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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup, I gave up my 70 hour work weeks. My 50 hour weeks grew my salary and position, then my 60 hour weeks put me in charge of massive projects, which drove me to 70 hours during a couple ERP implementations. I took a paycut overall, but now I work 40 hours.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By law in Germany you cannot work more than 40 hours per week. There are some exceptions but usually it’s downright illegal for employers to request it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I demand we lower it to 20 and let AI do the rest of the work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People in many jobs already work 20 hours in reality. We should just make it official.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Well, 60h is the limit. 6 days at 10h each max. The 40h figure is the long term limit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm currently working a job in IT at a lower than median salary, but I also can fuck around (within boundaries of reason), adapt my work schedule to myself and work from home 100% of the time. I wouldn't have it any other way. My team and managers are some of the chillest people I've met

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IT and WFH here also. On an average week I do maybe a handfull of hours of actual work and I earn about the same as a doctor. I'd still prefer to do no work at all and I get major anxiety every time I have to go back to work after summer vacation.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is exactly what I'm looking for right now. The hurdle is that it's getting harder to find non-contract jobs in IT anymore. So every hour I take off from work is an hour coming out of my pocket. Either way I've come to accept that my sanity and free time are things worth paying for.