Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah tells employees to ‘work longer hours’ in year-end email::Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah sent a year-end note to employees, suggesting they work longer hours and do better at mixing work with their personal lives.

  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I enjoy the schadenfreude and I’m happy to play the game. Having worked in door-to-door sales, phone sales, warehouses, as a barista, bartender, gigging actor, musician, dancer, comedian, supply teacher, retail, children’s birthday party magician… my office job is the least hard work I’ve ever done but one where I have to play the part as if it’s incredibly difficult and taxing. And then go into meetings where I say, “hmmm… well if we’re going to market this product… we have to really think about the market we’re bringing it to.” And everyone nods sagely. h If capitalism is a machine that sucks up money to the top by pretending CEOs are working hard, it’s perfectly fine for me to suck money out the side by pretending being a senior manager is working hard.

    I can and do work hard when I have to, but also, American culture is so fucked that people genuinely think it’s better to seem like you’re doing something than actually doing something