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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just want the choice. You work 2-4s, they work 4-8s, I want to work 5-5s.

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  • I wonder if instead of retirement age we could just do the gradual reduction of hours. I know I’m at the 5-6s age, but feel like I’m on the cusp of 4-6s. The thing is, my knowledge is more valuable than my labor anymore.

    Just today my company tried to move forward on a 200k decision — everyone on board. I came in at 10am. I took an hour to really think through the problem they were trying to solve and came up with a different course of action. I brought it to my boss, forcing them to think about it in a different way. By about 3pm, it had made its way through the C Suite and the original deal was cancelled. They will still spend 200k, but now it will be on the right solution, and they won’t spend another 300k fixing their mistake. I left at 3pm.

    I don’t need to be there 40 hours/week to get my job done.

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