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		_wwz4 on June 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout What's troubling? A culture of working over 40 hours? Or the fact that some people choose to? Is it your perception that our culture is moving toward working more hours? http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS The trend appears to be downward. Yay?

zitterbewegung on June 26, 2012 [–]

I believe that working that long isn't sustainable and I think that it puts unrealistic expectations for the average person. I would welcome your trend. Thank for the data.

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