The illusion of weekends - We are just in recovery mode :/
I've been working for about five years now. The concept of a weekend has completely changed for me in 2024. But there's something about our current lifestyle that just concerns me. In both tech and non-tech roles.
In college or even early in my career, I remember weekends actually feeling like free time. Going out, meeting friends, pursuing a hobby, or just existing without stress.
You lived for 2 days, then worked for 5. And thought about work only when you logged in.
Now, I feel like most of us don't actually have weekends anymore. It's very obviously just a 48-hour recovery period so we don't physically collapse on Monday.
We end up spending Friday night just passing out from sheer exhaustion. Saturday goes into sleeping for 10 hours and doing basic life maintenance. Groceries, laundry, cleaning up the house.
By Sunday afternoon, the anxiety starts creeping in. You can't even enjoy the evening because your brain is already dreading the morning standup at work.
Work intensity has gone up. Personal energy has fallen.
We need to be more mindful of our boundaries, we need to actually disconnect on Friday, and then live well at home.
I think it's a function of the insane mental load we carry everyday. We are basically in zombie mode for two days just trying to repair our nervous system to do it all over again.
Needs to be fixed, it's the sign of a major burnout epidemic in the workforce. Thoughts?
Why is it techies all the time? Just take a look at other jobs too.. Its more or less the same hustle. Its a trade off actually. Doctors, teachers, or may be business men... all are hustling. Its post covid only that I see such things being said. Or one thing is we are a weak grown up generation. Workload is there but why like mar gaye mar gaye everytime. Apna kuch start krlo or switch to a less hustling role.
I used to work as a banker, back then we used to have 6 day workweek, only Sunday was Holiday đ˘
Yeah we are soo weak generation that is not sucking off for the evergrowing corporate greed. We exist to increase shareholder value, which if we fail to, makes us weak. "Why is it techies all the time?" Bruhhh. If not just techies, everyone in india should voice out against exploitation and wanting to live a life without burnout. It's not like asking for free million bucks or anything,, but then again the slave indian mind can never comprehend that.
I think you are advocating for 4 day workweek
Thatâs so true, and with all this constant layoffs news I started preparing hence not getting any time at all to actually enjoy.
What I think is, at 1 point I will move to better WLB place with less pay maybe once my savings will secure my FIRE numbers.
Welcome to adult life
Anxiety before standup like it
I get it coz get hammered by questionsâŚWTF is that
Not justifying it, but there are many made to slave 6 days a week, in this day and time
Daaru pee ke so ja
welcome to the experience of rocks thrown at you for expressing yourself. lol. guy talks about how he feels his weekends are getting wasted away and people start questioning him back with âwhy is it always techies.â absolute idiots whoâd miss the birth of their baby to impress their manager for a 6% hike. give me a break. him expressing about how he feels should be acknowledged at the very least. itâs a public forum. absolute monkeys!
Change your job profile nd hustle...was in same boat 16 years ago with night shifts nd working on Diwali New Year nd most other holidays. Never worked more than 6 hrs or 3 days in off post 2014...
True and I am Working and Preparing for Switch on Weekends, Early in the Morning before Sunshine, Almost Every Day. So that I can leave Oracle before I get bored of Life
