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• exelius 9y ago
  Work/life balance is often a cyclical thing: during certain periods in your life, you will have more time available and desire to work than others. I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all solution, which is why giving employees the flexibility to figure out what it means for their life is the right approach. As an employer, you're going to find that giving people the flexibility to manage this for themselves is ideal. The alternative is you get to manage high turnover, which is exactly what happens when companies demand "only the top engineers" and then work them to death with 6 months of unnecessary 100-hour weeks.