Google co-founder wants employees to work 60 hours a week in office
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Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, claims that a 60-hour workweek is the “sweet spot” for productivity in a recent memo sent to employees.

In the note, shared internally and viewed by the New York Times, Brin urges staff working on Google’s Gemini AI projects to put in long hours to help the company lead the race in artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Some have praised Brin’s commitment to pushing the company’s success, but others argue that his approach reflects an outdated and harmful mindset.

“The hustle-centric 60-hour week isn’t productivity—it’s burnout waiting to happen,” wrote workplace mental health educator Catherine Eadie in a post shared by LinkedIn’s news editors.

Others said they feel that hard work is essential for success, with a COO of a business analytics business writing, “Brin is just being honest—successful people have always put in long hours."

  • boonhet@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    That’s because you have moronic zoning laws. The fix is to start by replacing those, not punishing people.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      Punishing people by paying them for the time they spend commuting.

      Meanwhile, my factory at least would start lobbying for better zoning laws if they had to pay people for the 40-50 minutes they spend driving to work every day.

      • boonhet@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 days ago

        Punishing people by paying them for the time they spend commuting.

        But it’s never that easy, is it? Capitalists are going to capitalist and that means you WILL be punished for the extra costs you incur to the company this way.

        Maybe it’ll work for your factory, but in a big city where city center rent is already ridiculously high despite the significantly higher density than suburbs, you’ll just be unfairly punished for not paying twice as much rent if the company is allowed to discriminate. If they’re not allowed to discriminate, you can just spread out your commute even further in order to work less for the same money, so where’s the incentive in moving closer?

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
          11·
          1 day ago

          We’re already punished by being forced to have longer commutes! The company isn’t doing the punishment, of course, but the housing market is by pricing people out of the city.

          I also don’t think the company can demand workers pay higher rent without also paying higher wages. They’ll be unable to hire workers if they try. Either the pay increases to match the housing market or they settle for paying commuters.