Jack Ma defends the 'blessing' of a 12-hour working day(bbc.co.uk)
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Jack Ma defends the 'blessing' of a 12-hour working day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47934513
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I guess family life doesn't matter to Jack Ma. It matters to me. I'm not going to miss my kids growing up to the benefit of your company.
Pretty easy to justify long working hours when the payoff is $40 billion.
Yeah, it's a blessing for him, he's the guy on top. Related news: Thugs see jackboots as a 'blessing'.
That's the craziest thing I've read today.
I've worked 12 hour shifts. By the time you eat, shower and commute you have no free time at all. It's horrible.
I've worked 12 hour shifts. By the time you eat, shower and commute you have no free time at all. It's horrible.
Same. I worked them as 3-3-4-4 (3 on, 3 off, 4 on, 4 off) and even still, it was taxing. You get extra-long weekends all the time, which are basically mandatory, because you spend that entire first day recovering from the previous 12-hour shifts.
Though it also switched between days and nights, so you'd end up spending your last day adjusting yourself to the upcoming "time switch", which further worsened it. The company had all kinds of research indicating that it was great for morale and productivity and such, and they had a strong union that didn't seem to hate it, but I always had a hard time adapting.
I can't imagine doing it for 6 days straight.
Though it also switched between days and nights, so you'd end up spending your last day adjusting yourself to the upcoming "time switch", which further worsened it. The company had all kinds of research indicating that it was great for morale and productivity and such, and they had a strong union that didn't seem to hate it, but I always had a hard time adapting.
I can't imagine doing it for 6 days straight.
Thought he was talking about a 12-hour working week. Thought it was a bit extreme. We do live in a tech bubble.
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19663317.
Thanks, missed this discussion.
Jack Ma is saying "9-9-6" which means working from 9am-9pm, 6 days per week.
He says if you love what you do then you enjoy the hours.
He says if you love what you do then you enjoy the hours.
Work less, do more. That should be the optimization loop.
this guy is going to have a workers revolt on his hands
How long is his commute home?
Normalizing this behavior is the short term goal, the longer term goal is returning to indentured servitude.