A 100-hour work week

[Papenbrook]

Oh my goodness!

I'm saddened.

[IndigoErth]

Talk about zero work-like balance. I mean, I know even in this country it's not exactly a real thing for many, and many people spend so much of their lives in some job and less of it actually getting to live the other parts, but EESH.

Shame that life on planet Earth has been turned into such misery and pointlessness, and humankind has only done this to itself. (To think if we decided to change direction as a species...the rest of the universe would not give a damn at all. It's like we could collectively choose better, but don't.)

Hope the poor woman at least made enough in all that overtime to afford herself a nice funeral.

[Katie]

That’s a cultural thing in Japan. Company before individual. Never mind the perception that you have to work longer than the boss does to be a “good” employee. Plus, being a female in business means you can make no mistakes if you want to be promoted, even here that’s a thing in male dominated fields.

It’s sad, but I understand her mindset.

[Papenbrook]

Originally Posted by Katie

That’s a cultural thing in Japan. Company before individual. Never mind the perception that you have to work longer than the boss does to be a “good” employee. Plus, being a female in business means you can make no mistakes if you want to be promoted, even here that’s a thing in male dominated fields.

It’s sad, but I understand her mindset.

I think conformity and ageism are also vital roles that help to uphold that damaging mindset.

People tend to overwork/overwhelm themselves in a capitalist environment. Sadly, it's a frequent occurrence.

[wpugh2424]

When I was a resident we did this all the time. There is basically no time to do anything else besides necessities. Would do this about every week for a month then go back down to 80/ week then go back to well over 100 a week. Miserable

[Prowler]

100 hour work week?! Damn, I dunno if I could even survive that. That's pretty much 14-15 hours a day for 7 days in a row. I mean, naturally I've done overtime before, but never super long shifts for a whole week.

Granted it depends on what kind of job you work, but it's already tiring enough to work overtime at a boring office job where ou sit behind a computer desk all day. And if you work at a café/restaurant all the way from opening to closing time it's even more tiresome since you basically gotta stay up all day and walk back and forth as well.

I couldn't imagine doing 12 to 15 hours of hard labour. As in carrying around heavy stuff and doing construction.

[Papenbrook]

With the decline of labor unions, job availability, and worker morale, the quality of life will get worse.

Our current system was never accustomed to dealing with these current issues; I can't imagine what it will look like with future difficulties.

I feel that work environments are about to get worse - so much worse.

It's just a symptom of late-stage capitalism, though.

[AquaParade]

Sounds horrible unless your work is some type of fulfilling creative endeavor. Or, I don't know, I guess saving lives. With so much time spent working, there is none left to enjoy the payoff, unless you give up sleeping.

[Papenbrook]

I heard that people who work in/around mechanical/technological businesses ( creating video games, building vfx, animating, programming, engineering, etc. ) are forced to work in some of the most heinous working conditions.

Not to mention that there are always risks that could affect an entire workforce. Pay cuts, worker layoffs, mass firings - Job security is scarce, at least for employees.

You can imagine the outcome/results of these consequences.

[Icebot]

Not a chance, I’d burn out easily. I need my personal time.

I know this isn’t the TMNT section but I felt it was worth pointing out that in the TMNT 2003 episode Same As It Never Was, Mikey said the humans had to work 18 hours a day, assuming they work 7 days that’s 126 hours in the whole week. Can you imagine it being that tough?

[Papenbrook]

I imagine that you would need to consume a lot of coffee.

[Andrew NDB]

If it was like for something I would enjoy doing and would be creatively satisfying... sure. As long as it's Big Bucks.