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Survey: Tech Pros Ignoring Work-Life Balance Is a Myth (dice.com)
Nerval's Lobster writes: Are tech professionals really willing to live on energy drinks, and sleep on office couches, in order to get the job done? For many, the answer is "no." In response to a new Dice survey (Dice link, obviously), only 5 percent of employees at technology companies said that work-life balance wasn't a top priority for them. Contrast that with nearly 45 percent of respondents who said they wanted more of a work-life balance, even if their current position made that difficult. More than 27 percent of those surveyed also characterized work-life balance in the tech industry as a "myth." It seems that, despite all those companies talking publicly about wanting to give employees a better work-life balance (complete with on-site gyms and unlimited vacation time and... stuff...), it's not really working out for a lot of people. (And that's something that people have been calling out for some time.)
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"The moment you have a child you become a burden for the company." - Yes but that is because society insists on maternity (and now paternity) leave. I'm not saying that is necessarily a bad thing, although it does seem a bit unfair to childless couples and singles. Anyhow, that ship has already sailed. But somebody has to pay for the time off, etc.
"Trump wants to make getting babies impossible." - Nonsense. Trump has never said anything of the sort.
"He wants to stop immigration." - No, he wants to stop ILLEGAL immigration. You have conveniently left that critical piece out. Trump has said repeatedly that he welcomes LEGAL immigrants to the US and values their contributions. How this is an extreme position is beyond me. People sneaking into the country and overstaying visas are not "Undocumented" or whatever other cutesy phrase you want to come up with. They are ILLEGAL immigrants and have broken our immigration laws.
"He wants that american population gets older, without any young people, and dies out, slowly." - Are you suggesting that Americans don't have any children?
"With an unpopulated america he has more space for his golf resorts." - And if we follow your logic, nobody to play on those courses. Unless we include all the illegal immigrants that you are pushing for. Maybe they'll take up golf.
The ideal work/life ratio is 0.
Unless you're a zombie, in which case it's NaN.
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