55 weekly at most, if you don't want to kill your golden goose

[Darren Dirt]

55 hours is apparently* the Optimal Sweatshop WorkWeek -- hereafter described in a new unit of measurement called the "EA" -- not 70+, no matter how cool the job...

https://twitter.com/betaorbust/status/908895282087129088

*via https://thenextweb.com/futureofwork/2019/02/25/techs-obsession-with-hustle-porn-discriminatory-counterproductive/
55 max; anything else is not beneficial to even the bottom line of the megacorp. because SCIENCE!


...heck, even King Elon admits there is a threshold to this Puny Human body:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1067175527180513280
"80 sustained, peaking above 100 at times. Pain level increases exponentially above 80."

[Darren Dirt]

more sciencing the @%&# out of this controversy:

HE: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1067173497909141504

THEY: https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-research-is-clear-long-hours-backfire-for-people-and-for-companies (via https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-chan/3-scientifically-backed-r_b_14509568.html )

[Mr. Analog]

I will never again work more than 40 hours because managers can't manage.

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[Thorin]

I'll work 55 hours a week if I'm being properly compensated for those hours - 1.5x for any hours over 8 per day or 44 per week is the minimum (so 44 + ( 11 x 1.5 ) = 60.5 x hourly rate), 2x for any hours over 8 per day or 40 per week is what I would seek in a contract if self-employed (so 40 + ( 15 x 2 ) = 70 x hourly rate).

I'll work fluctuating hours per week but keep track of my hours and average them out over the months and years, I don't mind putting in some extra hours one week to be able to work shorter days another week.  The key is to record every day so you can prove (to yourself and to others) that yes you really have worked a bunch extra already.