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A necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawed (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

To say nothing of the massively increased productivity of modern workers (who now pay to get "trained" in college, instead of having business train employees on the company's dime).

It's also the death of the Third Places
https://medium.com/illumination/the-death-of-third-places-and-the-evolution-of-communities-5bbffc01c5e

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I view college as training for dealing with deadlines and some logic practice (e.g. this essay isn't coherent; math exam next Wednesday). I never see people come through the door ready to go... it takes a few weeks before even the most basic tasks can be delegated. Their writing still sucks 90% of the time, and their math is usually shaky (lucky we have automated many steps with computers.)

I agree that the pace at which all this goes is exhausting and more breaks are needed, but the third world is still full of people working overtime to overtake these "professional" jobs that colleges purport to prep workers for. Don't go to an overpriced Ivy League school and take on debt and expect a 20h week... go to a govt sponsored school and be prepared to compete with the remote workers working for the company that is undercutting your employer. Welcome to globalization.