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Less Is More When More is Expected

Barbara Brandt’s essay is obviously geared for the career minded reader. I am still a college student and have not begun my career yet. Her call makes sense for those who work full time jobs all week long and are expected to perform to a certain standard. For the rest of us part time college students, our jobs do not require as much performance. We can get away with extra long hours in a non-productive job. The only reasons most retail workers do not work longer hours is because of labor laws. Employers do not want to be bothered with giving breaks, and they abhor paying overtime when they could have just had another employee cover the hours.
As for the career employees an...

Posted by: Jack Drewes

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