It's funny how unlikable that guy is. There is still time to sign the petition that would have Bezos stay in space after his upcoming launch [1][2]. Once it hits 150,000 signatures shortly, it will likely generate another set of headlines, which is one (if somewhat silly) way to hurt the guy. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/how-a-petition-to-keep-jeff-... [2] https://www.change.org/p/the-proletariat-do-not-allow-…
Jeff Bezos: Work-Life Balance Is 'Debilitating Phrase'
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#22> "If I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy," Bezos said. "And if I am happy at work, I come home with tremendous energy." Surely that same thinking goes the other way: if you are having a rough time at home and it's clearly affecting your work performance, Amazon understands and tries to improve your home situation since real life is intertwined with work, right? Right?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see a pattern here...:-) "Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls the ‘996’ — China’s 72-hour workweek — a ‘huge blessing’" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/alibabas-jack-ma-calls-the...
Jack Ma is a business dude. But Bezos was a programmer and that makes my heart sink low
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#24Debilitating to a few men's fortunes perhaps, but richly rewarding to the thousands of people with a broader outlook to life. Bezos holds fair amount of respect for his accomplishments, but statements like these make him sound more like Mr. Burns than anyone. Just trying to extract maximum output out of his labourers. I for one am fairly surprised by the shamelessness demonstrated by some of these excess haves. Remin…
People like Bezos similarly work long hours so its not like they're idle while expecting others to work on his behalf. I imagine Bezos continues to work because he gets great satisfaction from work. He would never be able to consume all his wealth in goods or services in his lifetime or the even his children's or grandchildren's lifetimes.
But look at people who don't work. Even if they have a safety net, their overall satisfaction is much lower than those that work. Mental health goes down as well as substance abuse and other destructive practices.
Of course the poor mental health and substance abuse may lead to unemployment, but I think there's something deeply unnatural about not engaging in meaningful work. Most people don't have outside creative outlets that give them meaning. Without a traditional work relationship, these people are adrift. This may be out of fashion, but I would encourage my children to find work early on rather than waste away their time playing video games or watching TV.
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#25> "If I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy," Bezos said. "And if I am happy at work, I come home with tremendous energy." Surely that same thinking goes the other way: if you are having a rough time at home and it's clearly affecting your work performance, Amazon understands and tries to improve your home situation since real life is intertwined with work, right? Right?
Their relationship with you is extraction at the foundation.
Once the extraction costs exceed the marginal cost of switching extraction locations, the switch is inevitable.
It's cute of him to say that when his work output is going almost entirely directly back to him (through his prestige gains, increased wealth, etc) and his work output is being leveraged by orders of magnitude by the employees, and contractors, and service providers, under him whom he's trying to maximize extraction from.
His work is his life, and his work/life is being leveraged by others.
If I weren't so numb, I might actually be cynical about it.
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#26Debilitating to a few men's fortunes perhaps, but richly rewarding to the thousands of people with a broader outlook to life. Bezos holds fair amount of respect for his accomplishments, but statements like these make him sound more like Mr. Burns than anyone. Just trying to extract maximum output out of his labourers. I for one am fairly surprised by the shamelessness demonstrated by some of these excess haves. Remin…
A lot of people get satisfaction out of their work. I know I do. I don't see it as an exploitive relationship with my employer, although I'm fortunate enough to have a job that requires cooperation and creativity. Maybe I'd feel different if I were an Uber driver, though, but maybe not. Even when I had menial jobs (e.g. lifeguard, pizza delivery driver), I got satisfaction from providing some kind of value (e.g. watc…
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see a pattern here...:-) "Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls the ‘996’ — China’s 72-hour workweek — a ‘huge blessing’" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/alibabas-jack-ma-calls-the...
Jack Ma is a business dude. But Bezos was a programmer and that makes my heart sink low
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#29> "If I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy," Bezos said. "And if I am happy at work, I come home with tremendous energy." Surely that same thinking goes the other way: if you are having a rough time at home and it's clearly affecting your work performance, Amazon understands and tries to improve your home situation since real life is intertwined with work, right? Right?
I don't really get your objection
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#30> "If I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy," Bezos said. "And if I am happy at work, I come home with tremendous energy." Surely that same thinking goes the other way: if you are having a rough time at home and it's clearly affecting your work performance, Amazon understands and tries to improve your home situation since real life is intertwined with work, right? Right?
I personally would not want my employer actively trying to meddle in and improve my home life. I don't really get your objection