Regardless of how much we love our jobs and enjoy work, we still wait eagerly and impatiently for Friday every week. That’s the only 48 hours when there are no work calls, no client briefs and no targets to be achieved, except catching up on sleep and unwinding with some beer and maybe a movie. After you have slogged for five days, this is the least we deserve, right? 

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Someone on Twitter has some other POV regarding this. A user recently shared an unpopular opinion for young professionals advising them to work on the weekends for better career growth. They wrote, “Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to work on the weekends.” Hmm.

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People on Twitter aren’t too keen on the idea and are not sure how exactly this would help in one’s career. Would working on weekends fetch us a promotion or an “employee of the month award"?

But, if it messes up your sleep schedule and makes you miss out on the  important years of your life by spending them in a cubicle, is it really worth it? 

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It started an unending discussion about work-life balance, healthy work habits and the toxic corporate culture which is perpetuated by mentors and employers like these. 

Nope. This generation is getting wise to this 40+ hour work week. There’s no need to work on the weekends to advance your career.

— 🦊Melissa Amateis (@WW2HistoryGal) June 13, 2021

Makes a note to not recommend any of the young people I mentor to work at one of your companies.

Balance matters; a full life matters; choosing to not be exploited by a company matters; establishing that balance and fullness starts early.

— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) June 13, 2021

Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is learn to have a fulfilling life at any income level so they don't trap themselves in a never-ending wealth-chasing capitalist hellscape for the rest of their lives.

— Orchestructive (@orchestructive) June 13, 2021

And then, there were some funny reactions on the thread that we totally loved. Here are some of them.

Some opinions are unpopular because they are bad

— Hilary Agro (@hilaryagro) June 13, 2021

She wants young ppl to suffer so bad pic.twitter.com/X8DVwNzVdz

— The most opinionated (@biigforehead93) June 13, 2021

She wants young ppl to suffer so bad pic.twitter.com/X8DVwNzVdz

— The most opinionated (@biigforehead93) June 13, 2021

This tweet simply glamorizes overworking and encourages the workaholic culture, completely ignoring the fact that it’s important to have a life outside of work. 

This reminds us of Japanese work culture where extreme work hours is an acceptable norm, so much so that employees dying due to overworking has a definite term ‘Karoshi’. Working for extra hours or extra days is definitely no solution or way to climb up the ladder of success. It is extremely unhealthy and unimportant. 

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We are glad that the replies came from some employers who said they would never motivate a young joinee to work on weekends. With bosses like these, young professionals can actually grow and feel motivated the right way. 

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After all, your job is just a part of your life. Don’t make it your life. 

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