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Originally Posted by Muta
Fair enough, that's your opinion. I don't think 5 days a week / 40 hours a week is absurd (in fact, that is completely normal almost everywhere), but that's just me. I love what I do though.
I can agree on the working past 5 thing, no one has to do it of course. But when you're on salary though (not hourly), and you have deadlines, and the work quality isn't terrific... I dunno. This is where I've put in that extra effort in my career, and it's paid off handsomely.
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5/40 is only normal because it was where the last labour vs business fight ended. Instead of using automation to further reduce the work week over the last 50 years we have used it to reduce the cost of goods and increase consumption.
Also when you say everywhere in China it is not 5/40, Japan whether prescribed or not is not 5/40, in the US and Canada Salaried rolls have led to 5/40 being not as standard as it used to be.
Essentially union weakness has allowed work hours not to be reduced over time as automation has given society the option.