Hacker News with Generative AI: Work-Life Balance

Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus (nature.com)
Researchers with the neurodevelopmental condition discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.
ADHD, Science, Neurology, Work-Life Balance
10 points by rntn 11 days ago | 1 comments
Why Japan's Gen Z is 'quiet quitting' work (dw.com)
It is a far cry from their parents' generation, but 20-something Japanese are happy to sacrifice a career and better pay for an improved work-life balance.
Generational Differences, Work Culture, Japan, Millennials, Work-Life Balance
19 points by rustoo 13 days ago | 2 comments
Are children better off when one parent has a job or when both do? (pewresearch.org)
In the United States, 43% of teenagers say children are better off when one parent doesn’t have a job and focuses on the family. A larger share (57%) say children are just as well off when both of their parents have jobs, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey of teens ages 13 to 17.
Parenting, Family, Work-Life Balance, Children, Surveys
11 points by libpcap 14 days ago | 4 comments
Perks that your company grants you (miserablyemployed.com)
Congratulations, corporate prisoner. You’ve made it. After countless hours of unpaid interviews, whiteboard algorithm puzzles, and "tell me about a time you failed" performance theater, you’ve landed a job. A real one. With benefits. Perks, even. You're not just a cog in the machine anymore. You're a cog with access to a ping pong table.
Job Market, Corporate Culture, Work-Life Balance
10 points by ramijames 15 days ago | 0 comments
You can choose tools that make you happy (borretti.me)
On Hacker News and Lobsters I often see blog posts with titles like:
Tools, Happiness, Productivity, Work-Life Balance, Personal Development
258 points by zdw 16 days ago | 85 comments
3 Years of Remote Work (brendangregg.com)
In the last 3 years I've attended 77 meetings that began between 1am and 6am, roughly once every two weeks, followed by my usual 7am start, Monday to Saturday. I'm working remotely from Australia for a US firm (Intel) who does not have a local office here. I'm not complaining. I work weird hours, but I don't think I work too many.
Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Personal Experiences
66 points by SerCe 16 days ago | 29 comments
Remote work study clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier." (farmingdale-observer.com)
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: this flexibility significantly improves the well-being and happiness of employees, transforming our relationship with work.
Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Happiness, Research, Australia
9 points by MaysonL 20 days ago | 0 comments
SaṃVega: The urgent realization that you need a more meaningful life (bigthink.com)
Carlos comes back from work and it’s late — so late that as he pulls his car into the drive he sees every room in the house is dark. His job is working him to the bone. He feels like he never sees his family anymore. Carlos bought his daughter a toy from her favorite TV show last week. She smiled. But later his wife tells him that his daughter hasn’t watched that show for months.
Life Purpose, Meaningful Life, Work-Life Balance, Family
4 points by Brajeshwar 20 days ago | 0 comments
Iceland's shorter working week has been a success (theguardian.com)
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work
Work-Life Balance, Iceland, Productivity
14 points by ColinWright 20 days ago | 0 comments
EA Pushes Full Return to Office, Effectively Ends Remote Hiring (ign.com)
Electronic Arts has announced to employees that it will be ending its remote working policies permanently, and implementing a full return to office.
Work-Life Balance, Remote Work, Gaming Industry
37 points by napolux 23 days ago | 49 comments
The Joy and Freedom of Working Until Death (ritholtz.com)
This quote from Thoreau’s Walden captures a primary theme of my blog, The Financial Philosopher: To lead one’s life on the basis of abstract concepts, such as retirement, freedom, and success is, at best, to lead an inauthentic life and, at worst, one of slavery.
Philosophy, Work-Life Balance, Retirement
7 points by pearlsontheroad 24 days ago | 7 comments
In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships (bearblog.dev)
In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships
Work-Life Balance, Stress Management, Relationships, Mental Health
346 points by wqtz 25 days ago | 212 comments
Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true (farmingdale-observer.com)
In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries in the world to adopt the four-day working week, not through a general law, but through agreements allowing workers to negotiate shorter weeks or reduced hours. Five years on, the results are indisputable.
Work-Life Balance, Iceland, Labor Laws, Productivity, Four-Day Workweek
50 points by robtherobber 25 days ago | 35 comments
How to pretend to work 40 hours a week (miserablyemployed.com)
Let’s face it. You’ve been hired to be a “team player,” but the game is rigged, the ball is imaginary, and the scoreboard hasn’t worked since 2003. So why break a sweat? The recent layoffs have shown that they aren’t going to be loyal to you, so why should you be loyal to them?
Work-Life Balance, Workplace Culture, Productivity
11 points by ramijames 26 days ago | 2 comments
A Thematic Analysis of How Near-Death Experiences Affect Employees' Work Lives (ingentaconnect.com)
Near-death experiences (NDEs) refer to the experiences people have when they are close to death as a result of medical emergencies or accidents (Kelly et al., 2007). Such experiences often have life-changing effects referred to as aftereffects. However, there is virtually no research on NDE aftereffects in the context of work. In the present study, we interviewed 14 working adults to explore how an NDE affected their work lives.
Near-Death Experiences, Work-Life Balance, Psychology, Research, Qualitative Research
8 points by harambae 31 days ago | 0 comments
Spain to reduce the standard 40-hour work week for 12.5 million employees (independent.co.uk)
The Spanish government approved a bill Tuesday reducing the workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours (Associated Press)
Spain, Labor, Work-Life Balance, Politics, Economy
19 points by giuliomagnifico 32 days ago | 4 comments
Knowledge-based society, my ass (mihaiolteanu.me)
Right after I get admitted, I inform Professor that I also have a full-time job. He insists that we must start working right away. I quit as a result and instantly breathe a refined air. I am now a scientist! A week later I approach Professor and let him know I'm ready for work.
Academia, Personal Experience, Work-Life Balance
370 points by molteanu 39 days ago | 102 comments
Canadians average more work-from-home days than any country, global survey finds (bnnbloomberg.ca)
Canadians average more remote workdays than workers anywhere else in the world, a global survey says.
Remote Work, Canada, Global Survey, Work-Life Balance
6 points by amichail 41 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Look Busy – Realistic-Looking Fake Calendar Events (lookbusy.app)
Look Busy fills your work calendar with realistic-looking (but secretly fake) work events. Your co-workers won’t schedule conference calls and meetings, so you can get actual work done and reclaim your productive time.
Productivity, Time Management, Work-Life Balance, Software
8 points by yieldalarm 48 days ago | 3 comments
To Escape the Grind, Young People Turn to 'Mini-Retirements' (nytimes.com)
Some young people are spending their savings on an extended break earlier in their careers rather than waiting until retirement.
Retirement, Work-Life Balance, Personal Finance, Generational Trends
11 points by paulpauper 57 days ago | 2 comments
Tech CEO: 4-day work week didn't hurt or help productivity (theregister.com)
Interview Civo shifted its workforce to a four-day working week and while it hasn't changed productivity much at the cloud biz, it has helped attract "new talent" and retain existing staff, CEO Mark Boost says.
Work-Life Balance, Productivity, Business, Technology, Hiring
26 points by rntn 58 days ago | 12 comments
Jevons Paradox: A Personal Perspective (fakepixels.substack.com)
“I'm dying. Of overwork.”
Jevons Paradox, Economics, Work-Life Balance, Substack
17 points by kiyanwang 71 days ago | 8 comments
How I Choose What to Work On (2023) (tynan.com)
A reader, “Moo”, asked me to write about my process for entrepreneurship and how I choose what to write on. Despite being a lifelong entrepreneur and being relatively successful at it, I don’t write a lot about it because I routinely make decisions that trade money for other things (freedom, autonomy, quality of life, stubborn insistence on what I want a product to be, etc).
Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Decision Making, Work-Life Balance
114 points by freemh 74 days ago | 31 comments
Ask HN: Any jobs that don't force you to always be advancing career wise? (ycombinator.com)
I’m a software developer (web, fullstack) that’s been in the industry for about 10 years now and I’ve gotten to a point where I don’t care about advancing my career.
Software Development, Career Advice, Work-Life Balance
108 points by throwaway929997 85 days ago | 145 comments
Ask HN: How to find intellectually challenging work? (ycombinator.com)
After working (mostly) as a backend developer since 2013, I was recently burned (or bored?) out a bit, quit my job and went on a sabbatical for half a year. Now I need to start looking for a new job. However, I'm not sure how to find something that feels more meaningful and intellectually stimulating to me.
Career Advice, Software Development, Work-Life Balance
14 points by Tainnor 89 days ago | 31 comments
Sixty Hours a week? How about 4 uninterrupted hours a day? (cdibona.substack.com)
Again, a silly news story leads to me yammering about some of my time in the Silicon Valley. If you want to get to the meat of my response to Sergey’s memo exhorting employees to work 60 hours a week to usher in the next great age of AGI, scroll down a page or two….
Work-Life Balance, Productivity, Silicon Valley, Artificial Intelligence
19 points by mji 93 days ago | 0 comments
Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot' (fortune.com)
Work-Life Balance, Productivity, Entrepreneurship
37 points by hakaneskici 97 days ago | 61 comments
Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting (wired.com)
A new wave of return-to-office mandates has arrived since the New Year, including at JP Morgan Chase, leading advertising agency WPP, and Amazon—not to mention President Trump’s late January directive to the heads of federal agencies to “terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person … on a full-time basis.”
Work-Life Balance, Technology, Surveillance, Remote Work
16 points by viewtransform 99 days ago | 2 comments
I'm starting to suspect my work is incompatible with a full-time academic job (humprog.org)
It's time to admit that I'm in a mess too.
Academia, Work-Life Balance, Personal Experience
75 points by luu 99 days ago | 87 comments
Google's Sergey Brin Asks Workers to Spend More Time in the Office (nytimes.com)
Google, Corporate Culture, Work-Life Balance, Technology
59 points by tgma 99 days ago | 29 comments