Hustle Culture, Workaholism, and Toxic Productivity

Internet Analysis: American work habits! Let's discuss hustle culture, workaholism, and toxic productivity. Shout out to today's sponsor! Go to audible.com/tiffanyferg or text ‘tiffanyferg’ to 500 500 to get started today. :-)
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - intro, The American Dream
2:33 - Hustle Culture, motivational entrepreneur content
5:33 - glamorizing workaholism
6:31 - LinkedIn corporate hustle content (ft. Casey Aonso)
7:22 - American work culture is intense, we're often extremely busy and overworked
8:10 - even at home, we continue working. emailing, doing side gigs, etc. we feel guilty when we're not being productive.
9:05 - shout out to Audible!!
10:18 - work/life balance, or lack thereof. We live to work, instead of working to live.
13:38 - comparing US work habits and hours to other countries
14:57 - the US works a lot more hours than some other countries, but Japan and Mexico are two examples that work even more than we do
15:53 - despite long work hours, we aren't super productive, and we don't take many real breaks throughout the day
16:40 - paid vacation? the US has no guarantee. paid parental leave guaranteed? NOPE!
17:45 - not having guaranteed paid parental leave is detrimental
19:09 - other countries' paid parental leave policies, how does the US compare?
19:50 - why are the Nordic countries said to have the best qualities of life? shorter, more relaxed work days + generous benefits
22:21 - it's been proven that more time off and less work hours help to make people more productive. is a 6 hour workday ideal?
THANKS FOR WATCHING, ily!!! take a break plz.
Exploring the World of LinkedIn - Casey Aonso - • exploring the world of...
Working hours in the Netherlands - www.iamexpat.nl/career/workin...
What Work Life Balance Looks Like In Other Countries - www.bustle.com/p/what-work-li...
7 ways American work habits have changed in the past 10 years - www.businessinsider.com/ameri...
The Case for the 6-Hour Workday - hbr.org/2018/12/the-case-for-...
Paid Parental Leave: U.S. vs. The World - www.huffpost.com/entry/matern...
Japan has some of the longest working hours
in the world - www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/japan...
How far behind America is in paid time off compared to the rest of the world - www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/stati...
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[@selkiestorm3232]

Ah yes be like a lion, an animal that spends 20 hours a day sleeping.

[@celseac8107]

and a male lion, at that, which doesn't hunt :P

[@Penelope416]

@@celseac8107 male lions do hunt.

[@Anna133199]

@@Penelope416 Most of the time, they let the females do the work, though.

[@strangekat2840]

Sounds good to me.

[@calacatia2000]

Umm goals

[@_Alimm]

Can we also talk about how society looks down and resent people who either don't have to or don't choose to work themselves into the ground? Like people who decide to actually use vacation days for a vacation and get remarks like "Well I never took a day off in seven years straight even when I was sick. I came back to work straight from the hospital. No excuses" like ok sis don't get mad at me for putting my mental health before the dollar. Life can be short and people deserve to enjoy it.

[@_jeanique]

GirlYouAlreadyKnow OOF that reminds me of my job. I work in retail and a couple months ago, the supervisors were being picky about how one of my coworkers had a limited availability so she could be with her kids more. One is really young and was sick for some time so she needed time to take him to his doctor visits and stuff. The supervisors were like okay so what (other coworker) has a new born and she’s here everyday! Obviously, the rest of us were like.. good for her? She’s choosing to work instead of nursing her child? Maybe she did it out of obligation, maybe not. But it was so disturbing seeing the leaders compare them like that. Even if the children weren’t involved, people shouldn’t be compared and made to feel guilty for choosing to work or not.

[@appprrriiilll]

Yesssss! People at my job get offended/annoyed when I take time off and it’s like “listen, YOU can work until you cry in the bathroom and can’t stomach your lunch, but I’M going to the beach. This job WILL NOT kill me.”

[@elohelhehe4502]

April Simone girl PREACH

[@PaolaTheTimeLord]

literally we all die in the end. let me enjoy my time alive before my mental health spirals in the next 3 business days

[@teresahowick5197]

Omfg this spoke to me! Vent ahead: so I teach at a Montessori school. Because the summer is essentially a camp and no Montessori school I got the summer off. Cue MAJOR JEALOUSY from some co-workers. Resentful comments etc. Like crap! I have 3 kids, 1 who is suicidal and they know this. And I asked for the time. They could have they didn’t. Not my problem. One even asked my boss on my behalf and is still bitter. Therefore I still feel so guilty right now being off. I shouldn’t but I really do. It’s awful!! Anyway, I needed to get that off my chest.

[@amandaski]

I hate the idea that everyone has the same 24 hours. Like, do you have access to personal transportation? What about child care? How about a Wi-Fi connection at your home? How about the ability to hire people to help you clean or do yard work? My 24 hours and the hours of someone who has access to private jets, personal trainers, and cleaning staff are vastly fucking different.

[@luhe8]

exactly! do you really mean to tell me my 24 hours are the same as elon musk's??? he surely doesn't have to do anything around his house(s), worry about any fucking thing because he pays other people to do so, give me a fucking break

[@doctorwholover1012]

I always make this point! 90% of the massive historical figures we idolize for their work/inventions/etc had women behind the scenes doing unpaid life admin stuff for them and men under them (paid) doing the rest! Behind every successful person is the woman who birthed, raised, fed, housed, cleaned up and up after, educated/sought out educators for, etc. (Obvs there's also the man who worked to keep the family afloat, etc, but realistically, 85% of childrearing is motherbased so) and after she's done, the wife steps in ! No person is an island!

[@amandaski]

@Alpha Centauri 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. 40% of American adults couldn't afford a $400 emergency. Even if 80% of millionaires are "self-made", how many of them started out middle to upper class? I mean, people claimed Kylie Jenner was a "self-made" billionaire. She wasn't.

[@amandaski]

@Alpha Centauri I really don't have the time or the crayons to explain why you're wrong. Eat the rich.

[@amandaski]

@Alpha Centauri I gave you plenty of data, from sources that are non-partisan. You can maybe start by looking up the study done by researchers at Princeton and Northwestern that found the US functions as an oligarchy and get back to me.

[@naiabbeyquaye4064]

"We have to stop confusing economic value with human value." -Andrew Yang

[@dannytas8885]

Human value=what you can do for society.

[@TheeBlackSilhouette]

Danny Tas yeah but people are innately selfish so...

[@RhomboMus]

@Alpha Centauri well yes and no because disabled people may not be able to do that.

[@HilariousHooper44]

I had so wished he had made the ticket. If Biden was smart, he would choose Andrew for his running mate. He's already getting my vote because duh, but with Andrew, at least I'd be happy about it.

[@SchopenhauerVsCamus]

We don't deserve Andrew Yang. He's from the future. #yanggang

[@boogiemcsploogie]

"It's called The American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" George Carlin

[@thetaorobertshow265]

Carlin is a fucking legend!!!

[@simonsays6481]

Have you ever traveled outside America? Specifically to 3rd world countries? If not, then your kinda like a rich kid who denounced his rich parents, while still living in the guest house

[@lullatstars]

@@simonsays6481 Uhmm...you know there's some middle ground in many countries, right?

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

Tax cuts create jobs not the rich

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

@@simonsays6481 there's plenty of European countries that are better the whole "try living in a 3rd world country" is weak

[@mikaela4180]

Fun fact: the term Meritocracy was coined by an author who meant it as satire that meant to point out how the wealthy have always had more resources and create the illusion of more hard work.

[@CatherineKlein94]

Mikaela omg that is fascinating

[@Belihoney]

WOAH LMAO

[@teresahowick5197]

Oh wow 😮

[@sint0xicateme]

Same with 'Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps!' It's an absurd impossibility; Total satire and now people say it earnestly.

[@kirabouwerviraltyd]

Wow ! That's brilliant

[@sarawawa8984]

“We feel guilty when we’re not being productive” lordddd this is true. I just feel like I’m not allowed to enjoy myself anymore and it’s exhausting

[@piagebot2943]

Yeah i shouldn’t feel bad if I want to spend my day off playing video games since I dont have the tume to during the day

[@tamara7301]

Same

[@futuristiccat5636]

Capitalism

[@sistermadrigalmorning233]

Yep

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@tamara7301 eh nasa drzava ce pre u grob da nas satera nego da nam dozvoli da ostvarimo snove

[@samirose2976]

My grandpa overworked his entire life and saved everything so he can enjoy his retirement but he got cancer and never got to see his retirement. Sometimes working for the future isn't the answer.

[@-criedjupiter-8464]

😭 so stinking sad man so tiring i hope he gets to relax in heaven

[@handsomesquidward5160]

Damn, sorry for your loss.

[@kn-fm7tq]

Bro thats actually terrifying

[@samirose2976]

@@handsomesquidward5160 thank you I appreciate that.

[@samirose2976]

@@kn-fm7tq it really is. Makes you reconsider how you live your life

[@karin4436]

I’m so over people the word successful as a synonym for wealthy.. 😒 like success for me is having a stable job I enjoy and that can help support my family. But since i don’t have a ferrari, i guess i failed

[@bahatinamwija9227]

This, is exactly what I wanted to see.

[@onetreehillnews972]

Same 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@MesRevesEnRose]

Exactly and this successful = wealthy mindset is what got that buffoon Trump elected as president. All his dumbass supporters were like well he can't be bad if he's rich dur dur.

[@aitor.online]

@@MesRevesEnRose remember when he became a million dollars more succesful just by asking his father

[@day8409]

I think maybe one of the reasons this might be half true is that in some part of being successful some may see financial freedom being part of that

[@beckc101ify]

George Carlin said it best: "That's why it's called the American dream. You have to be asleep to believe it."

[@dariness7176]

Screw sleep , sleep when your dead lol.

[@JJA8020]

@DolphinsWIthIgloos Nah they're fleeing the hellhole their country became after the CIA assassinated their democratically elected leader who had been elected after the people managed to unseat a US backed exploitative banana republic. Whoops

[@WafflesOinc]

JJA8020 and now the us doesn’t want to take the responsibility for their actions

[@Notmyrealname69420]

“It’s a big club an you aren’t In it”

[@sethjg3d]

Dream your own dreams 😊

[@gregmariani2829]

American work culture has become: squeeze every drop of profit from the worker and once they burn out, replace them with another workhorse.

[@j.c.2240]

Even workhorses are legally entitled to rest, breaks, and time away from work. Employees are treated more like Energizer bunnies

[@gg_ingy]

Well, if you embrace hundereds of thousands of low skilled immigrants into your country every year, that's what you'll get. Fodder for big companies.

[@jedeye15]

@@gg_ingy But if you don't, the company goes overseas as does the tax money...

[@gg_ingy]

@@jedeye15 That has more to do with taxes, and even then. Here in Sweden we stil have companies. If a company moves away and is unethical, gov could up taxation on goods from outside the country, and ofc people could take their own responsibility and not buy from trash companies.

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@gg_ingy nah, they just loving putting kids in cages and not doing a single thing about it, just for a trend

[@saribeltagy7630]

i literally got a "get rich with the millionaire mindset!!" ad in the middle of this video HAHAHAHAH

[@travellingcircus7658]

SAME RDSGXGHCFBHH

[@TheLily97232]

me too...

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@travellingcircus7658 a wise man once said " you are rich by how much knowledge you have" which is true... also what musician said that money doesn't describe his wealth, but some stuff that are important to you and qualities

[@lisamedla]

I got something of that sort at the beginning

[@karenzhang1020]

Lol scam

[@CharleneOrtizTraining]

I've been a personal trainer for 20 years and I have worked with a lot of very wealthy people. I can tell you that so many of them are the unhappiest people I've ever met. I had a client with a tennis court and Olympic size pool on their property say that they envied me because I saw my husband everyday and he actually likes to spend time with me. This was after my car got repossessed and I had to take the bus everywhere and it sucked and here she was saying she envied me. Money truly does not buy happiness. Money is awesome and I have no problem with people having lots of it, but it's simply an external luxury that makes life easier.

[@tammyiswicked]

Charlene Ortiz Training So true. I heard someone say that everyone has money problems. They are just different problems. I tried to explain to my students that once you have money and say own a mansion, you need staff to run it and suddenly there are strange people all over your house. It costs a lot of money to maintain. You worry people now want something from you. Then you have to find people you trust to manage your money. Etc. Lots of money headaches, just different reasons.

[@emmad.8815]

right, like it's okay to want money it's not a bad thing to want to be rich because who doesn't? But money is just a catalyst to success, it won't buy you happiness

[@emiliesmith9917]

Money buys happiness when it is paying basic bills and buying basic needs. Money does not buy happiness when there is far too much.

[@ghostofsilence2697]

money is an amplifier. good become better, bad becomes worse.

[@Fallen-Saint]

Money makes you more of who you are.

[@genzillennial]

Productivity KZbinrs: ITS ALL ABOUT THE HUSTLE, CONSISTENT UPLOADING, IT'S EVERYDAY BRO. 6 months later: Let's talk about burnout...

[@thetaorobertshow265]

not to mention the tears and the bitching that they are exploited victims. "Being famous and rich is sooo daaamn haaard 😢"

[@HiImBrin]

Literally...

[@saininj]

Holy shit, so true. 😂

[@Laura-wj8ti]

laughing so hard

[@Feber2001]

😂😅

[@davie9944]

The scary thing is that this really all starts when you are a kid/teen. We do so many hours of homework in high school with so many extracurriculars so that we can even GET IN to college, never mind the jobs a lot of us have to work in order to pay for it. As a High School student, getting 5-6 hours of sleep is the norm, and if you get 7 or up, you are considered lucky. It’s so screwed up

[@futuristiccat5636]

They don’t care about us

[@dyamondwomack549]

I'm in 7th grade and I gave up I just can't do it anymore

[@dyamondwomack549]

@@theguywhoasked2016 YESSSS

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@dyamondwomack549 so you are 13?

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@futuristiccat5636 yeah, that's why we lost so many lives, during covid19, lack of money, lack of freedom, lack of time , due to depression & svicide by anything else in life

[@NurseCourtney]

"some people love sleep more then they love success" ... SOO toxic!! I love my sleep

[@reeseewhitfield1734]

right when I saw the quote that said my body wants sleep but my pockets want money or something like that my jaw literally dropped

[@karenzhang1020]

When you look like a Zombie it doesn’t matter how much money you have in your pocket. 😂

[@JavierGarcia-pk7gg]

Dude, you have no idea. I respect my sleep. Not sure, If I can function properly.

[@yeetusfeetus7877]

The less sleep I get, the less productive I am, and so the less money I can make. Can’t be successful when you are exhausted to the point where you can’t even read anything, lol.

[@sharaassad8995]

Dated someone who was heavily into hustle culture and was pursuing becoming an entrepreneur. He’d be so self righteous about it, despite the fact his family was super wealthy and it gave him a very obvious head up. He’d put down working class people and call them ‘the 99 percenters’ looking back he was a toxic person and the whole hustle culture is cringe

[@princesseuphemia1007]

Oh my God I used to have a friend like this. He was actually a really nice guy when I first met him but the more rich he got and the higher up the corporate ladder he went the more of a self righteous asshole he became and was totally blind to how much easier it was for him to get there certousy of a wealthy upbringing. Eventually we got into this huge fight about his philosophy because he had become too self righteous to just agree to disagree anymore and we're no longer friends.

[@IlikepurpleXP]

Lol he sounds like the type of guy who would turn around and tell a poor person to 'pick themselves up by the bootstrap'

[@princesseuphemia1007]

​@@MyNontraditionalLife You are on the right track. The reason I made friends with that guy I mentioned earlier to begin with is that we had an entrepeneurial spirit in common. Unfortunately he got sucked into "the dark side" of entrepeneur culture, however I have met others who run their own businesses without getting pulled into that crap and they are my main inspiration. They are few and far between but they are out there. I know one guy in his 40s who'd been doing business all his life and got an offer to run a business where he'd be making 5 million dollars a YEAR but he turned it down because he would have to work all the time and wouldn't be able to spend time with his kids during the years they needed him most. He decided he had enough money already running his other business and still had enough free time for his family, hobbies, and activism projects and he didn't want to give that up because if you aren't making money so that you can do what you want then what's the point? Predictably he gets looked down on by other entrepenuers who don't think he is a "real businessman" if he doesn't want to be a millionaire but he just ignores the haters and does what he cares about. I remember meeting him and being like THAT GUY. I want to be THAT GUY. Ha ha. As someone who is still in the early stages of my own business ventures but doesn't like or want to be a part of hustle culture meeting him was indespensibly helpful for me in realizing I too could hustle without becoming another drone who gets all of their ideas from Napoleon Hill, Rhonda Byrne, and Elon Musk. :P I don't want to descredit the entirety of hustle culture because some of it contains bits of good advice and ideas but they are taken to such an unhealthy extreme or are just flat out wrong but designed to make people feel good so that they will buy their book or whatever. There are lots of scam artists on the internet who make their money purely off of coaching people on "how to make money." It never hurts to be skeptical of someone who is literally selling you on the concept of selling itself. If their sales system were really that great they wouldn't need to keep upselling you on the next "in-depth" seminar or online course about how to "reeeally sell". Stay strong, keep doing your thing and remember to always think for yourself in finding out what helps your business work for you, because if we're being real what makes time, money, and happiness is going to be pretty unique to each person and their situation so we are a lot better off just figuring out some things for ourselves than forking out all our money and time to hustle culture cult leaders who want to tell us how we should run every aspect of our lives all the way down to our thoughts.

[@princesseuphemia1007]

@@MyNontraditionalLife P.S. If it's any indication that these people are brainwashed it's the fact that they use the word "thought leader" as if that were a positive term and can't see how creepy it actually sounds.

[@painexotic3757]

lol so you're judging all workaholics over one pretentious idiot.

[@younno4910]

a friend told me workaholism and hustle culture are basically capitalistic guilt lol its funny cuz its true

[@chipbipple2593]

I feel like if my dick was a capitalist, "Hustle Culture" is how it would deal with inequity.

[@BrandonRamirezJ]

"caPITALIstiC GuilT" like please shut up.

[@carbinepeepoo]

lol because you won't be slaving away with muh socialism right

[@effexon]

isnt it also way to motivate workers to... work harder and make more money to owners?

[@OldSkoolWax]

@@BrandonRamirezJ It is.

[@therobotdevil2284]

Hobbies really are underrated. If you ask hustle culture proponents, they'll say you're not working hard enough if you aren't getting paid to do what you love, but have they ever considered that when a passion becomes a job, its appeal is sometimes is diminished? Nothing wrong with work being separate from passion, and shaming those who don't have the LUXURY to get paid for their passions is exceptionally ignorant and rude.

[@LMICUK]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@henrythemuthafuckineighth]

Everyone I’ve ever known who made their interests their jobs ended up hating that thing.

[@joshperry6700]

Baudelaire said don't make a whore of your muse.

@@henrythemuthafuckineighthI’m a photographer and I really like my job, sometimes in big events it’s kinda stressfully, ten years and counting

[@plumpy_space_princess]

This "hustle culture" is annoying because some people can be condescending and arrogant about it.

[@luccafortestoledo1300]

"You're broke? Just stop being broke, LMAO!"

[@plumpy_space_princess]

@@luccafortestoledo1300 right?!

[@futuristiccat5636]

Right? It seems very selfish to me. Idk for me this world is too materialistic, too focused in the 3D plane. The earth is currently transitioning into 3D to 5D which I mean thank god. It definitely won’t last but I don’t want to get astrology into this but it’s true that the planets affect us. the outer planets have been in Capricorn for years now (Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter) Capricorn is the sign of career, hard work, routine ect. It’s ruled by Saturn which again is about career, hard work, routine, restrictions ect. No wonder so many people have this hustle work hard type of mindset. It won’t last because Saturn will go into Aquarius in late 2020, Jupiter will also go into Aquarius in late 2020 and Pluto will go into Aquarius in 2024. This whole hustle thing was just a trend. Jupiter is about expansion and blessings and it’s in Capricorn right now so basically if you were to do Capricorn things (such as work hard hustle ect) you would get blessings and expansions in career and money. And especially with Saturn in Aquarius now (retrograde so it will be officially in Aquarius in late 2020) people are shaken up by it because Saturn moved into Aquarius in March 2020 and was like HEY BITCH I’m giving the world this coronavirus so you have to stay indoors so you start questioning yourself and get confused like ‘is my job really making me happy? Am I just following everyone else? Am I really being my true self and living life?’. The coronavirus was needed to make people question their jobs and selves if they are doing the right thing. The coronavirus was needed because we aren’t doing age of Aquarius right. (which makes sense bc Saturn = restrictions and Aquarius= socialising. So basically Saturn in Aquarius = restrictions in socialising = coronavirus) Don’t forget we are also transitioning or in the age of Aquarius. We are not doing age of Aquarius right. I can see how the future looks like. The world is so shit right now because how can we know what the worst version of it is before we can make the best version of it? As you can see, many planets and the age is going into Aquarius. The sign of humanitarian acts, socialising, friendships, future, intelligence, quirky, different, unique, internet, community ect. The world will be very peaceful and everyone will be very hippie like. People will only work a few hours a day, have unique jobs, unique inventions, no starvation, no wars, no racism, no sexism ect. This is probably from now to 2000 years ahead. As you can see, the world is changing and with the current protests with the bml, THATS WHAT THE AGE OF AQUARIUS / SATURN IN AQUA is doing. They’re protesting (Aquarius is the sign of protests) they want justice and peace (Aquarius is the sign of peace) I can go on and on but basically, the world always changes. History always repeats itself, I mean transits. The world in the future will be very futuristic and lots of focus on space (Aquarius is about space) Very modern and technology and the internet will become extremely advanced. Elon musk is an example of this. don’t forget Uranus too is in Taurus. major planets in Taurus and Capricorn now. So, lots of earth energy happening now (earth energy is about hustling grind routine hard working ect) (Soon, it will be very airy (gemini is air, Aquarius is air) uranus will move into gemini soon and the outer planets will move into Aquarius (both air). Air is about intelligent, mind, communication, friends, ect. Also, forgot to mention, Capricorn energy is quite depressing. Capricorn heavy charts, those people may come off as cold or depressed. makes sense since many people are depressed and empty in today’s era. This will change soon. Expect unique and kind people to rise.

[@DaughterOfWater9278]

@@futuristiccat5636 omg your comment makes me so hopeful about the future! Can you tell me where can I learn about astrology? I recently became interested in it after subscribing to star girl channel. I used to think that astrology is stupid but now I really think it has some truth in it. I would love to see this hustle culture disappear forever. Sadly I fall into it and it cost me a lot.

[@uttonio]

Yea me.

[@saujanyaroy4942]

I have two modes 1. Unhealthy procrastination. 2. Toxic workaholism. Both of them walk hand in hand. So yeah, I am screwing myself everyday.

[@roy.shrestha]

Saujanya Roy same

[@thevegue177]

I still can't get what's toxic in your workaholism?

[@gingertravel2357]

@@thevegue177 Showing up sick to work, sacrificing sleep for money, etc. this can seriously fuck up your (mental) health in the long run.

[@s.a.8548]

The VÉGUE Work before wife, kids, hobbies, sleep, food etc. is TOXIC

[@marishkaaable]

You're right, although procrastination is often associated with laziness, it actually goes hand in hand with workaholism

[@eurekamreum5458]

Please talk about the porn industry/the hypersexualization of our media, and the effects it's had on us!

[@aristeagour3843]

Yeagg

[@eliteluxurymeditations950]

Oooh yes, good one

[@girlzrockmp]

^^^ This , it's taking over, making it seem like it's standard to work in a strip/ have a porn account or ur not cool or somethingg

[@angelhellokitti]

melody peebles I really don’t think people think that lmao 😂

[@ChloePultar]

yes!! this would be a great video

[@okimawilcox1550]

I literally ended up in the hospital because of that mindset. I gave up my restaurant and started working for someone else. I actually had someone say how “embarrassed” I must be working for someone else. No, I was sane again. I had a life again. I could come home and leave work at work. Never again

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

😢

[@lolitah8560]

Good that you were able to get out the entrepreneurial route, I don't know why ppl think that being your own boss is the answer to their financial problems when in fact the amount of work and responsibilities quadruples for the individual and the pressure it's monumental.

[@sin3358]

Owning a restaurant is literally one of the most stressful and hardest jobs you can have. You go, boo! You did great :)

[@okimawilcox1550]

@@sin3358 you totally just made my day!

[@okimawilcox1550]

@@lolitah8560 I roll my eyes so hard when I see the social media of people I know doing the “boss babe” thing knowing they are losing their minds

[@Enkiaswad]

The "Work hard when you're young to enjoy your retirement" is so crazy to me... what guarantee is there that I'll be alive past 65? The fact that I have a chronic illness that could declare itself at some point and give me potential mobility challenges also puts things in perspective... The hustle and productivity culture things just stinks of class and health privilege.

[@Monicalia]

ikr. And then the same people with that mindset will whine how they lost their youth and never had to experience the things young people usually experience. Like ok Cindy, you could have worked hard for your success and still spare some time for trips and hangouts with your buddies....

[@annaanisa7388]

Soooo true. I had heard this too many times before realizing that, there is no guarauntee that I’ll even be alive by retirement age or even by the time I reach “financial freedom.” (And this goes for the healthy too cause they can die at any point in a crash/getting shot/simply not waking up the next morning, etc) If I spend decades of my spare time “hustlin’ hard”, get little to no sleep each night, eating protein bars for breakfast/lunch/dinner cause I don’t have time to “waste” by cooking (lmbo -> inside joke about the MLM business AMWAY... yes, I was in it for a few months about 7 years ago 🙄) then the next thing you know I die? Talk about all that *extra* sacrifice went in vain. I’m all for the principle of working hard and earning things in life - and I encourage all to live by that basic principle - but this “hustle culture” is on a whole different level. It’s simply unhealthy, toxic, and destructive (in more ways that one!) 🤨 Heck, with that said I don’t even think many of these people who neglect the mental/physical/spiritual aspects of themselves in order to “sacrifice” to the Hustle Gods will even be healthy enough to enjoy the fruits of their labor for long. They are diggin’ their own graves.

[@tamara7301]

This is so relatable. I hope you’re doing good. I totally agree

[@Enkiaswad]

@@tamara7301 My illness was caught by accident and it's treated with meds that seem to stop any evolution in the past 3 years, which is nice! I am happy I live in a country with mandatory health insurance or else I would be a working poor despite being an engineer 😅 It is on my mind often though, I really don't take my good health for granted anymore and people who are like "yolo I would totally work myself sick to become rich" make me cringe...

[@tamara7301]

Enki Aswad that’s so good to hear! I totally agree, it is, indeed, a very toxic mindset :( We really should never take our health got granted

[@megmontaguewildlife]

Hearing about work culture in America as a European was a...big yikes

[@lingo3125]

The legal maximum number of working hours in the EU is 48h per week. In France we have an additional limit: 11h of conpulsory rest between 2 working days, 35h on weekend. The legal working time is 35h per week, meaning over that limit, it's supposed to be overtime. Depending on the firms/working conventions, it's either extra paid or you have extra vacations (often 10 paid days, sometimes more). Of course it often depends on how the working conditions have been negotiated (especially with the most recent laws) at country/branch/firm level.

[@kentario1610]

Even as an European, basically living on the internet that seems to be very populated with Americans, I seem to have adopted this mindset and often wonder if it's even worth it to go on. (I'm ok though, no worries). Everything I hear about the US is frankly scary.

[@lucybarnes8969]

Same tbh, we forget how lucky we are

[@BetsyRene]

Work culture in America vs Europe is a scary drastic. I’m now working in Europe and I love it. I’ve never had vacation and now I’ve got 5 weeks to figure out how to use 😂

[@KarolYuuki]

People here in Brazil tend to think of America as the best country. They have no idea what they're envying. Even here we have a better work life balance

[@iagosoriano3734]

I can't roll my eyes enough when I see those grind culture images

[@nihilisticbarbie]

Same, they're so cringey

[@paulomen22]

@@nihilisticbarbie Unfortunately many people fall into this illusion

[@paolahernandez6733]

Same, it's the cringiest shit I've ever seen.

[@sofialancioni6241]

Same here

[@kurama2694]

@@paulomen22 me, sadly which is why i am watching this video

[@yg78t76t7]

The real problem is wages haven't caught up with rising living costs.

[@anmolpatel793]

What happens when robots and AI take over your jobs ?

[@CrazyFai]

100%

[@rachitgautam7424]

Man!! people in China have to do 2-3 jobs just to be able to have a meal at night. Soon we will be caught up too.

[@Canleaf08]

Rachit Gautam The US have been having that since many years... They send teens to work two jobs...

[@rachitgautam7424]

@@Canleaf08 it's happening in every country, in india too. But i specifically said china because even after working multiple jobs people can't get a proper meal to eat.

[@naomistarlight6178]

"Be your own boss" is a lie anyway because your shareholders and your customers/clients are most definitely your boss when you're an entrepreneur. Also the law is your boss. Lots of things are your boss. Economics. Time. Gravity. Costs.

[@toastwell6488]

“I’m an employee of time itself!” (In reality, she was unemployed.)

[@naomistarlight6178]

@@toastwell6488 We're all employees of time.

[@toastwell6488]

@@naomistarlight6178 if you work hard enough, you might become the ceo of existence

[@naomistarlight6178]

@@toastwell6488 then you can inject stars or snort them, along with black holes, sounds like fun

[@laurah6236]

The older I am getting, the more I realise I just want to go to work, come home and not think about my job. when you tell people that they looked shocked at you!

[@josesosa3337]

When I complain about my job my mom is like"how are you gonna live, dont you want to live and have money?". No duh.

[@stephanied6711]

Same

[@piashabarua7697]

Omggg yassss exactly

[@pogi09282805724]

Comment of the Century

[@robertpate6241]

I think you like a honest days work for a honest days pay perhaps? Correct me if I am wrong. Some go to work and have to do shit they don't want to do, most of the time not by their own choice. (Coal mining comes to mind or making smart phones for western folks.) Where you were born really plays into what your work will be like for the rest of your life. Glad I am not in the middle east or Hong Kong where I feel like I can at least bail out on rat race culture. I was severly depressed after a car accident for several years. I was grinding so fucking hard for soccer and all it took was a random dude that T-boned me during 2009. Very close to losing my upper body but he contacted my car infort of my seat hitting the engine out. Jaws of life and all that jazz. Not one staff or teammate knew where I was until I walked in the weightroom 3 days later just so I could "get back at it." My combine was several months away. I also got sued by the guy that T-bone me because my insurance company didn't believe me or the police report. Had to take on a three year law suit that I didn't have time or money for. Best JD education I'll ever get. One speed bump in the rat race and the other rats ate me alive. Lost trust in every person out side of my cirlce but I also learned how to not get selected for jury duty. I got out of deep depression when I lowered my expectations. Like this comment here. Before I would be nervous about sharing because I want to put my best thought forward in a public space as to not look like a clown or some sad boy who never really had it rough. Now I don't give a poop. Caring for my family is my amazing fulfilling life now. Finding others who care like me is where I pass my time. Watching others race is my entertainment. Thanks KZbin! I needed to vent.

[@aeddiefarmer]

Disability is an important factor, because if someone can't work due to disability or can only work short hours they are often treated with suspicion or even anger in workaholic cultures.

[@emiliesmith9917]

Yep. I have chronic pain and fatigue. I’m not even productive enough to make it as a sophomore in US high school. When I was younger I was a ‘gifted kid’ and therefore expectations are sky high

[@ethan_the_alien]

Not to mention almost every place will reject you immediately if you tell them you have some form of chronic pain or a disability.

[@MELLMAO]

@@emiliesmith9917 dude, literally the same thing with pain and fatigue. I'm glad someone relates (I'm not glad that you're suffering tho)

[@nunyabusiness42069]

Yeah, and the way the us "supports" disabled people (if they even are eligible, I dont think they count chronic pain which is stupid but I digress) is a joke. You can literally never have more than 2k in your bank account EVER or they drop you. Aka you never get a chance to advance in society at all and always must depend on someone else or live in poverty

[@ramonmuniz4950]

Nunya Business you’re so right I’m a 21 year old who goes to a community college but I have a learning disability that prevents me from ever becoming independent So I always question whether I’m gonna be able to get a house, find a woman, get married and have kids etc etc like I’m always having doubts.

[@jaenan8824]

My mother is a workaholic and she is obsessed with it. She is working almost all the time and even during her free time she rather work and she is very proud of it. She makes everyone else around her who isn’t working as hard as her feel guilty about it. I grew up in a household that my mother expected me to be doing something to the point that if I stayed in the bathroom more than 10 min she would make a big fuss about it. Also she says she works hard for me, but we weren’t together for about 10 years because SHE WAS WORKING HARD FOR ME. And now we have a really bad relationship....

[@Jen-jd3ci]

Patents be like : I'm working 24×7 for my kids. But they don't understand that spending time with them will make them more happy, mature and intelligent. You can share your experiences with them instead of wanting them to also be a Workaholic.

[@toastwell6488]

I have a similar experience. My dad used to be a cop, and whoooooo boy, did the police department fuck him over. He was at work all the time- like, sometimes he’d leave the house at 1:00 am and come back at 11:00 pm, and kept a similar schedule for much of my childhood. Dinners with both of my parents was rare. When he wasn’t working or sleeping, he’d be screaming at me for hours on end (until 12:00 am or 1:00 am) about my homework (I resent him for this, and still feel anxious and scared when I think about it). We all thought I had ADHD. I actually have autism, and it took me hours to do my homework in middle school, hence the screaming. He retired when I was in middle school, and the screaming stopped when I was in the tenth grade. He’s still really shitty- he peaked in high school and it shows. But I would have loved it if I got to see my father being happy as a kid. Please remember to take breaks.

[@monharris28]

my mother is the same, her first love is working, and she has grandiose ideas about her work. im glad i checked myself because i used to work like that but not anymore because i burnt out

[@darajoyce5514]

I do a lot of assignments (which I chose) on Saturdays coz "I have nothing to do" back then, + the "you need to get ahead of your classmates" type of thing, until I realized in my high school years that I was supposed to be dealing and sitting with my emotions and assessing what happened in my daily life and resting on Saturdays. Now I am procrastinating in order to find time for my healing but the problem is I feel like I'm TOO late for that. I feel sorry for myself.

[@MariamArt_]

same, she just basically became a workaholic. my is always is always Mother: “I want a sex life, boyfriend and husband but aw mannn…complains but keeps working 5hr/70$ per week…wait sorry Basically sorry 12hr/58$ for 4 days is making you unhappy, ungrateful and unfulfilled. That’s why you need to stop letting things get to you or get in the way of your happiness Daughter: Seriously you want sex life, dating life and married life. *still whines, moans about any African men not chasing her asses*

[@briarbriar]

I hate how these hustle culture people rarely even speak of those who work production jobs or retail, it's always office jobs. Trust me, those who work production feel even less productive because all they do is stand there and do the exact same thing for 8+ hours a day, 5-6 days a week. I worked at a candle factory and I did inspection, which meant I stood there and watched for bad candles and pulled them off the line. For 8 hours a day. In that time, you have a lot of little thoughts that pop into your head and you'll eventually run out of fun things to entertain yourself with. Instead, doing that job made me feel like I was better off dead because the only thing I could think about was how I was wasting my life away staring at candles all day. It was ridiculous, and I had to quit, but unfortunately that mindset goes with me to every job I have. I don't care about money, I wish it didn't exist, so every job I have feels like I'm wasting my life when I could be at home, at the park, in the woods. For me, I hate hustling, but I love the freedom certain self-employment jobs gives so that I can stop feeling like a waste

[@mariaostgren7237]

about the infantilization: imagine a grown ass man carrying around the "boy boss

[@Ragd0ll1337]

I mean... this argument isn't the strongest. "Girl" has often been used often BY WOMEN as an empowering or endearing term among one another. Rarely is it used by a man to deride a woman. On the other hand "boy" is typically used as a diminutive or negative word to imply that another male is actually immature or inferior. This is used by other men and women against men. In sum, if the ingroup has given it a positive connotation, it clearly isn't seen as entirely bad by everyone. To analogize, the n word is derogatory, but if used by black people within an appropriate context, it is a term of endearment.

[@ShaferHart]

@@Ragd0ll1337 well said

[@GordonSlamsay]

@brushfyr yeah red pill alpha dawg mgtow yeet yeet

[@GordonSlamsay]

Maria Östgren I would complement his boy boss

[@meghanwilcox5453]

Maria Östgren lol that does sound hilarious good point

[@brendav8973]

"If you can lean, you can clean" - I hated hearing that from supervisors/managers while working in retail, like I'm standing for 8hrs straight let me catch my breath for a sec 😤

[@elizabethlundin3112]

dude I used to work at a 5guys and even if the whole store was cleaning my bosses were like "hey it looks bad to the customers if you're standing around, so at least walk around and sweep/wipe off the counter even if it's clean". I hated that shit.

[@Charlie-vt8qr]

Brenda try workin as a nurse in a hospital. The few minutes you may get to sit between patients your supervisor makes a round through and goes “hey X needs to be done now you need to go get it done.”

[@MikeFrazee222]

Nurses make good money. Retail is minimum wage.

[@user-zh2cx9vv2s]

@@MikeFrazee222 idk about the us but in many countries nurses are underpaid

[@angeloreyes1951]

@@MyNontraditionalLife well managers are there only to make their bosses happy so no surprise there

[@CasuallyMatthew]

I just don't get loving the idea of "I am hustling, my relationships are deteriorating, and my mental health is lacking, BUT I SPENT EXTRA TIME AT THE OFFICE SO IM THRIVING" . like. sis. no. sip yo latte, do yo work, but also take naps. lol. ALSO . love the channel, just subscribed. this series is SO interesting !

[@lavenderandcambridge]

I feel the hustle culture is even worse if you're in the arts and you do a "real" 9-5 job and then come home to do your passion. Sometimes you don't have enough energy to do your art or if your art is collaborative, like theater or filmmaking, you feel incredibly drained during those social interactions or guilty for not responding to everyone's texts and emails. And God forbid you take time for yourself to like watch a movie or like...eat.

[@monharris28]

completely agree! i remember in graduate school (writing program) my teachers were like you must come home and squeeze time to write, if it's important, make time for it---but damn, what if im legit tired?????

[@HumansOfVR]

*_If you don't enjoy the process_* then often times the goal won't make you happy. I "hustle" at what I am passionate about and that makes a BIG difference

[@Alien8Wanderer]

THIS! Becoming an artist has always been my dream and I love working on my art. It makes me happy to work. At the same time I feel absolutely miserable working on any other job. I don't care if I get a stable income if I feel miserable. It kills my mental health immediately.

[@shannonf101]

@@Alien8Wanderer I feel you bro

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

Amen!! The “if your passion is your job, you never work a day in your life,” thing isn’t true, but it helps a whole lot. 😂 Like, if you hate the process and are frustrated and upset for years and years, is it really that worth it in the end? We only have so many years, and yeah, while vacations and stuff rock, how many years do you want to be miserable in the hopes of affording them? Maybe you’ll be more successful at something you love because you actually enjoy being there, the process, not the product, the journey, not the destination. Each to their own, and for some it might be worth it, but, y’all, I’ve got a health condition; there’s no way I’m going to cause myself extra stress by being in a field that makes me stacks but also miserable!

[@truvy_5544]

Exactly, this my inspiration quote I follow by

[@nine-vi7rw]

Finally, I can relate to someone in the comment section lol.

[@countdowntocake3233]

Why does a paid Nordic office job sound more relaxing than being an American highschooler?

[@CheerUp2]

@@npineapple3077 Damn ive only I was Nordic

[@yasminegelbman8706]

Nina S this is sooooo true, they never have to struggle and end up being really spoilt because of it, as nice as their life is.

[@Sofia-ej9vz]

@@yasminegelbman8706 So you must not have paid attention to the fact that the Nordic countries are struggling more and more every year, with the wealth gap increasing. The amount of poor people are also in the rise, so maybe don't just paint whole nations and their people as being spoilt or never having to struggle just because their struggles are different than yours.

[@HunterLvyiXIII]

Or college student (but I agree 100%)

[@zacht1376]

@@Sofia-ej9vz Its not totally unfair to label them as a better, more well off set of countries. However you are correct in how much wage-gap is increasing in a majority of countries at a rapid pace, income inequality is rising in nearly every 1st and 2nd world countries. As are basic human rights, so obviously the US isnt an isolated instance when it comes to these ridiculous work life expectations but they are still ranked high in work related stress.

[@tiac1309]

I live in Australia, full time work is 38 hours and if it exceeds that I get paid double time. My pay is $27 an hour on weekdays, $35 on saturdays and $40 on sundays, I get 4 weeks paid leave a year. I work in retail lmao This video makes me feel real good about my job lol

[@mlancholia3920]

damn your government is so generous for minimum wage job, consider yourself lucky and enjoy your life. i admit i envy that and just wanna lived a chill quiet life instead of hustling to be rich

[@Loki-sk7bi]

Which retail? Coz I’m in Australia and my retail job is so abusive I’ve decided it’s not worth it.

[@carlosalvarado6271]

I Work 50 hours a week, 13 days of per year, making $4.4 an hour, no extra hours, senior audit analyst with a masters degree 🙃

[@Evermorereads]

Fun fact: in my country ( a small island in the Caribbean) the people are notorious for having a very laid back behavior when it comes to work. People take random days off without warning, take the day off before and after a holiday, take time off to party surrounding Carnival time, skip work if it’s raining etc. Because no government cared enough to fix the issue, it’s become a part of our culture. People rarely get fired or disciplined for this type of behavior because every one does it- from the boss the the worker.

[@charlottaeriksson413]

There is this saying that we in the Nordic countries "work to live," but in the US you" live to work" which I think is quite fitting.

[@universeofopulence]

Oh it's not only in the US...it's all over the world..

[@axa3687]

Sounds like a problem of choosing the wrong career (one that you don't enjoy).

[@ramyarao4499]

This so true. I think we've been conditioned to the point where the slightest bit of enjoying our hobbies just makes us feel guilty. We literally have to spend every second of our time to be as "productive" as possible

[@crowcrow2034]

ramya rao If we haven’t turned our hobbies into side hustles we clearly aren’t doing hobbies right 😂

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

I see this in my Dad. He’s a doctor (one of the good ones, I promise, lol), and he’s spent so much time maximizing patient time and care and even spending hours on the phone with insurance agencies to advocate for the patient getting coverage for medications. Growing up, I felt guilty taking up his time, like it was a problem. If I was going to distract hin, it needed to be for a reason. And not because of anything he said, he’s a super loving father, but just because I saw how important he was and that he could do things most people couldn’t, so he needed to do those things, and the other things came after the important things He became ill when I was about ten, had to have surgery, step down from the head of the ER, reduce his workdays. Even now his illness could kill him in his sleep any night, his lungs could just fail to work or his diaphragm become paralyzed. His bouts of remission get shorter each round. Now my mom has cancer, and he can’t back off his schedule, because he’s working minimum hours, supporting my whole family by himself now, and a staff of eight, on one reduced paycheck. Even now, at 61, he doesn’t really have any hobbies. I’ve finally talked him into following one tv show as it airs and one on Netflix, just to watch if he really needs a break or to zone out, and he is stressed about it, because it feels selfish to him. He doesn’t read anymore, he can’t play basketball anymore, he doesn’t sing or play piano or guitar or saxophone anymore, he just works and sleeps and tries to hang on, and he does it for us. Any time I bring up something that could help his stress load, I get a pained look and, “Where will I find the time? I don’t have it.” I know he’s scared to retire, because he is afraid he’ll be so listless, after devoting himself so long to his work, and he’s been truly brilliant at it. And if my mom does die, he’ll have lost another pillar in his life, and it would be the worst time for him to have time on his hands. But... he deserves some time that is his, at some point, somehow. He’s felt selfish for anything outside of work that takes time and makes him happy, and it’s so sad to see, especially in someone who tries so hard in his work, from being a great boss to a supportive colleague, in accepting when a staff member needs extra time off, to accepting pickled tomatoes and paintings as payment when someone can’t pay their portion. Now my brother is in an adjacent field. I’m going to do my darnedest to remind him of how things have gone with Dad, to help prevent him from slipping into this mindset and habit. It’s so much easier to not form a habit than to break one, especially after years of it being ingrained on your psyche.

[@HunterLvyiXIII]

@@SunflowerSpotlight that broke me a little to read, I am so sorry about this present situation

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

Savannah Bowdoin Thank you for your reply, and kindness about it. It really hurts me because I’m so close to my Dad, but hopefully things will improve soon. He finally admitted his illness is out of remission, and that’s part of why it’s so bad right now. It’s pretty early in the year for it; the last time it was this early, he couldn’t drive and had to cut patients down to two days because he was so weak and exhausted. His schedule’s set for another two months or so, but I’m going to talk to him about backing off work slowly. Hopefully he can ease off and it won’t get that bad this time. It sucks, because the less work he does, the less he feels he’s helping, so I’m going to need to dispel that idea. 😅 Wish me luck, and, thanks for the empathy. Please always be aware of your limits and don’t get in this situation; taking care of yourself isn’t a failure or a weakness, just self-preservation so you can keep helping people for longer than if you crash and burn. Be well. 🌷

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Amara Jordan someone should Pin this comment. I usually HATE reading long comments on KZbin , but this was beautifully written (and space out properly)

[@everything80spodcast68]

The structure of our working society is not conducive to the human spirit. And people get surprised how much stress, anxiety, and depression exists out there.

[@kikudagriffin8363]

this is actually what Bee Movie is about

[@LoveAndSnapple]

That’s my favorite movie!

[@rr-ho6oo]

Greetings from Finland; work 30h/week. "Coffeebreak" every two hour, 5week paid vacations. And my life is good; have time (and money) for my hobbies, own house, no stress

[@raapyna8544]

Mullekki

[@azulblu8463]

r r whatttt?😭😭😭

[@neonnights98]

Do you only work 4 days a week?

[@KiraDaBeastNY]

I'm so goddamned jealous of you Scandinavian bastards. Hopefully I move to Europe in a couple years.

[@fordcobraboss427]

Don't you know the USA is #1, what are you doing living in Finland...(sarcasm)

[@DBeleonora]

In Gothenburg (Sweden) they also did a study that showed that working 6 hours a day instead of 8 drastically increases productivity🤷🏽‍♀️

[@MRuby-qb9bd]

Personally I am basically done by 4 in the afternoon. I end having to redo all that stuff the next morning became my brain is spent in the afternoon.

[@olhanaumets6694]

I live and work full time in Gothenburg and people spend at least 9 hours at work incl lunch break so no one here is rushing to implement this study into the reality:)

[@DestinyVictoria94]

I work 14hr days, but only work 3 days a week so I dig it.

[@kristaw206]

I'm an American worker and can confirm lol. I get my work done by 3.

[@taghazoutmoon5031]

@@kristaw206 me too. And then have to pretend I'm still productive

[@meghanpfeiffer]

I told my bosses during my interview that I wanted to work 20-25 hours a week. They said that was fine and hired me. In my first week, both of them hinted that I should do work at home. The first said "if you're bored at home, feel free to do some work" and the second said that "if I saw 32 hours on your timesheet, I wouldn't even question it." Nope, I'm in a position where I don't need the extra cash, so I'm not going to touch work when I'm home.

[@darajoyce5514]

as u should

[@yz4043]

As the child of a workoholic I've always felt resentment towards my mother for choosing work over me

[@nonpareil7951]

Very real. And we have to ask ourselves: who benefits? Not the overworked employees. It’s companies who benefit directly from squeezing every drop of energy out of their workers, and indirectly by exhausting people so much that they have no time or energy to organize against the system that’s grinding them down.

[@Neo_Geisha]

Preach.

[@woodnymph01]

Except they don’t, research shows that people are more productive when they have a work/life balance. Really, if we actually cared about productivity we’d discourage this obsession with working and being busy. I think people just want to be perceived in a certain way, and we’ve created this idealistic image which revolves around working but it’s a myth.

[@PaolaTheTimeLord]

Beanie that’s the point the person is making. people are so exhausted by being overworked that they don’t care about productivity. they are too tired to care.

[@oliviasvanity]

a philosopher named Simone Weil took a low paying factory job for a year or two so she, someone who was born in a more wealthy family, would be able to learn more about the struggle of the working class firsthand, and she basically was like “Yeah Marx says that the revolution is inevitable, but he’s wrong, bc the people who are being stomped on the most are also so exhausted by their jobs that they don’t have the energy to expand” you know - paraphrasing bc she was French, but yeah very similar idea. Under capitalism, productivity is great but not at the cost of losing your labor and power structure.

[@MademoiselleCl3]

@@woodnymph01 thanks.

[@sophiarivera7364]

“So many people say work smart, not hard but not everyone has the choice”. This is the last 5 years of my life in a nutshell.

[@painexotic3757]

Everyone does have a choice though lmfao. Even if you're at a lowpoint in your life (I was. I used to be homeless for over a year), you can still get to where you want if you plan out your financial future.

[@snflwrchan8019]

At my last workplace, because i work smart, my work is efficient and fast so I usually just breeze through my tasks. But our boss didn't like how I'm finishing the work earlier than my workmates. He wanted me to make mistakes and be as slow as everyone else. Long story short, i left. It was a absurd to me that a boss would rather want and pay his workers to do that. A few months after that, that firm filed for bankruptcy.

[@juratory8876]

@@snflwrchan8019 Your former boss sounds like a total nut.

[@azylisemiku6117]

What annoys me is that these expectations never take into consideration disabled persons. You don't need to work to deserve to be. especially since sometimes you can't. You are inherently deserving. =) But contrinuting respecting your capacities as an individual is important (in my opinion) =)

[@taghazoutmoon5031]

Took only a freaking pandemic to finally get time off work

[@LoveAndSnapple]

Not gonna lie, I’m a little jealous of everyone who got to stay home from work for a little while before they started working from home. I’ve been working non-stop. And while I’m incredibly grateful and blessed I WISH I could just get a chance to get some time off.

[@BellaGinnyGirl]

I am SO happy I live in Denmark. I'm uneducated, I work a factory job, i get 5 weeks of paid vacation (if i choose not to use those vacation days, i can still get the money for them), i work 37 hours a week and have an income that makes sure I can live comfortably and save up at the same time. I have have a week off on christmas and two weeks off every summer bc the factory closes down (on top of the paid vacation). I also have weekends and all national holidays off. Of course overtime can occur, but they have to pay me extra per hour I work overtime and if it is more that 3 hours, the hourly pay doubles. Life's pretty good. (I am 21, single without kids and I am moving out from my roommates and into my own apartment soon.)

[@eira839]

sis i want your life--let's switch yeah?

[@juratory8876]

Similar scenario here. I work 8am - 4pm, Monday - Friday, currently have one class, get vacation hours, sick, administrative, annual, and holiday leave from work (all paid), and go to the gym twice a week. Even with all of that, I still have enough time to keep an active social life. So, we have similar lifestyles, save living situations (I'm living with my mother until I finish college).

[@BellaGinnyGirl]

@mellifex depends on your level of education and how fast you learn the language and get a job. And even though we just got rid of a pretty nationalist (i e racists, but they're not allowed to be that) government, we still haven't gotten rid of their laws so your skin color and religion may also play a role

[@mirandalavalley9879]

Trine Agerskov what the heck in the US I’m in high school working 3 hours every night plus my several hours of homework and I get paid barely anything

[@biavsantos]

similar situation here, I'm from Brazil, working 6 hours a day, 6 days per week and paying for my college education, planning on moving out of my parents house in 2020

[@Toyon95]

I got an ad with a guy trying to teach me how to become rich in a really loud voice XDDD

[@melonie_peppers]

Loool is it the masterclass one with the Asian guy

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

Lol, me too, only a British guy.

[@Arterismos]

Mine was an American white guy.

[@Truth_teller724]

Same lol

[@sarawawa8984]

So did I lol, while he stood in front of a car parked in front of a pool

[@BornOfAsh]

You are Right about Denmark and Europe's work ethic. My brother moved to Denmark from Houston for work (oil), and while there his biggest complaint was "These people don't take their job seriously and don't rush for anything". Despite it being an amazing place to live & him making an additional 75%$$ he came home after not even two years. I would say " They work to live not live to work", and he would argue with me about how that was bad......

[@HiImBrin]

Sometimes I feel if I'm not working on 'x project' I'm not getting closer to my goals. It really sucks because I feel like I cant take a break, especially when you're far from success or from where you want to be in life.

[@patricksedjro1764]

When sleeping. Is that not a form of a break ?

[@marisp2588]

Even in university, they expect you to be constantly studying and working on school stuff to the point where it feels like you're not allowed a life outside of school. I'm lucky that my job is very flexible with my school schedule, but even then I feel like I have no time for things that actually matter like family, friends, and my own health. It's fucking stupid that so many societies think that having no life other than work or school is normal and even praised

[@emilycarlsen9614]

This comment resonated with me a lot as someone who juggles university responsibilities and work. I also have a flexible schedule, but the pressure of paying tuition keeps me at work. 8 classes + work is something I know isn't healthy, but for some reason I do it anyways. That workaholic culture is real.

[@milicadjordjevic4498]

@Mari in the Shire your comment describes South Korea perfectly. The USA is not like that. Yet.

[@snailart9214]

Just plant corn and potatoes and live in the woods like me. Screw the system. Get a goat.

[@naufrage0]

Theres a lot of us out there. Just quietly doing our own thing.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

That’s an awesome quote, and should be a shirt. 😅 “Screw the system. Get a goat.” Kudos to you.

[@NicoleAspen]

The life I want 🙌🏼

[@stephaniejones6076]

what do you mean because unless you own property and are paying property taxes, it's illegal to just live in the woods. Another way America screws you, or believe me I would do it

[@snailart9214]

@@stephaniejones6076 I didn't say it had to be legal lol. I said screw the system.

[@Aloszka7]

I was a workaholic when I started University. Now can't finish it because of the burnout and it all ended up with not being able to even get up to take a shower 👍 It was all fun to be super productive. But it's hell now.

[@darajoyce5514]

I fucking feel you to the core

[@Aloszka7]

@@darajoyce5514 It's been 2 years since then and I'm so much better now! Therapy, meds and lots of work on myself and I'm now a completely different person. Hope you'll be able to find a way to get better too and be happy again ~

[@PlanetXeddex]

"Work smarter not harder". Says guys who have employees.

[@CrazyFai]

Facts haha

[@relaxedgaming3843]

with this outsourcing they work smarter

[@PlanetXeddex]

@@relaxedgaming3843 not if those employees have access to costumers personal information that they could exploit. If they do that, the company will lose costumers.

[@dyamondwomack549]

Fr you hot yo do both and you need to have passion

[@theflutefreak]

Tiffany: a lot of Americans actually eat lunch at their desks, and continue working... Me, eating lunch at my desk while I listen to this and work: and I oop

[@stephanied6711]

Same

[@kaymills696]

Oh shit...me too

[@askthehaters]

wow, same

[@raapyna8544]

That's some multitasking. Not cool.

[@CptRexFilms987654321]

I ate at my desk today...

[@dr.bitchcraft]

When I ran a department and people tried to call me a "girlboss" I immediately nipped it in the bud. Not only am I a grown woman but putting my gender in front of my position implies that it influences the way I run things. It doesn't. I hate that term. You are either a boss or you aren't. Can you imagine men in my position being called "boyboss"? Please. Anyway, I changed directions since then , got my Msc in psychology and I want to thank you for bringing these concepts under the attention of younger folks.

[@jwkkwkwwkjiahbsbs2055]

Jill P. Good for you👏👏👏

[@justinmathis1850]

Men and women think differently on average so I’d say it might be a fair implication

[@Vladislav888]

> I immediately nipped it in the bud Did you give them a stern warning or something? You know that they still can talk behind your back, right?

[@elijahjohn22]

The phrase "Bossman" and "Bosslady" are pretty common I think people go wrong when they imply immaturity

[@dr.bitchcraft]

Elijah John to me there is no denying that bosslady and girlboss have a different weight to them since most grown women don’t feel the need to be called girls in a professional setting.

[@chanseymeatball]

Haven’t finished the video but I did feel like I have to interject. My family had very little to provide for us when I was small. My parents struggled to give us the little bit that we did have. There were days when I shivered because my home was so cold. I feared losing my home (I lived in a tiny trailer) every hurricane season because with any gust of wind my roof was at risk for flying off. It did happen several times. I am hustling hard right now to be better. I used to work many shifts to save money to go to college. Worked and went to college at the same time. Currently taking classes for my masters degree to get my dream job. I want to provide for my future family and care for my parents and brother when they’re unable to care for themselves. I am not trying to become a millionaire. I just want to have enough to be able to provide for my loved ones. So I personally don’t see hustle culture as a negative thing. Some people genuinely came from nothing and hard work is what we were taught to do to overcome our hardships.

[@tiffanyferg]

Working hard is important, of course! But to me hustle culture is pushing that to the point where it’s unhealthy and unsustainable

[@Radairski]

Kids like us I think are super susceptible to burnout. You end of putting the needs of your whole extended family on yourself ... It's exhausted me since I got my first job ... At 11. I have held a full time job since I was 13. Desperate to just not be poor and get food for my family. I work 80 hours a week and still don't feel like it's enough. It's exhausting and I end up feeling guilty for not working enough.

[@lordoftheducks332]

I take a lot of advanced classes, mainly because I’m a “gifted kid” and being average isn’t good enough, and there was a really toxic culture of overworking and burnout. On the surface, most of the kids I shared AP and honors classes with were really nice. They shared study materials, took notes for kids who weren’t in class, and were genuinely nice. However, under the surface, there was a huge issue of not sleeping, having no free time, and then bragging about how unhealthy you are. Seriously, it wasn’t uncommon for someone to walk into the room with a giant mug of coffee and dark circles, and then chuckle saying “I spent 8 hours doing homework and only got 2 hours of sleep!” Even I’m guilty of this: the first time I pulled an all nighter, I was really excited to tell all my friends that I hadn’t slept. I partially blame this on the fact that a lot of my classmates are members of minorities and/or are first/second generation immigrants, so their parents put a lot of pressure on them to work hard and take advantage of the opportunities they have in America. A friend of mine was born in China and moved to the US when she was 7, and she’s cried to me and my friends because her parents always guilt her about having to do homework or study whenever she’s on the phone with us. I’ve seen another friend of mine who’s parents moved to the US from Romania before having her have a panic attack and call her mom during lunch because she got an 80 on a test that most of the class failed. I personally am not one of those people, but I have ADHD that was only diagnosed recently, and I was constantly being told that I was a lazy brat who didn’t do work on purpose and I wasn’t living up to my potential. So in a weird way, this self destructive behavior was a way for all of us to prove to authority figures, each other, and ourselves that we WERE working hard. Toxic productivity culture definitely needs to change, but it doesn’t come from nowhere.

[@motocrikey]

I find this leaks into hobbies too! ~what's the point of a hobby if it doesn't turn into something??~ (a novel, an album, art, etc)

[@angelshairpiano]

Capitalism turns everything into a commodity even our humble hobbies. If you can’t make your hobby into a hustle then you’re made to feel like you’re not good enough.

[@web7014]

I was about to say this!! Not everything has to generate income. Seriously. Not everything

[@misshalfway6965]

Exactly omg what's with people hobby shaming others.

[@Slavolko]

@@joelseph German should be easier to pick up if English is your dominant language. Just advice from someone who's familar with both.

[@partyishredhead]

I heard a girl who drives +1 hour to work and +1 hour back everyday say she feels guilty when she just listens to music - "it's not productive"

[@merihirvonen527]

i was so obsessed with constantly being productive that i ended up getting a burnout at 22 and having to drop out of university so i love this video, such an important topic! x

[@eadlynjune]

I feel that. I peaked in 9th grade now I can’t work for shit. I know that’s a pretty weak time to finally hit a wall but now I just can’t work for longer than thirty minutes at a time without my focus dropping drastically.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Sorry if this is an intrusive question, but are you from Finland? (Just asking because of your name) 🙂

[@merihirvonen527]

@@Emiliapocalypse yes i'm from finland! but i've lived in england for the past two years, i'm moving back to finland next month:)

[@merihirvonen527]

@Pira well i'm still 22 so i'm very much in the middle of it and struggling with my memory, concentration, motivation and pretty much everything but it's starting to feel like i'm going to be okay eventually 💛 just need some time to rest and recover

[@mediocre_violist]

Eadlyn June I also peaked in 9th grade, lol. It's taken a lot of therapy for me to feel okay enough to back to college, and even then, I still have times when I have to buckle down and make sure I actually get work done. I still worry about not being able to hold down a job once I graduate, but hopefully I'll be able to find something that works for me.

[@rubycelica]

and yet so many americans are convinced (i mean CONVINCED with defending this opinion/feeling to their GRAVE) that they live in the best country in the world... where does this indoctrination actually come from, are you taught that in school from a very early age? because EVERYONE with a brain and working eyes in their head MUST realise that (mostly europe) other countries are so much "nicer" to their citizens and still (aka BECAUSE of that) have functioning communities and societies..!

[@justanotheryoutubecomment3558]

Yeah schools push a lot of patriotism here

[@rubycelica]

@@kubajadrzak1123 i'd rather call it a goddamn ugly filthy dumb shithole with a bit of glitter on top of it to mask their third world status...

[@FileCode1459]

@@rubycelica LMAO couldn't agree more. even though "third world" is kind of a shitty way to describe things, but dang the usa is so fucked up, their patriotism seems like brainwashing to me (saying this as an outsider)

[@abby6th]

I’d rather work my 9-5 and then be done. Yeah I make less money than people who are working 80 hours a week, but I have more time for the people and things I love which doesn’t require millions of dollars 🤷🏼‍♀️.

[@ghiblicat]

i was just thinking about how toxic America's culture of overworking and shaming dependency and how obsessive it is over success

[@naufrage0]

It comes from our Protestant Christain roots as a country. Western religions in general.

[@HunterLvyiXIII]

@@naufrage0 I wouldn't have though to connect the two, would you mind elaborating a little? I'm genuinely curious. Thanks!

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

I love how relevant and specific your topics always are. They're things I can look right out the window and see but don't feel as if the topic has been overdone

[@mrs.potatohead8471]

Omg we have the same profile 😂😂😂❤~! I was confused for a second 😅😊.

[@oof-rr5nf]

such a perfect way to put it

[@deborahmutombo7224]

@@mrs.potatohead8471 That's happens to me too; when I see my profile pic on a video I never watched b4 and it takes me a while to realize that the account name is different! 😅😅

[@katherineweck7344]

This

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

@@mrs.potatohead8471 There isn't room for the both of us >_> We must fight to the death

[@horstfleischmann10]

I am so privileged to live in Germany. The US seems more like a third world country in comparison.

[@deusvultpictures6550]

Spoiler alert: it is a third world country

[@raven.4815]

@@deusvultpictures6550 With a Gucci belt to be precise. In media, the US looks like a paradise but when you actually look further and further into it ain't the "heaven on Earth" they're selling you, at all. Hell, I live in a fucking third world country and a lot of people get by with just one job, not 2 or 3 like people there. And it's really sad to see that, don't get me wrong; Americans have been brainwashed to death by capitalism (and sadly also by a lot of other ring wing ideologies). No one should work 2 jobs simultaneously for just being able to afford basic needs... that's modern slavery in the flesh.

[@PixwallStudio]

As a foreigner (French), I can just testify that slowly the work culture of the US starts to creep in our workplace too. Many companies now expect you to work on weekend and do more for the company. I have many friends putting 70h of work per week, interns being paid at the lowest salary after a Master’s degree in finance to work 60h a week. Etc.

[@darajoyce5514]

that's unfair..

[@sin3358]

Yeah that's usually the bigger companies in my country, which are also the best paying ones. And not just that, but these exact places are the kind that say "you don't like this job? Go on then, quit, and go work at a retail store for minimum wage, stocking food, not able to afford feeding your children" like the fuckkk

[@valeriarey8055]

I feel like this "hustle" and "rise and grind" attitude was mostly for athletes but got misused for the average employee to overwork himself or herself.

[@intolerableinferno]

Great athletes know they need to rest well too. Yes, practice is good but quality is more important than quantity

[@Abby_Liu]

meanwhile, Australian workers: can I go to the beach today the weather's nice Boss, looking out the window: yea ok

[@brithanna7552]

American worker glances out the window: Boss: YoUrE fIrEd

[@malindarusse6527]

Asian workers: *closes eyes* Asian bosses: *you're dead!*

[@sarahjhaywood]

actually Australians work some of the most overtime of all OECD countries... the relaxed life that Australia is known for doesn't exist in the same way, particularly given the huge increases in cost of housing and education over the past few decades.

[@nine-vi7rw]

@@malindarusse6527 Asia, lmao. This is so true.

[@melody0007]

My dad has been a workaholic all his life, i remember in family holidays he would just work and not participate in anything, at home, hed barely sleep or get four hours and work until night and repeat, that passed to my mom who caught up and whenever someone was napping shed be like "you got nothing to do?" and she as well is a workaholic, my brother too, he feels guilty when he takes nap or feels tired cause hes not doing enough, which leaves me copying every one of these habits, im tired of it, i want to break the cycle to literally enjoy my life so thank you, this video is very helpful for me. I wanna enjoy naps, enjoy just chilling and doing things without having a breakdown that "sleep doesnt get you money" and so on. I am in the art field, and really if you never take breaks or sleep or anything you cant produce anything at all, so yes, i need it. thank you for this

[@AnnaKin]

But... why lions? The male lion literally does nothing. It's the lionesses that do all the work

[@wearesatellites91]

True! And lions have a terrible rate of successful predation compared to other cats .

[@lisamujo287]

I agree about this toxic workaholic culture and it’s prominent in some cultures, for example, East Asia. In Japan, there’s something called “karoshi”, as mentioned in the video, which literally means overwork death when translated. I’m glad you covered this topic because it took me some time to realize that overworking doesn’t mean instant success or achievement.

[@fawn2911]

I was about to say a similar thing! Especially in the animation/game development scene. I think in a recent interview, Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) mentioned that if you aren't working hard enough then you can't really call yourself an artist. Really harsh! I've noticed this mindset a lot in Japan

[@JM-fu6vy]

Japanese culture has the workaholic mindset too, at least from what little I’ve read and watched

[@tjimaakatjiuongua5988]

I can’t even believe I wanted to live in America growing up. This sounds beyond crazy and dystopian.

[@lunaxxx674]

Same I'm so happy I got to grow up in europe

[@a11px6]

It is

[@NechamaGluck]

As an American, ive always been envious of Europeans.

[@nunyabusiness42069]

I grew up and still live in the US, its dystopian as HELL. Actually in high school my LA teacher read off the defining traits of a dystopian society and the US ticked off every box.

[@rozzaziobrown6515]

@Emily Pace Paraguay. Canada. Need I keep going? America is pretty dogshit for the average citizen as far as developed nations go. The other nations are rightfully laughing at us for not having the guts to stand up to corporations and demand fair wages and universal healthcare. It's pathetic.

[@AM99884]

Something that I've noticed with this whole -- you need to be constantly productive - mindset is the feeling that you need to commodify all your talents.. otherwise it's all for naught. I notice this in myself a lot of times.. if I find I'm good at something I start thinking about how I can use this to benefit me either monetarily or otherwise. I have to remind myself that it's okay to let your hobbies be just that- hobbies...and that there's no need to turn that into a money making gig too! Another thing I've noticed with myself is that whenever I do decide to commodify any of my hobbies, they turn into work, and they're not fun anymore.. there's an instant pressure added to it as soon as you start making bank (so to speak :P) off your hobbies. They don't relax me anymore ... Does anyone else feel the same way too?

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

*"iMma sElF mAdE mAn"* always hear that from rich Americans yeah off the backs of the working class lol

[@dyamondwomack549]

Thank you

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

@@dyamondwomack549 the most spoiled kids think they did it all on their own Kids today their parents paid for everything at 18 I was kicked out

[@s.s.776]

My mental health is more important than a big bank account.

[@honeydew5963]

S. Tarantino tell em👏🏽

[@deborah8056]

S. Tarantino not just mental health but physical health too. My mother is a nurse and had heart failure from working too much. My aunt is a doctor and faced something similar too that as well.

[@joelfernandez354]

If you find the balance between "hustle" and leisure time its actually not that bad, I have an online business while having a good state of ind at the same time

[@lucoai153]

All of these issues are culminating into the reason why many young people are opting not to have children. This country essentially punishes you for having a child through these lack of worker protections and toxic workplaces. And Boomers wonder why depression and anxiety are at historic highs. The level of stress a young person is under nowadays, because of these toxic environments and expectations, are at levels to the stress and anxiety that was once enough to get someone committed in a hospital. It's also why "burnout" is such a huge talking point now. When your society is at a point where they feel like taking even one hour of time to yourself leads to profound amounts of guilt ... it's time to completely restructure.

[@FinnMetal1]

But muh profit margin tho

[@aldntv8028]

Im 21 years old. I can’t not work. my parents have next to nothing and i dropped out of college after two weeks. I’ve lost touch with my friends and I dont have time for relationships. I dont plan on living like this forever. but I do not have a choice because i spent my entire life being anxious about money and I dont wanna feel like this ever again.

[@JustMeChrissLee]

I talked to a guy once who asked me what I did. (Full time work and full time school). He was like you dont own a business...? I was like no....? He said but you have an idea and plan to start one right? Dude...not everyone WANTS to own their own business, that does not mean they are lazy, unmotivated and unsuccessful....

[@EC-dg6ti]

I work a 9 to 5 job and ive never been happier. I consider that successful 💁🏻‍♀️

[@sky_rae7062]

Yeahhh.

[@randommob2806]

E C honestly I’m trying to get a 9 to 5 job, I’m going insane at my part time job

[@MyssBlewm]

I want a 9 to 5 job with no OT. My job is technically supposed to be a 40hr work week but most weekends we are required to work at least Saturday.

[@rebeccajohnson523]

Ive worked 9 to 5 for 20+ years. Im literally just going through the motions. Im dead inside.

[@FaiaHalo]

Another thing, also, is that if you overwork yourself for over half of your life, just to "enjoy it" when you're older, you are going to end up damaging your mental health, therefore your physical well being too by the time you reach 60/70, and you won't be able to enjoy it... It's so messed up, like you said it.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

That’s what’s happened to my parents. My Mom was finally going to be able to go with my Dad on their trips. She’s waited 40 years, and now he’s ill and she has stage III cancer. It’s such a cruel thing to watch happen. My brother and I have promised to make sure we remind each other not to delay, feel guilty for taking time off some, for having hobbies. My dad’s always said, “But where will I find the time? I don’t have the time,” and now it’s true.

[@tinabean713]

I have a friend who got increasingly unhappy working too many hours on a project team he hated. He felt like the wrong people were getting heard and that he wasn't valued, and he just retired with no notice, midday when he got called out for something stupid. He's still not over it yet. And what makes it so weird is how flexible our company is. He probably could have talked to his department head and got a change of scenery and even reduced hours long before it got to that.

[@MyssBlewm]

A coworker told me that her former manager never took a day off work and constantly worked overtime, and always said she could enjoy herself when she retired. Her manager passed away a couple weeks after retiring at 65.

[@painexotic3757]

I disagree. I think it depends on other life choices inregads to your work life. For example, if someone works their butt off and avoids financial burdens, they can become very wealthy at a young age (around 30-35), inwhich they are still very young to enjoy their wealth. Most people are not doing this though. Most people don't engage in the workaholic, wealthy-building culture. Most people live paycheck to paycheck and engage in consumerism.

[@TaraWagner]

Workaholism is especially popular among Girl Bosses, for sure. And among entreprenuers. Thank you for bringing this up! Yes - creating a successful business shouldn't require us to be workaholics.

[@iamzealot4262]

Since 1938 we've had major breakthroughs in technology. We build technology to make life easier. We've been working the same number of hours since 1938.

[@maddybelk3505]

I’m still in school, but the whole “hustle” culture aspect is very prevalent. If I’ve had a hard time learning a specific skill, and my grades are falling behind, I’m told that I just need to “try harder.” Meanwhile, students are scrambling to get everything done and working themselves to the point where both their mental and physical health deteriorates. It gets to a point where we sacrifice hours upon hours of sleep just to continue to work so that we aren’t considered failures.

[@MrRainbowSprinkles]

The public education system was created to not only act as a daycare for kids, but also to prep kids for working in a factory. The whole thing is made to make you a factory worker, which is outdated. The public education system hasn’t changed since it was created over a century ago.

[@maddisynwholikesmusicals5444]

Maddy Belk the public school system is wack

[@azaleaacevedo5124]

I hate the “try harder” mentality. My mother always says school is about strategy: “work smarter, not harder.” Working “harder” just leads to burnout, stress, and actually makes you less productive despite spending more time than “working smarter.” If you have a hard time grasping something, trying to learn in a different way is often more effective, and I find I spend way less time on my college coursework than my peers. The whole “hustle til you make it” is bs

[@darajoyce5514]

right

[@megan1281]

i’m only 15 but i can’t wait to be an overworked, burnt out adult 🙃🙃

[@megan1281]

My Nontraditional Life it’s the standard view of life of most adults. it’s practically inevitable.

[@nikki-qb7iq]

don't get into student debt and you're at a good start lol

[@ravensramen]

yay i'm a 14 year old already overworked student!

[@mehehhh8479]

girl you got plenty of time to start researching how to obtain a work visa for country that respect the working class (at least more than the US) lmaoooooo

[@PasCorrect]

Where I live, legislated parental leave is eighteen months... Sometimes I'm baffled by how the US can even function as a society...

[@parkermccalip8386]

My hypothesis is that a lot of this hustle/grind culture and the resulting guilt from not working “enough” comes from the Protestant Work Ethic. Which states that hard work=morality, and if you work your ass of then you can go to heaven. If you work almost all the time then you’re somehow a more moral person. If you can’t work as much due to a physical/mental disability or chronic illness of some kind then your immediately less moral and any suffering you encounter is your fault and since work=morality any one that uses some kind of welfare is clearly cheating so they don’t have to work.

[@carlacarlacarla-]

As a Turkish living in France, when I first came here I was shocked to see that people went to lunch for as long as 2 hours which was very annoying for me because I was trying to get some things done. Also, in the particular region I live in, it's ILLEGAL to work on sundays for most workers. People here really protect their rights to not work inhumanely and to not be exploited by their bosses, although with the current president it's becoming more and more like the US and that's why French people have been protesting for months. They are really conscious about their rights and well being, it would be seen as being spoiled in my country.

[@NaishaS]

How did you adjust it and which system do you think is better?

[@teresahowick5197]

Naisha Sylvestre I love your question and hope you get a response

[@teresahowick5197]

carlacarlacarla very interesting

[@carlacarlacarla-]

Naisha Sylvestre I definitely think the French system is better because in France, the state helps so much. For example, as a student, even if I'm not French, I have a "rent aid" as everyone does and it pays like 1/3 of my rent for me. So people don't have to work crazy amounts to make ends meet, the state does it for them. Turkey is not as bad as US but not as good as France so I'd definitely prefer to work in France. For me the biggest difficulty was that I was so used to having access to whatever I want in Turkey at whatever day or hour, I often got confused when say markets were closed on Sundays or my bank didn't answer my call at 4:01 pm but you get used to it pretty quickly. ALSO a weird thing for me was to see noone including transportation workers worked on May 1st. Like busses and trams don't work on that day which actually shows the importance they have for workers in France.

[@miyounova]

@@carlacarlacarla- it's not noone, all hospitals, police stations, trains and airports, have to be operational, and many florists and restaurants work as well. But yeah, the 1st of May is important.

[@jconny65]

the american dream is basically just a carrot dangling on a stick lol.

[@coolundies7030]

Not really. It's people's spending habits that keeps that carrot dangling in front of them. Small investments at a young age can get anyone a comfortable life.

[@riss6734]

The American dream can mean different things for anyone. It could mean having a family, a decent wage, a decent home and car. Which is possible for anyone in this country.

[@rymon8460]

Lol except that America has lifted more people out of poverty than any other country in history. That's why so many people, as much as they criticize, want to move to America.

[@jconny65]

@@rymon8460 shut up, nerd! LMFAOOOO! Ya DWEEB!

[@alaaye5237]

Rymon There are many other European countries that do better than America in that area. Just saying

[@ezranacianceno6851]

Watching this during this time of pandemic because ive recently graduated and started working and basically based most of my self esteem on my productivity. And now that i work less during the lockdown i realized how problematic that is. Thanks for the video i knew i wasnt alone in thinking that this type of work culture is problematic

[@badsummer95]

You should really consider writing books about the stuff you discuss on this channel in the future. Your content reminds me of the books I used to study for my thesis. You’re so thorough and thoughtful with the subjects you discuss, it’s so well researched. I absolutely love your work here. Nobody talks about this stuff because it’s all so new but it should be studied at an academic level.

[@Tjnovakart]

I’ve looked into the work cultures in Japan and South Korea, and they’re absolutely insane. With mental health being so stigmatized as well, people have no way to cope with burnout & will commit suicide (South Korea has a notoriously high suicide rate) or completely shut down due to pressure. In Japan they have a phenomenon called “hikikomori” where young adults & teens withdraw from society so much that they won’t even leave their rooms, so much as go to work. In a lot of cases this results from these people working to the breaking point and then PAST it, to where their mental burnout gets so bad that they can’t do anything. I really feel like the US is coming closer to this reality, unfortunately

[@tiarabrown9291]

Sometimes I actually feel like I have to hide from other teachers that I DON'T have anything going on after school. It is very important to me to have free time, and I hate "scheduling culture". Many of my coworkers seem to love to brag about how busy they are, how many activities they have forced their kids into, or how early/late they come into school when they aren't getting paid for those hours...but that's all self-inflicted, so if they want sympathy, it's not coming from me. I think I must do the opposite of people in the "hustle" culture. I try to very actively create free time. I need it for my sanity.

[@tiarabrown9291]

@Arra That is how I feel! I grew up in a house where we had dead time to just screw around and develop hobbies. I am a big hobbyist photographer, and I wouldn't have time for it if I decided to work myself into an early grave. I think I perform better at my job when I know that I have time after school to myself or with my husband. Obviously, if I have kids, that will change a little, but I am not going to jump on the bandwagon and start putting my kids in a million activities at age 4. Kids deserve free time, too.

[@creator_zz1742]

As a Finnish person, the idea of not being entitled to have a paid annual holiday feels like a human rights violation