I was reading job descriptions and a lot of them want people who are “hard working”.
Imagine wanting anything to be hard.
Put it in the context of a relationship. On the first date you say “I want our relationship to be hard. I want us to have to put in a lot of hard work to keep it going.”
Major red flags, GTFO.
Or in the context of buying a car. The salesperson says “Yep, it's a great car but it'll be hard work keeping it running.”
I'd tell the salesman GFY.
But (most) people are brainwashed into thinking being a “hard worker” is a good thing.
I don't want to be a “hard” worker. I want to be a lazy, soft and comfortable worker. I want to do things most efficiently and effectively, not act as if I'm busy and the job is stressful.
Fuck working culture, and fuck any boss who creates a “hard working” environment. If that's the case, then they need to hire more people to make the working environment a mere “working” environment.