Jeez in 2025 we shouldn't be having to argue that overwork is bad for you. Working through the weekend just sounds like ridiculous performative presenteeism to me. Quantity over quality.
'Sure, you might feel like you’re temporarily winning because you’re working more hours than the “opposing team”, but where does all of this end? Working the occasional overtime isn’t going to kill anyone, but doing it repeatedly and gleefully as part of your identity just might.'
#work https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/no-elon-working-the-weekend-is-not-a-superpower-20250206-p5la3d.html
'Sure, you might feel like you’re temporarily winning because you’re working more hours than the “opposing team”, but where does all of this end? Working the occasional overtime isn’t going to kill anyone, but doing it repeatedly and gleefully as part of your identity just might.'
#work https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/no-elon-working-the-weekend-is-not-a-superpower-20250206-p5la3d.html
No, Elon, ‘working the weekend’ is not a superpower
We urgently need to push back on unhealthy narratives that demand we work more and harder.Tim Duggan (The Sydney Morning Herald)
