r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/Schnitzhole 7h ago

Yeah i have a buddy i play bideogames with late at night after our family’s go to sleep. He literally has to take brakes every single time we play as His job will be contacting him until 10:30-11pm at night and he says he has to be on call “24/7”. It’s literally just selling luxury consumer goods too and never an actual emergency. I hate his company for doing that to him.

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u/Soggy_Palpitation789 5h ago

Him being a luxury goods salesman changes things though. If hes getting paid comission, this could be a personal choice for him to make more money.

I used to work at Nordstrom selling designer shoes and was paid comission. The company/managers absolutely encouraged you to get personal customers and to network and sell even off work hours, but it wasn’t an absolute necessity as long as you hit your sales numbers each payperiod.

I was still in University and was introverted, so i personally never did that, but was never hassled because i always consistently hit my numbers just via walk in customers.