I’ve never understood how some managers treat staying late like a badge of honour. If you finish on time, you’re “not going above and beyond” but if you waste hours then work late, you’re praised for dedication.

When did working inefficiently become a flex?

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To me, it really seems like a boomer (or gen x) way of thinking about work, especially among women who I think had to fight hard to prove they could do it all and not get tired. I feel like millennials and gen z are a lot less likely to brag about being workaholics. But maybe that's just my perception

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I think you're right, I think people now care a lot more for their home life but if they do get roped into staying later it's just the norm get it over and done with maybe...

That's one of the truly malignant features that startup culture passed into the mainstream. It's that whole "grind all the time" mentality that is really just a way of getting people to brainwash themselves into being exploited. It's amazing how many people will happily engage in that self-sabotaging behavior.

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People need to wake up! It's not good to give up your life for a business that doesn't even care about you.

Whenever "hustle culture" became a mainstream phenomenon. Bragging about how little time you get to yourself each day isn't a flex, it's a sign of how dystopian life is for way too many of us.

I agree with the other comment, I’ve seen a lot of the older generation brag about working all the time. I’m from the millennial generation and I’ve not met anyone who brags about working a lot. They brag about working smarter not harder though.

THIS. In my last role my boss would frequently get upset with us when we would leave on time and there was still work to be done. She constantly said she wanted us to have work life balance but then made comments about us "leaving early" which really just meant we left when our assigned shift was over.

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