2) This is absolutely immoral. If a company wants its people to work those hours, they should damn well pay them for it. The system of praising people who do crazy overtime as "team players" and shaming people into doing it for free is basically glorified slave labour.
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3) This is terrible for long-term productivity. People burn out, get alienated, disenchanted, etc. They end up with no time for interests outside work, and no time for personal development (which includes rest, relationships, reading, sports, etc).
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4) It also creates a culture where every bit of work becomes 'top priority', to be finished ASAP. Bad, because there's no distinction between things that just need to be done 'well enough' vs things that need to be done as well as possible. Effort not focused on key areas.
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5) People think rest and enjoyment is something you can just take as it comes, without active planning. I disagree. You should be as disciplined about rest as you are about work, if you want to work optimally.
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6) Places like Twitter, Google, Zappos, etc, all actively and systematically focus on employee well-being. It's the only way to retain talent, and keep employees productive long-term, especially in high pressure environments.
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7) It's also interesting to consider case studies from Sweden, where there's pretty much a national obsession with work-life balance. Trials of 6-hour day showed it was too costly, but did show that work quality improved.
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Conclusion: Bosses and employers need to take a long, hard look at themselves. Is your work really the centre of the universe? Can't be done tomorrow? And more importantly, if you're guilty of creating a culture of unpaid overtime, you really need to question your leadership.
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That culture shames people who want to have a life, and is quite literally exploitation of labour. Unpaid overtime workers of the world, unite!
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And if you're an employee, you can help change the culture too. Encourage co-workers to look after themselves and take time for non-work activities. Look out for signs of burnout. Stop glorifying consistent overwork. Let your boss know it's not okay to consistently call at 11pm.
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BTW, the word "consistently" in this thread is important. Obviously, some crunch-time emergencies are unavoidable in any job. My issue is the regular and systemic overwork.
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The response to this tweet makes me think that I/we should devote some serious effort and thought to a policy proposal, which can be forwarded to the relevant party(ies).
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Oh, and there's no legal duty to pay overtime for workmen who earn RM2k n above under Msian law. Most ppl don't fall in that category. So you go home late AND broke.
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This is super valuable info. I'm shocked. Could you point me to the relevant act so I can read it?
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And an "employee" is, but for a few exceptions, is defined by the Employment Act 1955 as earning less than RM2k:pic.twitter.com/o999YLeWzM
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So I'm guessing this is primarily meant to protect manual labourers against being overworked?
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Yes. The law assumes that those earning below RM2k r not in a position/power to negotiate for better increment/wages - hence law operates across d board to protect them. Conversely, law assumes those rm2k above to be in stronger position to negotiate to b adequately compensated.
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A crazy assumption, given workplace politics and power dynamics. Hahaha.
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Working till past 9-10pm is the norm for legal practice in Msia - which is absolute bonkers. But lawyers r constrained by rules of courts on timeline compliance & extremely tight deadlines by judges who r imposed KPIs. Not entirely because of unreasonable bosses or clients.
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Thanks for sharing that! I guess same principles apply, but stemming from much higher up than just a boss - it's the entire system!

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Many other factors in the legal industry - incl that hard work =/= quality work. But across the board, lawyers ARE overworked and burn out fast. The few who don't adapt to the life, rise through the ranks and take the place of those before them, become oppressors themselves.
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Same case with Drs.
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