By and large we know corporations only care about the bottom line.
They hire as few workers as possible, work them as much as possible, pay them as little possible, with as few benefits and security as possible.
That’s why there’s limits to how much employers can work employees, and how little they can pay them, because if there wasn’t, they’d be working them 16 hours a day, 7 days week for a bowl of rice if they could.
That’s why North America doesn’t manufacture anything anymore, many-most of the important jobs have been shipped overseas, because there’s little-no worker protection standards there.
That’s why our standard of living, with the exception of a few things like cell phones and computers, has been declining since at least the 1980s.
Workers are taught to sell themselves for as much money as possible, and rightfully so, at least we got that part right.
However, there’s a double standard.
Workers are also taught to work as hard as they can.
Why should workers give as much of themselves as they can?
That’s not egoism or even reciprocal altruism, that’s sacrificial altruism, and for someone who doesn’t give two shits about you.
Unless you really love and are passionate about your job, and few people do and are, you should try to get away with working as little as possible, for as much money as possible.
If you can get your employer to believe you’re working hard or moderately when you’re not, why shouldn’t you?
If you can work in an industry or for a company you can get away with slacking, why wouldn’t you at least factor that into what industry/company you want to work in/for?
Why not try to save as much time and energy for yourself and things you really care about, instead of wasting it on ingrates?
People are working harder and harder so fewer and fewer can live high on the hog, at the expense of the environment, which may not survive this century.
I say to hell with productivity, work as little as possible, for what you really need/desire, not for what society tells you, you need/desire.
It’s time workers competed less with each other and cooperated less with corporations.