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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
All true, however as the world ran towards increased globalization I think that it meant that productivity of a country / society was ever more important or you squander / trade your standard of living to those countries / societies that are willing to put in the work.
It's easy for Sliver to sit here in Lake Bonavista, one of the nicest communities in Calgary, which is one of the nicest most liveable cities on Earth and in Canada, one of the safest highest standard living countries on Earth, and now make claims of 'hey why are we doing this?'. You're already on top of the life mountain, so easy for you to say but the reality is that for many societies productivity and work are essential to chasing what we have. I wonder your assessment if you were in these other people's shoes.
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Very true.
It just would be nice to have the option taper back the work schedule, or work more if you choose. Even from the perspective of, "I've got mine," so maybe somebody else needs to get theirs. Ever work in one of those companies where you get a few boomers on top just hanging on and raking in the cash while a ton of younger people could benefit by them getting the fata out of the way so others have an opportunity to rise? I've seen it and it's really annoying. Like, how much is enough?
You're also right on the society as a whole thing. If we stop working, how long before we fall back relative to the rest of the world. Huge risk to taking our hand off the wheel.
Basically, I just wish there was some sort of utopia where we could all work less and spend our limited time here doing things we enjoy more.
I recently hired a guy to help me at my work - I'd like to take more time off and I know I'll make less as a result. Nothing I'd like to buy more than free time, but I don't want to be the only one benefitting from a better work/life balance on the backs of my staff. To combat that some, I'm increasing my bonus structure for all my staff this year. Also changed our schedule to 4.5 days per week. Some people are working 9, 9, 9, 9, 4 and some are doing 8, 8, 8, 8, 4...either way is fine with me depending on what people want.
IDK, man, there has to be a way to get us all more free time. I'm fataing around to try to figure out something where I am, but the solutions aren't easy to come by I'm finding. I also have to be mindful of my customers' needs. Our products typically are business to business, so I can't let other people down and have it affect their livelihood because we want more patio time or to take off earlier in the day to go camping. That's not fair, either.