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Return-to-office orders look like a way for rich, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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Talking about work during a business dinner does not equal hours. Thinking about work ideas after hours does not equal hours. Fostering a business connection does not equal work hours.
And if they do, then I get to count stressing in the shower, arguments in my head while I go for a walk, ranting to my partner about work problems, and keeping in touch with former coworkers.
A third of their job is "fostering business connections," with the other third being "understanding the company and workforce," followed by "actually making decisions."
I do 40 hour weeks. I certainly do less difficult work than a construction worker, but it's still considered work. Work is work, whether you're being paid to sit on your ass and draw stick figures or actually doing continuous manual labor.
All I'm saying is just because you don't consider it work doesn't mean it isn't being done entirely for business reasons, for the business, during work hours, which they are only doing because it's their job. It is therefore definitely work. Not "hard" work but still work