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> Walk through one at 7:30, 8:00p, the same hours that you'd > expect a hungry founder to be grinding it out Can we stop with this another fetishisation of u
by rimliu 9y ago
> Walk through one at 7:30, 8:00p, the same hours that you'd
> expect a hungry founder to be grinding it out
Can we stop with this another fetishisation of unhealthy work habits? How about wise founder realising that having a good rest and a healthy work-life balance makes them more productive?
- exogeny 9y agoThis is a fair point and I'm glad you brought it up. I'm using it as a proxy to refer to the general work ethic needed to get a company off the ground - which I've rarely seen in any WeWork office - but your point stands.
- danpalmer 9y agoPerhaps a better proxy would be the amount of time people spend in the significant social spaces in WeWork rather than at their desk working?
- williamscales 9y agoWell, looking at it another way, there's probably a distribution of times of day when people start working, including as late as 10:00 or 11:00 am. So, assuming that this anecdotal experience is representative (and it might well not be), it is surprising that no-one is in the office at 7:30 or 8:00 pm. Either the entrainment effect of the culture is so strong that everyone comes in at 8:00 in the morning, or folks are coming in late and leaving early.