"Always-on" can kind of sort of work out, for a couple of years -- provided all 3 of the following simple conditions are met: (1) You're getting a decent base

"Always-on" can kind of sort of work out, for a couple of years -- provided all 3 of the following simple conditions are met: (1) You're getting a decent base + health insurance (2) The equity is in proportion to the sacrifice (this can be difficult to quantify; but in any case not a microscopic share of the pie); and (3) You actually have some say in (and responsibility over) the outcomes. (4) And of course you aren't throwing anyone under the bus in your family or personal life. On of the reasons our industry is so toxic is that you're expected to be "always on" even though there's not even a pretense of (2) or (3) being met -- and quite often the numbers for condition (1) are sketchy, or far worse.