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by mirko22
2825 days ago
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Like i said, not very popular:) Question is why is everyone so obsessed with work life balance? I come from 3rd world country and I never heard of that concept before I moved to some European countries. I used to work anywhere from 6-16 hours a day and even night, I never complained and always did my job as best as I could, so not sure why is that viewed as horrible, and I feel the only reason people think about this is cos it’s easy to find a job in this profession, I don’t see people working in Mcdonalds or stock traders talking about it. I’m sorry if you don’t share that point of view. |
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As for why work life balance is seen as something to be strived for, there might be several reasons.
Most workers here are thought workers, which means productivity is incredibly hard to measure. Along with this, the general consensus seems to be that we have limited number of hours of true productivity per day with this sort of work. (Idk if the science is there to back it up, but it is the consensus). So by this logic working 70 hour weeks has a cost.
Another reason is that an hour at work takes an hour from society as a whole. Another hour at work is an hour not being a husband, not raising kids, not spending money at bars with friends, not shopping (to the benfit of the economy) not cooking or other hobbies which develop well rounded citizens.
Also maybe to the larger point, why? Why give your life (50hpw+ consistently) to an employer if it's not needed and you don't love it? There is a whole world out there and you already give an majority size chunk of you life to work and sleep, what are you going to do with the rest?