Ask HN: Are you working 996 hours?

2 pointsposted 4 hours ago
by derwiki

Item id: 49169758

10 Comments

nicbou

14 minutes ago

996 hours a year? Sure.

I wasn't put on Earth to create shareholder value. Work is the means to an end. The less of it I have to do, the better.

JohnFen

4 hours ago

You couldn't pay me enough to sacrifice so much of my life for someone else's business.

chistev

40 minutes ago

What if you were in dire straits and needed the money?

AFF87

4 hours ago

No. I can understand doing so if it's your own company and you have a significant % of the business. But if you are an employee it does not make sense, you will not gain the time back

kermatt

3 hours ago

I'm not getting paid by the hour, so hell no.

If I was paid hourly, hell no.

root-parent

2 hours ago

Yes, I do 996 hours per year. That is exactly 83 hours per month, and as a prime, management can’t divide it any further.

marssaxman

4 hours ago

I did that and more when I was trying to get my startup off the ground, but never since and never again.