"It's Okay To Miss Your Kids' Birthdays": 16 People Who Have Been Completely Consumed By Hustle Culture

    "Just saw the movie Oppenheimer and I couldn't resist drawing some fascinating comparisons...[that] mirrored the roles of Product Manager and Project Manager."

    1. This person who wouldn't take a sick day after literally dying:

    ha ha i actually did die once was back at work in 5 hours

    2. This person who won't let ANYTHING disrupt the grind:

    person worked while getting a haircut and asked staff to tuen off the music while taking a meeting

    3. This person who couldn't help but announce their marriage with a work-related metaphor:

    someone saying they've been promoted after 2 years of marriage

    4. This person who seemed to think food is literally just fuel, like, in a mechanical way:

    someone saying to feed your purpose not your feelings and shortcut eating to reclaim 7 hours each week

    5. And this person who, I also suspect, thought of human bodies as machines:

    i dont need an alarm to wake up my body dictates that it's fully recovered

    6. This person who couldn't even watch a movie without thinking about work:

    someone comparing movie characters to project managers

    7. And this person who thought watching movies was a waste of time:

    someone thinking they're above everyone on a flight because most are watching movies instead of working

    8. This person who couldn't even help himself from adding a work-related lesson to his political rant:

    someone talking about liberals not wanting to make the country great and then applying that to a business and making it great

    9. This person who used a deadly heat wave to make a point about "pushing in extreme conditions":

    someone bragging that they work out no matter the season

    10. This person who thought that being successful is as easy as "rewiring your brain" and that "rewiring your brain" is a "life hack":

    11. This person who prioritized work over his kids — but all under the guise that he was actually prioritizing his kids:

    someone trying to excuse missing their kids events for work because it'll benefit the kids in the future

    12. This person who saw a pigeon and, like any normal person, took a selfie with it and posted it on LinkedIn:

    you don't have to be a one-legged pigeon, get up and run and chase your dreams

    13. This person who said they purposely make things more difficult for themselves to, I assume, be able to grind harder:

    i am the most interesting person you will ever meet

    14. This person who noticed how nice the lobby was where they were VACATIONING and thought, "Ahh, yes, the perfect workspace":

    i told myself i wasn't going to work on vacation but with lobbies like this how can i not

    15. This person who couldn't even call their time off a "vacation" — it's a "think week," and it's, of course, a work-related learning experience:

    someone claiming staying at home to walk and let their mind wander as a vacation

    16. And finally, this father who passed his hustle expertise down to his son:

    parent saying their 13 year old hustles more than anyone

    H/T: r/LinkedInLunatics, r/antiwork, and r/LateStageCapitalism