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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 258 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I get up at 4am, I'm going to bed at 8pm. So I'm not saving any time, I'm stealing time from my evening to work in the morning. That's what it ultimately comes down to...stealing personal time to spend on working...

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 159 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Multifamily syndicator" seems like a euphemism for paying child support and alimony.

Though the reality is its when a group of investors become a landlord for a duplex. And with "$50 million in assets raised" it appears this guy convinced people to invest in a row of L.A. duplexes.

What a champ. A real market maker.

[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

how to make money:

own property

charge poor people half their salary

???

write a blog telling poor people to work more

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago

Don't forget this step:

write a book on how the poor can get rich like you (by selling your book to other suckers)

[-] rainynight65@feddit.de 153 points 1 year ago

In twenty years, the only people who will remember that you worked all the time are your children.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of that song, "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin. That's sort of what the song is about.

The dad never has time for his kid because he's working all the time. But the kid wanted to be just like his dad.

And so the kid, when he's grown up, ends up never having time for his dad. He's grown up to be just like his dad.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 141 points 1 year ago

Or -

and just hear me out on this before you make any sort of judgements -

Fuck that shit

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I use that reasoning to cram more time playing Baldur's Gate 3.

[-] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

If you play bg3 from 4am to 8am that gives you the whole day to play more bg3!

[-] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 121 points 1 year ago

Do you sleep? You could be working those hours instead.

[-] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 37 points 1 year ago

Why sleep when you can take drugs!

[-] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I mean, yes, but don't waste a good high on working

[-] maudefi@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Not wasting a good high on work WILL set you apart.

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[-] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 91 points 1 year ago

It WILL set you apart

As being a gullible schmuck who takes advice from opportunist dumb fucks.

[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago

It will set you apart. People will think of you as 'that maniac with no life'.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 1 year ago

I'm so tired of the race to make the rich richer work cult

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You could be distinguished like this guy in a UK Rail Accident report.

The driver was on his 59th hour of work that week in the final hours of his 12-hour night shift. Let's not encourage overworking, in most jobs you won't be that much more productive anyway, and in others you run the risk of making potentially fatal mistakes. (Luckily he made it out fine.)

[-] pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

This fucking dude in the picture fortunately has no responsibility beyond the investor money from other fucking idiots who think the economy, the planet, all our well-being, is an elaborate casino game.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Look into Hours of Service for US truck drivers.

70 hours per 8 days, up to 14 hours working per day with 11 of those driving.

There's a required 30 minute break before you reach 8 hours, but a couple years ago they redefined it such that it just had to be 30 minutes not driving. So now the time I spend unloading the truck at the destination counts as a "break" for me.

That's the federal rules, but my state has its own HOS. (These can apply when not moving across state borders, as the federal government only has jurisdiction over INTERstate commerce). The state HOS is 80 hours in 8 days, 16 hours working, 12 driving. No breaks needed.

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[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 57 points 1 year ago

I work four days a week and take good care of myself. It sets me apart. Last I saw the numbers, my sales for the month were more than time and a half the second place employee's. I am the stand out employee since my friend got a promotion. And I'm probably in line for the next one. If I work a fifth day, I have a mental breakdown. I promise. I Iove my job with everything in me, but I've never been stable working five days a week. I'm a high performance individual, and not overworking myself is essential to maintaining that.

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[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago

If you have time to waste posting such crap on linkedin, working on week-ends won't make you a tiny bit more productive.

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[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

Oh please. Those are rookie numbers.

If you snort some coke you can get 23 hours in a day.

It WILL set you apart.

[-] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

"Oh that's Ralph, he's a coke addict and probably only has 6 months to live, best to avoid him at all costs."

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

It πŸ‘ WILL πŸ‘ set πŸ‘ you πŸ‘ apart πŸ‘ . πŸ‘

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago

It's all possible with a dash of cocaine and amphetamines ..... well maybe not a dash but a face full of the stuff.

Wasn't this the logic of the medical guy who figured out that doctors could be placed on call for 12 hour shifts ... and didn't it turn out that he was addicted to cocaine and morphine.

William Stewart Halsted

[-] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

I would rather not be treated by a doctor running off drugs instead of a good night's rest.

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[-] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

Does this person think working shifts are just magic? You show up at 4am on a Saturday unscheduled and they just pay you with no complaint? People just get as much unauthorized overtime as they want?

I understand that's not the kind of work he's suggesting, but it is the kind of work that the vast majority of us do. Stop trying to normalize the hustle. We need to go back to RESPECT for the 9-5 working person and pay them enough to have comfortable lives

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Coming to the office naked "WILL set you apart".

Punching your boss "WILL set you apart".

Overtly stealling office equipmemt "WILL set you apart".

Constantly bringing up the subject of your bowel movement "WILL [guess what...] set you apart".

I'd say the quality of this guy's advice is pretty well matched to the quality of the "argument" he provided to justify it.

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[-] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

"If you work for part of the day you still get the day off" is certainly an...interesting perspective.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

It won't set you apart because, Jeffrey who does half the work of everyone else, is really good at selling himself and kissing ass. Your boss is just as overworked as everyone else is. And it's basically running on vibes at this point in time. So Jeffrey is going to get that next promotion.

Have fun working on the weekends and in a couple of months, working under Jeffrey!

[-] BilboBallbins@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

This assumes you have a 0 minute commute, so it only applies to remote workers, who are likely to be on salary anyway.

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[-] megalodon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

It's as if we only exist to bring value to the lives of a few lucky individuals.

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[-] 2d4_bears 16 points 1 year ago

What an unworthy life. What a depressing existence.

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[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

How’s about you take a long walk off a short pier, pal.

[-] p000l@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

But, but if you never leave work, imagine...

[-] Krachsterben@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

I work 4 hours on Sundays but get paid for those hours as if I was working the whole day. I have Wednesday off instead which makes grocery shopping much more enjoyable because the supermarket is near empty during off peak hours

[-] cgTemplar@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

It will set you apart from the other doormats.

[-] Wrrzag@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Chopping up elderly people with a dull bread knife will also set you apart.

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[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is dumb. But just to talk corpo for a bit (because that is the reality for many of us): early in your career, putting in extra study time (or just making time on the clock if possible) will give you a leg up for certain kinds of white collar work. Just because you'll know more.

But doing work on weekends will set you apart as a damned sucker who can be used by others to make career moves. So do that if you want to feel someone's pump in your eye socket as they trample you to reach for their dream job.

You're never going to get promoted to an easier job if you've proven you can build like 2x more widgets than your co-workers.

You'll get to a better job by showing up with your co-workers to the boss' house and asking nicely.

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[-] Reverendender@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Can we name and shame? I won’t go on twitter or whatever it’s called today, but I would love to troll and harass this guy on Mastodon.

[-] Daqu@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

There are not many multifamily syndicators with 50 million raised. You will find if you search.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you work 16 hours on weekdays, you would have worked for 2 years in 1 year. You would earn twice the salary of the average person (citation needed), and will retire at 30. It WILL set you apart. It will also put you in a hospital and an early grave, but it WILL set you apart.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I recognize that Lemmy is largely anti-capitalist, and anti-work, and would hate this idea. But for people trying to better their position in life, move up in the class system we have, build a new career, or become exceptional in the one they're in, this sort of advice is actually helpful. It is possible, hell, it's relatively common, for people to bust their asses and improve their positions in life. Complaining that it's not fair doesn't get you anywhere, even though it's true.

[-] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

The big problem I have with this advice is that it can't be scaled up to everbody. If everybody were to follow this advice, we'd have a situation where everbody works 4 extra unpaid hours and nobody stands out. Advice which becomes worse the more people take it. Not good.

Secondly, working more hours might decrease your efficiency in the long run, leading you to finishing less work than if you took the time to rest. If reduces your efficiency by just 10%, you'd already produce less value. While it's unlikely to get that far by just 4 extra hours, you don't get the full 26 extra days of productivity.

And if everybody were to follow this advice, always trying to work more than everybody else in order to stand out, we'd soon reach a point where people would produce less.

The advice is basically actively harmful to society.

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