Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk
  • TheTactfulSaboteur@lemmy.caEnglish
    26·
    2 hours ago

    What this guy fundamentally fails to understand is that countries go from low gdp to high gdp not by producing more exports but rather by getting domestic consumption up. Time off is required for domestic consumption to happen. Henry Ford didn’t give his workers time off for their benefit, he did it so they would buy cars.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 minutes ago

      he did it so they would buy cars to kneecap any union effort.

      Don’t get me wrong, he did the right thing, but it was to stop a union being created rather than some 4D chess move. He did use your logic as the excuse, though.

  • psmgx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 hours ago

    People had to fight and die for an 8 hour work day and 5 day work week. You’d better be willing to fight again, cuz they’re coming for that.

    • MHLoppy@fedia.ioOP
      27·
      3 hours ago

      I regret to inform you that a billionaire stole your arm to help pay for their next mansion / yacht / social media site.

    • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 hours ago

      If everyone got double pay after 24 work hours per week, companies would have an incentive to keep each employee at under that limit. If they needed longer hours, Toney could hire a second employee to finish the day/week. If you job won’t pay for your extra hours but you want more money, then then working a second job actually fits into the number of hours in the week.

  • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    36·
    4 hours ago

    “I have not changed my view; I will take this with me to my grave,” he asserted .

    Fine fine, can you speed this up a little? The grave part I mean.

  • Tarogar@feddit.orgEnglish
    61·
    4 hours ago

    “I was not very happy with that. I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work even if you’re the most intelligent guy,”

    Dude… If you work hard despite the fact that you claim to be intelligent… You are not intelligent.

    Work smart, not hard. The smart thing is to take breaks so that you can focus on what you are doing. Not working till you drop.

    • militaryintelligence@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 hour ago

      Guarantee he’s one of those rich pricks who count flying on a plane as “work”. But he will work the dogshit out of his employees.

      Just like my prick maga boss

      • justhach@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 minute ago

        And “business” lunches, rounds of golf, general hobnobbing, etc.

        Guys like that will be on holiday and check their email once per day, respond to two of them, then claim to “never take vacation”.

        Their whole reality is warped.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        2·
        19 minutes ago

        You also have a lot of founders who get to that position are workaholics who love focusing on their building empire. For them, it is hard to imagine how people wouldn’t want to dedicate everything to building an empire like they do.

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      12·
      2 hours ago

      Yes and on a global scale we massively overproduce a great many things in the first place. If we could calm the fuck down, we could all work a bit less.