, Columnist
Is This the End of Male Overachievers’ Love Affair With Work?
High-earning men have cut back on their hours. That may make more room at the top for women. Now guys just need to start doing more at home, too.
Two to tango.
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In pretty much all societies, one of the big perks that comes with wealth is that the richer you are the less you work.
But in a bizarre twist of American exceptionalism, a defining mark of US corporate life is not just its obsession with overwork but its reverence for it. The higher up the ladder you climb, the more hours you’re expected to willingly put in — and the higher the premium you’ll be rewarded for it.