Was watching SNL last night and there was a sketch with Amy Poehler's character literally giving birth at work. I know its parody, but honestly... kind of terrifying how close this hits. Feels like this is exactly the kind of corporate America we're in now.

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The sitcom Superstore covered this too. She was back to work the day after. I moved back to the US from Europe and occasionally the 7 weeks PTO I used to receive comes up in conversation. Almost every time, I get a comment like "Well here we actually like to WORK for a living." We work against our own progress sometimes.

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I'm always struck by how people will throw themselves into these workaholic scenarios like they're engaged in some noble crusade. I mean, you're not planning the Normandy invasion because the Nazis must be defeated, you're probably just trying to pump up sales numbers for a videogame or something. It's good to be motivated for your work, of course, but let's not get carried away.

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