This this this. Not just academia, all over the place.
There are certainly people working 80-100 hour weeks to survive. Respect to them. But that's not what's happening in academia or 1%er jobs. These are just bragging rights.
There are certainly people working 80-100 hour weeks to survive. Respect to them. But that's not what's happening in academia or 1%er jobs. These are just bragging rights.
My husband works 70 hour+ weeks because it's the nature of his job (he works in television), but he doesn't think it's healthy, he doesn't brag on it, he's trying to change it for his entire company (because he knows it's awful), and he knows he couldn't do it without me at home.
And he knows he's missing out on life with this kind of schedule, and he is devastated by that.
This culture of overwork is horrible for us. When we brag about it, we feed into it. And it's not the job of the middle or working classes to solve the problem.
This culture of overwork is horrible for us. When we brag about it, we feed into it. And it's not the job of the middle or working classes to solve the problem.
