Some context…
My partner and I both have well paying jobs that we enjoy (for the most part), we keep having massive arguments because she works 10-12 hours a day and most weekends. Not because she is forced to, but because she has so many meetings during her normal work day that she feels the need to work OT just to get her job done.
I, on the other hand, start work around 7:30 or 8am and finish at 3:30 or 4pm most days. When I finish work I rarely think about work until the next morning. If I run out of time to do something, then it gets done tomorrow.
My thought is that I grew up dirt poor, a job has always been a means to an end, if I enjoy it that is a bonus. My partner on the other hand grew up firmly in the upper middle-class. For her it seems her job is strongly tied to her identity.
My question is has the socio-economic position you start in coloured the way you look at work?