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Yup, and there's an actual business cost to that burnout. Turnover can be brutal and if you push your key people too hard they'll leave and/or start making more
by vvanders 8y ago
Yup, and there's an actual business cost to that burnout. Turnover can be brutal and if you push your key people too hard they'll leave and/or start making more mistakes. You're also limiting your perspective to the subset of people who can swing that sort of work/life balance.
There's a healthy balance to be found for sure but I much more subscribe to DHH's[1] point of view than what was presented in this article.
[1] https://basecamp.com/books/calm https://basecamp.com/books/calm
- heyjudy 8y agoYeap. There's only so much people can or will give without feeling used, resentful, bitter and/or bored of being overworked and told to work harder. It's also another example of why not to take on investors: their interest aren't ever aligned with the founders. Their goal is to make lots of money soon, and they don't care if they stress and burn-out 1000 people to get there. If you want sanity, move with some impatience but workaholism isn't healthy.