(I wonder if the authors are thinking specifically of Silicon Valley-type people who make vast amounts of money and still work 10-hour days and don’t take weekends off. If this is the case, I’m sympathetic but perhaps a specifically directed appeal is in order—I think these are the minority of people who are overworked.)
My sense was indeed that the authors were more thinking of people like that, and I also think that that kind of person is very common in my social circle (and I guess kind of includes me, as someone who is foregoing large amounts of salary to work at charities in the community). My guess is that the average salary for people in my immediate social circle is quite high, and that I know very few people who are overworked because they are forced to work extremely hard to fulfill their basic needs.
I agree that in the world at large this is much more common, but I would expect any post addressed to this community in particular to point to people being “voluntarily” overworked, as opposed to working that much because they have to.
My sense was indeed that the authors were more thinking of people like that, and I also think that that kind of person is very common in my social circle (and I guess kind of includes me, as someone who is foregoing large amounts of salary to work at charities in the community). My guess is that the average salary for people in my immediate social circle is quite high, and that I know very few people who are overworked because they are forced to work extremely hard to fulfill their basic needs.
I agree that in the world at large this is much more common, but I would expect any post addressed to this community in particular to point to people being “voluntarily” overworked, as opposed to working that much because they have to.