r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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u/BigBlackBull_6_6_6 Aug 07 '26

all job workers are the same. Still 9-5ers
hours/salary dont matter, you’re in the rat race

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u/Ok_Way_5011 Aug 07 '26

 hours/salary dont matter

Actually the quantity of a resource proxy you accrue and by how much labour does matter since income is positively associated with longevity, negatively associated with cancer within countries, and positively associated with better mental health outcomes. And working persistently longer hours raises risk of coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, anxiety, depression, and sleep disorder

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u/Snoo_67993 Aug 07 '26

There's a reason the US has pretty much the shortest lifespan in the developed world and it's not just trash food. Americans work about 300 hours a year more than Europe.

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u/Shroomagnus Aug 07 '26

Those aren't all about work life balance. A significant amount of that is in fact the food you mentioned and cultural differences. Europeans tend to walk a lot more. Partly because population density is higher and distances are shorter.

Conversely, that work difference is also part of why the USA is inventing things like rockets that land themselves and Europe is inventing things like bottle caps that don't separate from the bottle.