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Labor

semmi — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:16:56 -0800

It's Labor Day today. (newsfilter)

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:21:31 -0800

No it's not.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:24:11 -0800

this Center for the New American Dream is wonderful

By: tbc

tbc — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:38:23 -0800

I like these short essays renaming it "Vocation Day:" Vocation Day I: God works through our callings, Vocation Day II: Our callings are multiple, Vocation Day III: The purpose of our callings, and Vocation Day IV: Living our faith in our callings.

By: sexymofo

sexymofo — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:30:44 -0800

Although US workers are more productive* than their European counterparts, it is because US workers work more hours over the course of the year. (Those damn Europeans and their month long vacations.) *slightly old but still relevant.

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 01:21:04 -0800

Sigh - yeah it was labour day I think. Currently 2:08 am MST and I have been labouring away for nearly 48 hours solid, with only 2 seperate 3-hour sleep breaks. Almost three quarters finished - however. Man I should never leave these things until the weekend before the deadline. Nevertheless, I have to disagree with the "more hours = more productive" equation. Sure, one can pull gigs like this once in awhile. But studies have repeatedly shown that in reality (at least in office environments) after a certain threshold of time has been spent, people end up just putting in face-time at the office. Or they tend to spend more time on activities unrelated to the task at hand (MeFi) - giving their mind a break from the stress, but generally "increasing" the hours spent at the office. Of course, I am too lazy to back any of these up with Google links, hmm do we at MeFi still consider wikipedia to be "authoritive"? Gotta go, I've taken far too much of a break - its now 2:14am (2:20 after preview) and I must get back to my labouring...

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:10:15 -0800

Labor's Love Lost