Methinks perhaps the International Business Times may value capitalism over quality of life.

A lot of my fellow Americans celebrate their work ethic. You have no idea how many times people, even people on sites like this one, brag about how hard and how many hours they work. I never got it. The minute that clocked turns five, I'm out the door.

Unwordly Americans like to pretend people think of the US as the best country in the world. They think this because they have never spoken to someone from outside the US except for the Mexicans they persecute, so they have an empty canvas to fill with all kinds of wild notions.

Politicians are generally worldly enough to know it's not true, but that doesn't win elections.

I once got in an argument with a coworker that it is unacceptable to choose work over being a parent, in that it's not enough to just work and bring money home, but you have to actually spend quality time with your children. She got very upset that I was critical of "hard workers" that "put food on the table."

Like no, I'm sorry. Your family needs more than money.

Anyways, her opinion is the dominant opinion in the USA. I'm in the minority.

propaganda that you have to work 6 days a week without holidays and unpaid overtime or your work ethic is bad

Is it true that people celebrate American work practices?!

Nope! Seems like a dystopian nightmare to my Swedish eyes.

I all fairness and having worked in The Netherland, Britain and Portugal, the Dutch work ethic in almost all places I worked there was miles ahead of that in the other countries and that was something which got reflected in their vastly superior productivity (at least in Software Development).

From what I've read and actual Americans I've met over the years, that work ethic is pretty much in a different universe compared to the US.

I reckon it starts with the idea in The Netherlands that a manager that has lots of people still working around after 6 PM is a bad manager (who can't plan properly hence their time estimates or resourcing are frequently wrong hence the need for overtime) which is almost the opposite of those other countries were a manager who has lots of people still working around after 6 PM is considered a good manager because they make their employees "work hard".

Management in The Netherlands tends to be results-driven (i.e. more results delivered), whilst in the other places it's work-driven (i.e. more work done) which you can see illustrated pretty well in the British tendency to celebrate "working hard", and if you think about it work-driven metrics promoted the very opposite of efficiency.

I sure as hell don't. I feel like I have no time for anything. I have only two weeks vacation a year. I have sick leave but can only use 3 days at a time without having a doctors note. I am considered having a good job for even having those "benefits".

Not to mention this interaction happened ON MOTHERS DAY

I once went to work at a pizza place. I was the prep/opener and would be there in the morning for 2 - 3 hours before anyone else came in or their were customers. I was sick but didn't realize it--I had been working for hours but had not yet spoken once that day. I finally opened up and tried to greet the first customer, and basically something sounding like a stepped on frog came out. This lady goes "OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK HERE JUST BECAUSE OF YOU!" and I'm thinking to myself that I couldn't understand why you would want food from a sick person.

Inspirational how that worker is forced to take their infant through a hazardous kitchen and expose them to coughing wheezing members of the public.

Whenever I see people promoting 'hustle culture' on TV, social media or books, I feel a strong urge to crush their skull with a big wrench. They are predators out to make money by fueling the insecurity of regular people.

Yeah, it's sick. I've always been amazed by how many people actually believe the company line and feel intense loyalty.

Once worked at a place that required everyone to show up 1.5 hours early to watch a video from the CEO cheerleading about "rationalizing" plants. Rationalizing was code for layoffs. Then they gave us buttons to wear about it. I tossed the first one in the urinal, real proud that there was a pile of them at the end of the day.

I think it's normal and human to appreciate hard work and dedication. That drive makes us survive. Then it gets used as bait, the hook goes in, and people misplace that drive onto something inhuman. I guess it's a successful strategy if you're a no soul snake.

IDK this looks like standard LinkedIn crap, I believe it genuine

You're going to be disturbed quite a lot. There are a lot of CEOs like that out there. For example, Jeff Bozos thinks that the Amazon warehouse workers are lazy. These sociopaths would be crying with joy if an employee died in the process of making them an additional fifty bucks of profit.