[nimbius]

one could make a cogent argument that the point of 'work life balance' and the cult of mindfulness mandates from HR was not to serve as a poultice for a wounded working class, but rather to distance and externalize the risk corporations faced from inherent, systematic abuses they commonly engage in with legal impunity and to gaslight those very same workers into internalizing their burnout and exhaustion as a function of something they were instead doing to themselves.

it was to keep you worried about yourself, so as not to say, collectivize any sort of action against the real culprit.

[adamgordonbell]

Interesting!

    defined benefits pension plan -> "How to plan for retirement" HR Meeting

    defined work hours -> "How to have a work life balance" HR meeting

Moving left to right saves money and moves the burden to the employee.

What other examples exist?

[advisedwang]

Another example is that in the past it was very common for workplaces to hire generally capable people and then train them to do the specific job needed; now its much more common to expect you to understand the specific job and for you to be productive much earlier.

In other words, training has moved from the responsibility of the company to the responsibility of the job hunter.