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Living-blech t1_je131rq wrote

Reply to comment by KardTrick in I Would Love to Have Enough Time and Money to Go to an Office to Work All Day - Perhaps Steven Rattner and the executives complaining to him about their remote employees could lend me a hand (or $50,000 more a year). by speckz

To contrast the 996 policy, 4-day workweeks have shown quite the positive result so far. The majority of companies that participated say they don't plan to go back.

(https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-four-day-workweek-reduces-stress-without-hurting-productivity/)

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The assholes trying to force everyone back to office are usually business executives that thrive on micro-managing everyone.

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SheriffComey t1_je13ily wrote

Our CEO was called out recently for forcing everyone back for a minimum of 3 days a week but hasn't been in the office three days a week this year.

He said his role required him to be out more which didn't land like he thought when several people said "you told us that wasn't a valid excuse"

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Turdmonkey2 t1_je2du00 wrote

Let me guess... he didn't care.

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SheriffComey t1_je2g5gc wrote

Another exec swooped in and changed the subject because "they were running low on time".

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Turdmonkey2 t1_je2ghzi wrote

Well, yeah they were low on time, the yacht was gassed up and the jacuzzi was warm.... what.. are they supposed to let the champaign come to room temperature or something?!

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morbious37 t1_je511tw wrote

CEO travel a lot (including on weekends)...

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[deleted] t1_je15hym wrote

Fuck 996! I'd sooner starve.

At least they can use my organs for some rich dude, I guess?

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Myrianda t1_je1q920 wrote

I wish the US Govt would adopt that policy. I can usually finish all of my work in 2-3 days and I'm just browsing Reddit/Youtube for the rest while I wait to go home. What I wouldn't give to have an extra day of rest or time to take care of stuff at home. The older people here think it's stupid when they spend most of their day wasting time like taking 2-3 hour lunches and/or coffee breaks to stretch out what little work they actually do.

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jean__meslier t1_je2bzyt wrote

Dear God I would kill for your job. The stress and competition in my job is degrading my health and sucking the joy out of everything in life.

What department are you in? What qualifications would someone need?

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Myrianda t1_je4u3jw wrote

I work in a TS facility, so you'd have to have a clearance plus have Sec+ to start. Other than that, I do Windows AD work, database stuff, and whatever they decide to throw on my plate. I kind of lucked out though, since I was working on my Sec+ and BS while I was doing a low-pay GG3 job, but during Covid the govt barely worked so I took the time to power through my college courses to finish fast.

For security reasons, I can't say where or what I do beyond that, unfortunately. I can't have my phone on me, which really sucks for day-to-day stuff too.

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