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South Korea U-turns on 69-hour working week after youth backlash
The Guardian ^
| 15 March, 2023
| Justin McCurry
Posted on 03/20/2023 2:44:34 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
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To: Tai_Chung
15 minute breaks and 30 minute lunch?
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posted on
03/20/2023 4:49:27 PM PDT
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null and void
(Soros funded judges and district attorneys have Detention Deficit Disorder)
To: anthropocene_x
In Seoul it's not unusual to see a man on the subway at 6AM and see him at 8PM going in the opposite direction. IOW...a lot like what you see on the Tokyo subway.
To: Gay State Conservative
I may be reinforcing stereotypes, but I am sure many Korean minimart owners in the US are working 80 hour weeks. Yes they are driving Mercedes and BMWs, but I do not envy them.
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posted on
03/20/2023 5:29:49 PM PDT
by
Sicvee
(Sicvee)
To: Sicvee
There's a good amount of truth to that. My girlfriend is Korean-American and lived in the ROK until she was in her 40s. Her early years here were tough for many reasons,including limited English. She averaged 80 hour work weeks during those days and even today,when her situation is far more settled she averages 50-55 hours a week.
Neither Koreans nor Japanese are afraid of hard work or long hours.
To: rmichaelj
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posted on
03/20/2023 6:10:51 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: rfp1234
Yes, not wanting. To spend 14 hours a day working, damn youngsters..
To: rfp1234
The latter will be automated.
The former may be automated too...
What 20 y/o wants to face a future with a 69 hour work week?
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posted on
03/20/2023 10:30:45 PM PDT
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Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: Tell It Right
Yes, I suspect many of us have worked crazy hours when we were young. I recall one stint where I worked almost 60 hours straight (no sleep), got a couple hours sleep, and then worked another 20 or so. 60 hours a week was not uncommon for me at all. Once I got past 40 and got married though...
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03/20/2023 10:37:49 PM PDT
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Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: Paul R.
I worked full time (35-50 hours/week) for many years in a high volume grocery warehouse with no A/C in hot Alabama while slowly going to college (2 to 3 courses per quarter) and getting a BS in computer science. Looking back in hindsight, the years of physical work in young and influential years build character. In my 50’s now it was do-able to handle the year 2020’s many, many software changes, working 50-60 hours/week for a few months. But I couldn’t do it every year.
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03/21/2023 4:49:21 AM PDT
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Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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