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title: "2 Shift Workers Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize that we're not robots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/what-people-who-are-doing-shift-work-or-managing-shift-workers-or/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/jessa-gamble-45545_begin_what-people-who-are-doing-shift-work-or_299373.png)

> [It used to be that wealthy people were the leisure class, and having time off was a status symbol. That's switched now: being busy and overworked is the reality for many white-collar workers, and there's a kind of perverse currency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-onstad/it-used-to-be-that-wealthy-people-were-the-leisure-class-and-having/)

[Katrina Onstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-onstad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/katrina-onstad-31482_being-busy_it-used-to-be-that-wealthy-people-were-t_2207318.jpg)

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