• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    60+ hour work week

    You honestly believe that about America?

    I haven’t worked 60 hours a week for over 20 years, and I was a contractor then, my time, my money. I’ve never met anyone that works 60 hour weeks, and no employer is paying that overtime. Maybe if you’re on salary at some insane tech startup? Maybe 2-3 people at my last gig (software dev) worked hours like that, but that was because they loved what they were doing. And HR frowned on that.

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      21 days ago

      Most of the time they pay salary to avoid overtime, but that’s just in middle income scenarios. I didn’t say they were working only one job. People I know work two or three jobs to afford rent, easily taking up 60+ hours of their lives (or, a side hustle as they call it).