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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Some have praised Brin’s commitment to pushing the company’s success, but others argue that his approach reflects an outdated and harmful mindset.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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Sergi can eat donkey dick.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Outside of the google office would be a sweet spot for a guillotine.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Rich asshole says out of touch moronic thing. More at 7.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol. Yeah. Shut up. Its not. Proven not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It is if your an ineffective manager trying to justify their salary in a time of economic crisis.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

I honestly think it's more like 30. If we're all just making numbers up.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

double the salary is also a very sweet spot for productivity

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Google

---Do most harm---

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does he hate social relationships and his family or something?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Our? Yes.

His, probably not.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

What a pile of human garbage.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

60/5=12/day 8/day for sleep Let's say it takes me an hour each way to get to and from the office. Maybe 1hr for dinner

Now I have 1 hour/day to do everything else I need to do? How did this guy invent Google?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You don't have staff to clean your house, cook your food, take care of your kids, pay your bills?

What are you some kind of poor?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You sleep at the office or work 6 or 7 days. People aren't often doing 60 hour weeks by working 12x5 and then 2 off.

Edit: Google even has those sleeping pods!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, my bad.

So just have to do 50% more work for no additional pay, give up one of the two days I get to spend with my kids and require me to incur additional expenditure on childcare.

And he's suggesting this to quite possibly the most employable software developers on the planet? Kinda sounds like a fucking moron.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Kids? They don't want you. They want childless people who they can work for the 60h or more a week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This. The ageism in the IT industry is legendary. The joke that dumbass Big Balls/ The Carver character (same thing) said about the other being 27 (like that was ancient) is very much a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

As a sufferer of Long Covid, Sergey Brin can suck my ass. Any company can deem themselves lucky if I manage to make 40 a week. There's more to life than work, and it's not like they'll pay you for those extra 20 hours.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

If you are a CEO, sure. But if you are not then it's quite the opposite.

If only these capitalist pigs could put themselves in the shoes of others.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

JFC, and with the assholes in the government in collusion with these fuckers, they are likely to be able to make it mandatory.

The 4 day workweek is likely more optimal for humans, at least until we are post-scarcity.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Hurry! Before they change president and figure out all the data we stole from everyone during this glorious time!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

60 hours is the sweet spot for maximal control over your employees life with only the normal amount of suicides.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Did that guy ever work anywhere else?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Spoken to someone who might work 60 minutes a week.

He can get fucked by his 60 hour work week. Sideways.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Classic correlation v. causation. The sweet spot for productivity is believing in and wanting to do your work. For some people, this motivates them to spend tons of time working. For some people, this boueys then to high productivity even while exercising great work life balance and avoiding burnout.

Google used to know this, and spend huge amounts of effort and resources on trust, enjoyment, innovation. Now that's something to find at other companies.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Hey Brin, kindly go fuck yourself, you out-of-tpuch ass.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So nice of him to support the abuse of his employees for his personal gain.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

It's not about productivity. Productivity drops exponentially when people are tired. It's about crushing the human spirit.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago

Kicking Sergey Brin in the teeth and working 30 hours a week is max productivity.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

workweek

Joiningwords forno reasonis weirdwhenhyphens stillexist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekeringsmaatschappij

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Have fun paying out overtime in developed countries

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They won’t pay overtime. Obviously.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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