Slavery is illegal. No one is “forced” to work 80+ hours per week. When you become employed for a job, you are agreeing to their conditions and that includes crunch and potentially working an insane amount of hours for periods of time. My career involves strict deadlines where there is often a need to work constantly in order to deliver good quality on time. If I don’t do my job correctly, people could die. Yet, I don’t expect the level of hero worship that some nurses feel entitled to. I signed up for the job knowing what it entailed, and I enjoy it, even when the work is overwhelming.
It seems the occupations that are more prone to such entitlement are ones that are female dominated like teachers for example. It is well known that the average preference of women is to work less hours then men, at the expense of lower average wages. There’s nothing wrong with that, but complaining about doing the job you signed up for without any exceptional recognition is just stupid and self-centered. It’s a slap in the face to other people who sacrifice for their jobs who get far less recognition. Believe it or not, there are other occupations beyond nurses and teachers that are even more essential to a functioning society.
Slavery is illegal. No one is “forced” to work 80+ hours per week. When you become employed for a job, you are agreeing to their conditions and that includes crunch and potentially working an insane amount of hours for periods of time. My career involves strict deadlines where there is often a need to work constantly in order to deliver good quality on time. If I don’t do my job correctly, people could die. Yet, I don’t expect the level of hero worship that some nurses feel entitled to. I signed up for the job knowing what it entailed, and I enjoy it, even when the work is overwhelming.
It seems the occupations that are more prone to such entitlement are ones that are female dominated like teachers for example. It is well known that the average preference of women is to work less hours then men, at the expense of lower average wages. There’s nothing wrong with that, but complaining about doing the job you signed up for without any exceptional recognition is just stupid and self-centered. It’s a slap in the face to other people who sacrifice for their jobs who get far less recognition. Believe it or not, there are other occupations beyond nurses and teachers that are even more essential to a functioning society.