China has issued its most detailed warning yet against the excessive-work culture that pervades the country’s largest corporations, as a backlash grows against the punishing demands of the private sector.
In the USA, our overtime laws would make that schedule extremely lucrative. I worked a similar schedule one summer when waiting tables. I now work for myself and regularly work a similar schedule (5am-5-6pm+) 5 days a week, sometimes I will not work on Saturday or Sunday but sometimes I will work in the afternoon. I drive for a living, a few apps and my own service.
If the company you are currently with isn’t able or willing to make that overtime up via other days off when work allows or with extra pay for the time, a bonus, something, you need to find a different company.
For example, my wife had been working some stupid hours because her company was in a growth phase (and still is) but now they have enough people that her bosses can chip in to help her when needed so she can take time off and both of her direct bosses basically told her to “take some fucking time off” and even with the work load were fine with her taking off, it’s her that doesn’t like coming back to a full queue and email inbox.
Don’t jump to conclusions here. This company actually does take care of their people. Unlimited PTO and they mean it. Better than the best insurance that is self funded and more. She expects her bonus this year to be between 5k and 8k. Her team (and her) before moving up to management has a hard line max on work per day. She is doing work that if the company tried to exploit like that they would regret it immediately because shit work would make it through and their clients would not be happy.
She was originally IC with a company and was one of the first few people hired. They were bought out by a bigger fish and that company is close to a IPO but they are waiting for the market and timing to be just right to pull the trigger. They just hired a bunch of people and she is now running her team, they have made moves like splitting the teams up and creating new groups to focus on certain things to make everyones jobs easier.
As I said and clearly you didn’t read or understand. 2 of her bosses, 1 in particular were telling her to take more time off, even before they hired enough to allow them to chip in and help when needed. Again, it wasn’t them asking her to work more, it was her not being comfortable leaving stuff undone and coming back to even more.
And no, companies aren’t always in a growth phase, not like hers. They are in a niche of a niche industry that is booming. And 90% of the company is work from home without a pay adjustment for locale so we could move to an even lower cost of living area and she would still make the same, she also never has to go to the office but she is probably welcome if we were ever in NYC.
9am to 9pm 6 days a week. I’ve done similar in the US, but for a month or two due to staff shortage. Fuck that as a permanent schedule.
Man, sometimes when I read things like that, I realize how lucky I’ve been this whole time. Corps are just out of control.
In the USA, our overtime laws would make that schedule extremely lucrative. I worked a similar schedule one summer when waiting tables. I now work for myself and regularly work a similar schedule (5am-5-6pm+) 5 days a week, sometimes I will not work on Saturday or Sunday but sometimes I will work in the afternoon. I drive for a living, a few apps and my own service.
Overtimes only for hourly workers. A lot of people doing this are on salary and don’t get anything extra for this schedule besides not being fired.
If the company you are currently with isn’t able or willing to make that overtime up via other days off when work allows or with extra pay for the time, a bonus, something, you need to find a different company.
For example, my wife had been working some stupid hours because her company was in a growth phase (and still is) but now they have enough people that her bosses can chip in to help her when needed so she can take time off and both of her direct bosses basically told her to “take some fucking time off” and even with the work load were fine with her taking off, it’s her that doesn’t like coming back to a full queue and email inbox.
Aren’t companies always in a “growth phase”?.. What you’re telling sounds like extreme exploitation to me
Don’t jump to conclusions here. This company actually does take care of their people. Unlimited PTO and they mean it. Better than the best insurance that is self funded and more. She expects her bonus this year to be between 5k and 8k. Her team (and her) before moving up to management has a hard line max on work per day. She is doing work that if the company tried to exploit like that they would regret it immediately because shit work would make it through and their clients would not be happy.
She was originally IC with a company and was one of the first few people hired. They were bought out by a bigger fish and that company is close to a IPO but they are waiting for the market and timing to be just right to pull the trigger. They just hired a bunch of people and she is now running her team, they have made moves like splitting the teams up and creating new groups to focus on certain things to make everyones jobs easier.
As I said and clearly you didn’t read or understand. 2 of her bosses, 1 in particular were telling her to take more time off, even before they hired enough to allow them to chip in and help when needed. Again, it wasn’t them asking her to work more, it was her not being comfortable leaving stuff undone and coming back to even more.
And no, companies aren’t always in a growth phase, not like hers. They are in a niche of a niche industry that is booming. And 90% of the company is work from home without a pay adjustment for locale so we could move to an even lower cost of living area and she would still make the same, she also never has to go to the office but she is probably welcome if we were ever in NYC.