Recently heard a couple incidents about women who worked too hard and became sick.
A coworker of mine in the Beijing office was in hospital last week, suffering from lungs inflammation. Potential culprit may be she worked too hard a while back. I heard that she even slept in the office one night.
I was told by my parents on the phone of the stories they heard from their friends in Shanghai. The daughter of my dad's friend, who is around my age, got kidney problem and had to visit the hospital 3 times a week for cleaning. It was pretty sad because she was smart and pretty, but she pretty much would have to live like that for the rest of her lives. She was pessimistic and didn't expect to get into any relationship.
So my wife is working crazy hours these days. Today she went to work around 8 and didn't get off till 10. And what's worse is she doesn't like her job, so the work is really depressing to her (and depressing to me, as a result). Not once have I asked her to quit, but we both know that there may be more serious issues if she do quit and stay at home and do nothing. We had big problems back in Beijing before she found an internship and classes to take. Some women just can't stay at home.
To work or not to work, this is the problem.
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My first full-time job as an investment banker had crazy working hours (averaging over 80 hours per week) and my record was staying inside the Singapore office for over 50 hours in a row. Eventually I found a job at my current company, which emphasizes that an employee needs not work over 40 hours per week. If one searches hard enough, one will eventually find the balance between work and life.
hi, ben
I think we should work to live, not live to work. =)
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