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		yvdriess on April 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jack Ma Again Endorses Extreme Overtime as Furor R... What I think is fundamental is that employees are not payed for their work, but for their time. The implicit thought pattern is that they feel they own your time.

theprotocol on April 15, 2019 [–]

You're right. However, being there and doing low-impact work like planning the next day in my head yields the same suspicion.

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