Comment on Banker At US Firm Hospitalised With Pancreatic Failure After 110-Hour Workweek
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 days agoMy first job out of college was about 130hr/week. It didn’t start that way but I was young, inspired by the project, and didn’t know how to say no. The team was small and our lead was batshit so more work kept adding up. I was basically working all waking hours 7 days a week and the sporadic times I did get an hour or two to sleep I was on call. I started having 20 hour work days in the last couple weeks. I was there a total of about two years (the first year was a lot but more like 60hr weeks so doable), my burnout lasted for two years, the resulting alcohol abuse took more like 6 years to kick. Barely even got paid. I’ve learned a lot since then
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can barely manage 40 hours.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 days ago
I pulled an 11 hour workday recently between my main job and my side-gig. With my current insane commute I spent waking to going to sleep either working or commuting. The next day I crashed hard after work and went to bed with a massive migraine immediately after returning home from my full time job. My limit is clearly ~10 hours in a day even with a breaks peppered in