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Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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CNBC has gotten nauseatingly terrible

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 156 points 2 weeks ago (23 children)

I mean, she makes enough money to say that. Most everyone under her, not so much. The self-centeredness of these CEOs is staggering.

“I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance,” says Morris, who oversees the experience of over 2.1 million employees. “I call it work-life integration. There are times that your life requires a lot more, and there are times that your work requires a lot more. … I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails,” Morris says. Maybe you’re chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 139 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

This still sounds awful. Never unplugged, never tuning down. What the fuck kind of life is that?

[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 96 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's the life that all these corporations want their workers to be forced to live. In their eyes, if you're not producing value for the one on top, you should either be sleeping or dead. Oh, and they'll only be paying you for 8 of those 18 hours you'll be working, at the lowest possible rate they can, if you get the luxury of payment at all. If you're a prisoner, tough luck.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Prisoners get paid. It's like $0.08 an hour or some shit, but they get paid. And the funds are used exclusively to buy temporary products like toothpaste, and deodorant.

[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

True, not much better though.

[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

i had an HR person who kept saying their "wages are competative" as if that was something to brag about. you are saying you pay the lowest possible pay that still brings in employee. loved leaving that job after a decade, told that HR person to go fuck herself when she tried to talk to me my last day.

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