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In the note, shared internally and viewed by the New York Times, Brin urges staff working on Google’s Gemini AI projects to put in long hours to help the company lead the race in artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Some have praised Brin’s commitment to pushing the company’s success, but others argue that his approach reflects an outdated and harmful mindset.

“The hustle-centric 60-hour week isn’t productivity—it’s burnout waiting to happen,” wrote workplace mental health educator Catherine Eadie in a post shared by LinkedIn’s news editors.

Others said they feel that hard work is essential for success, with a COO of a business analytics business writing, “Brin is just being honest—successful people have always put in long hours."

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[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 months ago

Hitting Brin in the balls repeatedly would increase my happiness.

[-] drascus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have found out that my productivity goes down after about 6 hours of work. And even if the productivity is seemingly the same (e.g. when I worked at cigarettes factory), I unsurprisingly made more mistakes when tired. Although I must say I am more tired when I do boring shit (or nothing lol) in office job than on production line, but it's just me.

[-] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

My ass it is. We're going the other direction.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

When is technology going to make our lives better?

[-] axh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Please join my TED talk on "Why whip is a more efficient motivational tool than bonuses?"

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

60-hour workmonth? Sign me up!

[-] RetroSoul@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'd be down to work the 60hrs if it was voluntary overtime. But constantly? Probably not.

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lmao dude trying to claw back some relevance with bait.

Sergei Brin has not accomplished anything since Pagerank and it must make him feel very small especially since his ass got dumped quite recently.

Sad little billionaire.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Have fun paying out overtime in developed countries

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Assuming overtime pay and other employee benefits aren't completely gutted

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's why I specified developed countries. Countries stuck in the 1800s don't count.

[-] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

They won’t pay overtime. Obviously.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There's 182,502 employees at Google.

Maybe if Brin wants to work hard, he can do all the work at 60 hours a week himself, since he's so fucking smart.

That's only 10,950,120 hours a week, Brin. Those are rookie numbers! You can do it yourself, right? Right?

You wouldn't be sitting on your ass doing nothing demanding others do all the work, right? Right??


Narrator: Brin was indeed sitting on his ass doing nothing.


Also, for context, 60 hours a week divided by 7 days a week is 8.6 hours a day with no days off or 6 ten hour days with one day off or 5 twelve hour days with two days off.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

often these fucks do work 60–100 hour weeks because they are soulless, friendless, loveless, hobbyless people with no interior life or social life.

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