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Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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CNBC has gotten nauseatingly terrible

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[–] verdi@feddit.org 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

*cocks shotgun

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago

"sharpens scimitar"

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Sure, Jan. If I could make millions at work with the same effort, I would.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

If you worked a little harder, you'd have a lot more

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

"If I am working this hard, everyone should too."

I think this is the mindset of bosses as to why they power trip. Not all but this is far too common.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

CNBC has gotten nauseatingly terrible

It’s Comcastic!

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Psychopath.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

"I've never believed in ~~the term~~ work-life balance."

What it really means

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

nice m dash CMBC. fuckin rage bait AI slop

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

This work style suits me as well. I have always preferred jobs that reward outcomes and offer true flexibility. Sometimes I work a lot. Sometimes I log off at 2pm and nap. But it isn't right for everyone.

[+] shalafi@lemmy.world -14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Her take is perfectly reasonable:

“I call it work-life integration. There are times that your life requires a lot more, and there are times that your work requires a lot more. … I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”

Sometimes I pour more into work, sometimes life needs my attention. Sometimes I'm eager to finish working on a work problem, sometimes work can fuck off for a bit. At my last job I'd sleep in in the mornings and work past "close" when fewer people were bugging me.

I find it more stressful to be strict about keeping work and life seperate. Maybe I want to login at night and test some ideas that I wouldn't risk during the day. Many times I've been on a hot streak and don't want to stop at exactly 5PM. Maybe I'm not getting a lick of work done, know I'm being useless and pop out to hike before I run out of sun. If I'm bored shitless, I may run through my email and clear out the crap so there's less staring at me Monday morning.

Did no one read the article? Or have none of you had a professional job with responsibilities? FFS, she's merely saying do what works for you. Point to a single unreasonable thing she's saying here.

tl;dr: I was already working exactly as she talks about and that left me with the least stress, most satisfaction.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The unreasonable part is where it's intended to be useful information for anyone outside of her specific sphere. If I do anything you and her describe, I'd be fired the next day. That's even considering that my current job is the most lenient and acomodating place I've ever worked.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 4 points 11 months ago

Her style works for you, good for you. I admit I’m sometimes also guilty of checking work stuff when I shouldn’t be. The problem is that it does not work for everyone and some people want clear boundaries and separation, and her saying this is in a way telling her people what they should be doing:

That’s why it’s up to leaders to set the tone for boundaries in the office and what good work-life integration may look like

Just because you don’t have a problem with it, doesn’t mean everyone else doesn’t either. If she was an ordinary cog in the wheel like you and me, people might not give a shit if that’s how she prefers to work. But she dictates policy with her position and influence.

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