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		galtwho on May 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork? not your problem if someone signed contracts with made up dates and did not allocate resource to meet those dates. if dates can't be changed, you push back and ask for more resources to be hired. As an analogy, a house can be painted by 1 guy over 10 days or 10 guys in 1-2 days.

Aeolun on May 10, 2021 [–]

But 9 women cannot give birth in 1 month.

You cannot always just slap more resources on a task to get it done on time. Something that a lot of management does not seem to understand.

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