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When did resting go from a basic human right to laziness?
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The Grind. The Hustle. The #TGIM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nothing wrong with loving your job, but there\u2019s a difference between being professional and being busy for the sake of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2018, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian talked about \u201chustle porn<\/a>“\u2013 the fetishization of overwork that is particularly common in the tech world. It\u2019s the idea that unless you are working all the time you\u2019ll never be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an especially toxic mindset if it\u2019s forced on employees who\u2019d love nothing more than to enjoy their time off guilt free. I have far too many friends who have been bombarded with work tasks during their weekends even though they\u2019ve specifically requested to be left alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success might need sacrifices to some degree<\/em>\u2013but when the cucumber infusion water dispenser at your local WeWork is telling you \u201cdon\u2019t stop when you\u2019re tired\u2013stop when you\u2019re done,\u201d<\/em><\/a> we probably need to slow down because the inevitable next step is cocaine-laced avocado toast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humans have made dizzying progress over the past one hundred years, so it\u2019s a little strange that we\u2019re sneakily going back to the Industrial Revolution era exploitation where working 16 hours 6-days a week at a textile factory was a dope gig. If Robert Owen<\/a>, an early industrialist and workers\u2019 rights advocate, could see startuppers taking orders from a jar of cucumber water, he\u2019d facepalm right through his skull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a hundred years since the 1919 Hours of Work Convention<\/a> which limited the working day to 8 hours. The people who fought for their right to rest saw the worst of what overwork can do, so it would be a bit awkward to give that freedom up voluntarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Toggl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We make tools<\/a> that help make work less soul-destroying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toggl (now Toggl Track<\/a>) started out as a time tracker to keep tabs on where all those countless development hours were going. Soon we also added Toggl Plan, a beautifully simple project management tool<\/a>. and Toggl Hire, a test-based candidate screening<\/a> solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We quite like using these tools, and we think you will too.
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