Yes of course the people making millions don't believe in work life balance. They stand to gain the most from it

Disgusting

Of course, he doesn’t believe in it.He profits from it most. Having me time or family time, who cares as long as the money flows, right?

Sounds like a misallocation of resources.

Can he be replaced with AI, and hire 2x the number of people with his salary?

Childish management approach.

Both the buyout and the 80 hour weeks are stupid.

Ever since the recent AI fad, more and more of these types of people have come out of the woodwork.

Every random unknown business now truly believes that they have built something novel and revolutionary. They have the audacity to see difficult things being invented by geniuses and think "wow, I can do it too". They think that they must succeed at all costs; their employees must work unlimited hours and they must use unlimited resources because nothing is more important.

It's kind of sad to watch, knowing that in a couple years nobody will care and their company will have produced nothing of value, while the negative consequences of their "progress at all costs" will still be felt by individuals and the world.

To borrow from the old saying, he may not believe in work-life balance, but work-life balance believes in him. He isn't building a "performance culture", he's gambling (whether he realizes it or not) on a liquidity event or reaching some sort of competitive moat before employee burnout, turnover, and technical debt overwhelms the company.

this is such a shortsighted and myopic view. And wrong, it's also wrong. We should stop giving people like this a voice because they are the dumbest people to be listening to. Maybe this makes sense in cultures were 80 hour work weeks is a norm, but it's not the way things are done in the west and with good history.

This would be great if you'd be guaranteed eg 5M $ after ~5 years of doing so. Mostly set for life.

Obiously it won't happen :)

This type of work is only if you own the business yourself since you're the one who profits.

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[1] https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/