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How is it possible for work to be more stressful than 40 years ago??

Office job – I sit down at 7:45 AM and besides my half hour break – I type without pause until 5 PM. And that I do 4 days a week. At Friday I go home at 3 PM – thats the only luxury I have. I dont even know what I am doing – but I have to work and type nonstop or otherwise I fall behind. I probably do the amount of work you would have needed 4-5 people 40 years ago (because of no Computers and tools), yet I have more work stress than ever. I cant fathom that I am 4-5x more productive than the people of the 80s yet I work more than them and have more stress then them. Because pretty much every time a Boomer or X-ler of that time tells stories – work seemed to be so much more relaxed. How the…


Office job – I sit down at 7:45 AM and besides my half hour break – I type without pause until 5 PM. And that I do 4 days a week. At Friday I go home at 3 PM – thats the only luxury I have.

I dont even know what I am doing – but I have to work and type nonstop or otherwise I fall behind. I probably do the amount of work you would have needed 4-5 people 40 years ago (because of no Computers and tools), yet I have more work stress than ever.

I cant fathom that I am 4-5x more productive than the people of the 80s yet I work more than them and have more stress then them.

Because pretty much every time a Boomer or X-ler of that time tells stories – work seemed to be so much more relaxed. How the hell is this possible?

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