The Corporate Happiness Treadmill and the Case for Doing Less(0xff.nu)
37 points by hxii | 31 comments
A personal blog essay arguing against the corporate pursuit of constant growth and happiness, advocating for doing less at work to avoid burnout.
#work-life-balance on Hacker News
8 stories tagged work-life-balance, newest first.
Being ambitious and being a dad(nicholascharriere.com)
867 points by nichochar | 675 comments
Personal blog post by Nicholas Charriere on balancing startup ambition with being a father of two, referencing Paul Graham's essay on having kids.
Doing nothing at work(seangoedecke.com)
334 points by Sukram21 | 116 comments
Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should work fewer hours at ~80% utilization because tech company performance is dominated by outlier, high-impact events.
Can we have the day off?(mlsu.io)
1114 points by mlsu | 648 comments
Personal blog essay arguing that if AI dramatically boosts white-collar productivity, workers should get more time off.
996(lucumr.pocoo.org)
860 points by genericlemon24 | 411 comments
Armin Ronacher's blog post critiquing the 996 overwork culture promoted in startups, contrasting love of work with family and life balance.
Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees(cnn.com)
582 points by amichail | 286 comments
CNN article reporting that the Tokyo metropolitan government will offer employees a four-day workweek to help boost fertility and family time.
Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails, calls after hours(reuters.com)
426 points by testrun | 337 comments
Reuters article on Australia's new law giving employees the right to ignore work emails and calls after hours; the page loaded as a captcha challenge.
Study: 61 UK firms tried a 4-day workweek and after a year, they still love it(npr.org)
342 points by giuliomagnifico | 245 comments
NPR article on UK companies that trialed a four-day workweek and, more than a year later, mostly kept and still favor it.