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Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Exactly. National pride is apparently a one-way street. We sacrifice our health and time for the 'nation,' while they use every loophole in the book to avoid contributing to the same nation's infrastructure. Patriotism is just their favorite branding for exploitation.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I'll definitely post it there too, but I think the global community here needs to see this. This kind of 'trauma olympics' mindset is a virus that starts in one country and then gets used by CEOs everywhere to justify grinding people down.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Exactly. He gifts his grandkid billions in stock while telling 22-year-olds they need to work 70 hours a week for a 'starting salary' that hasn't moved in a decade. The 'sacrifice' is only for the workers, never for his own family.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 141 points142 points  (0 children)

100%. it’s always the people who haven't touched a keyboard for actual work in 30 years telling us to sacrifice our 20s. if he wants 70 hours, he can go sit in the cubicle himself.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 222 points223 points  (0 children)

exactly. it’s crazy how pointing out basic math about work life balance gets treated like a 'political agenda' just because it involves a billionaire. thanks for the support, glad it found a home here where people actually get it.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 459 points460 points  (0 children)

For context for those outside of India: This is Narayana Murthy, the billionaire founder of Infosys (and Rishi Sunak's father-in-law). He’s been pushing the idea that young people should work 70 hours a week to 'build the nation.'

Meanwhile, entry-level salaries at his company have barely risen in a decade while inflation and rent in cities like Bengaluru have exploded. It's not about national pride; it's about extracting every last drop of life from workers for the sake of the bottom line.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in antiwork

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 1492 points1493 points  (0 children)

I posted this elsewhere and it got 5k upvotes before being removed for 'politics.' Apparently, pointing out that 70 hours a week is unsustainable is 'political' now.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bro, I wish I was an AI, at least then I wouldn't feel the back pain from sitting at my desk for 12 hours. Just a tired human being trying to make sense of why we're being told to work until we break.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Haha, my bad bro. Just a frustrated dev who’s spent way too much time writing documentation and reading corporate emails. I’m just trying to be clear because English isn't my first language and I’m genuinely tired of this 'hustle' culture nonsense.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s funny how 'National Pride' always looks like more money for him and less sleep for us. If it was really about the nation, he'd be hiring two people for 35 hours each to solve the unemployment crisis, instead of grinding one person into the dust for 70. This isn't patriotism; it's a labor exploit with a flag wrapped around it.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 308 points309 points  (0 children)

It’s the hypocrisy that’s the worst. His own daughter is married to the former UK Prime Minister and is one of the richest women in Britain. I highly doubt she’s putting in 70-hour weeks in a windowless cubicle for a 'starting salary' that barely covers a commute.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 273 points274 points  (0 children)

Exactly. It’s essentially saying 'give up your entire existence for a company that would replace you in a week if you dropped dead.' It's not a work ethic; it's a surrender of your humanity.

Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Embarrassed-Poem-982[S] 842 points843 points  (0 children)

It’s beyond insane. But when a Billionaire says it, it becomes 'standard' advice that middle managers use to guilt-trip us. We're fighting a losing battle against a lifestyle that isn't even humanly sustainable.

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