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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

5. Burnout-jobs have somehow become the new normal.

Reply to scscholar (Original post)

Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:07 AM

Aug 2016

I was at a company-event for a consulting-company where they were trying to recruit people. Pay and benefits sounded really good... except that it was a 55+ hour work-week.

Good luck starting a family with that.

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