High-Earning Men Are Cutting Back on Their Working Hours
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#3We’re exhausted and there’s little real upside. Makes sense to me to cut back.
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#4We’re exhausted and there’s little real upside. Makes sense to me to cut back.
Why do you describe exhaustion as a collective “we”?
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#5> Since this group already put in longer hours than the typical U.S. worker—and women at the highest income levels—these high earners had longer work days to trim
> Before the pandemic, Eli Albrecht, a lawyer in the Washington, D.C., area, says he worked between 80 to 90 hours a week. Now, he says he puts in 60 to 70 hours each week
Key lines from the article, which give important context and invert what many people's expectations about the situation will be.
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#6A lot of people in the medical field (of both genders) I know cut back their hours once they can control their schedule in private practice - if you're still going to be making 3-5x of what would be considered a good salary working 50-75% of whatever is considered full time (usually in the 30-35 hours a week range), it just makes sense.
Then again, this applies less to technology and other knowledge work where it's harder to turn off the background thought tasks.
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#8> "High-earning men in the 25-to-39 age range who could be described as “workaholics” were pulling back, often by choice"
This seems like great news. I know several guys who've recently opted to earn less in exchange for more time off at home with their young kids. They are happier and the kids love it.
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#9We’re exhausted and there’s little real upside. Makes sense to me to cut back.
Agree. I used to work 60+ hours to make a huge impact on my firm and our revenue. Now I am like fuck it. Down to 30.