Our engineering team keeps saying we want to prioritize work-life balance but then we collectively panic and work weekends whenever there's any kind of deadline pressure. We all participate in this cycle and then complain about it, but somehow we can't break out of it even though we theoretically have the power to change how we operate.
More people experience this than they realize.
The gap between stated values and actual behavior reveals how group dynamics can override individual intentions.
“Where Are You with Gay and lesbian identity across cultures?”
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