Or 8.676 years is how long you will have worked if you worked 40 hours a week for 40 years. Imagine spending 8.676 years somewhere you don't want to be. Literally trading your precious time on this planet wage slaving away inside a building making your boss rich. This does not include travel to and from work. 8 hours is half your waking day. The remaining time you are exhausted from working and you have to cook and clean and grocery shop. Work is wage slavery.