I can't believe we've gotten to a stage of capitalism that saying "Employees need work-life balance" is controversial.

Jestie's right. It was always controversial. Like come on we used to have child labour, slavery still exist in some form or another, the point of employment as an institution is that you rent out part of your life coz you got no choice. It comes down to power struggle.

@jestdotty and @antigermgerm mentioned the controversy between employees and employers. That indeed is quite the fuss.

But for some stupid reasons (people, mostly stupid people. Those are the reasons), fellow non-billionaires will say stupid shit like "rise and grind!" Or "Keep hustling!".
Those are sycophants so desperate for a wink of approval from their masters that they would sabotage their own best interest. They make things like "we should be better paid and have more time off" controversial among employees.