workdays no showerp/getting ready to go out. Even when I shower I try my damnest to do it between meetings in company time.

I also do zero overtime, you'd be surprised that there are actually decent consultancy companies in that regard.

And they wonder why no one wants to have children anymore. Between not having enough money and not having enough free time, how the fuck do they expect all that? The rich really are a parasite and capitalism is a cancer.

#meirl

It should be illegal to call it 9-5 when employers don't pay you for your lunch break. It's like when Subway got caught with their not that long foot longs. It's BS. They have the nerve to expect us to be honest when they can't even be honest about how they're going to shill us out of work-life balance. Capitalism is just modern slavery y'all. It's time for this charade to end.

Real and straight. This is all of us.

We should rise up, and unionize.

I guess anon is too tired to do maths correctly. That sums to 21 hours, so only 3 left instead of 4.

I have strictly limited overtime with high bonuses and mandatory rest days, afternoon/night shift bonuses, 20 days minimum fully paid vacation, fully paid maternity leave, fully paid sick leave, healthcare paid through taxes, all written into law. Feels nice to live in a place where workers have rights. Sometimes I don't even know what to do with all this legally mandated freedom. Anyway, how's that deregulation going, America?

My south American garbage wasteland city needs one hour and a half of commute to reach work and another to go home

In Asia it's even worse. Standard work day in China for example is 9-9-6 which 9am to 9pm six days a week - remember that next time you see China living in 2070 propaganda. Six days a week is still de facto standard in most Asian countries.

The best part is that the actual work output is actually worse than five day 9-5 but I guess you have to keep the masses too busy for self awareness even if it costs economically. I'd remote contract with many teams in Shenzen, Tokyo and Hochiminh city and its incredibly how little actual work they get done with these crazy hours and its not due to lack of employee skill. It's stupid.

I feel crazy because when I was younger I would say this stuff to friends and family like I really felt this struggle and realization of how much time we dedicated to work. It wasn't just 9-5. It was all these extra bits including resting just so we could recharge for the next work day. Nobody understood it. They just didn't think this way. Now I see so many people online with this mentality and it's becoming more main stream. It feels good to have that validated like I'm not crazy.

Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable, not drinking too much Regular exercise at the gym three days a week Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well No more microwave dinners and saturated fats A patient, better driver A safer car Baby smiling in back seat Sleeping well, no bad dreams No paranoia Careful to all animals Never washing spiders down the plughole Keep in contact with old friends Enjoy a drink now and then Will frequently check credit at moral bank Hole in wall Favours for favours Fond, but not in love Charity standing orders On Sundays ring road supermarket No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants Car wash, also on Sundays No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate Nothing so childish At a better pace Slower and more calculated No chance of escape Now self-employed Concerned, but powerless An empowered and informed member of society Pragmatism, not idealism Will not cry in public Less chance of illness Tires that grip in the wet Shot of baby strapped in back seat A good memory Still cries at a good film Still kisses with saliva No longer empty and frantic Like a cat Tied to a stick That's driven into Frozen winter shit The ability to laugh at weakness Calm Fitter, healthier and more productive A pig In a cage On antibiotics

Have kids, a dog, a house, two cars, and a white picket fence.

🎵 Fitter. Happier. More Productive!