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A work environment so demanding that people keep leaving the company to seek better work/life balance is a feature, not a bug. Accounting is really not that har
by esoterica 7y ago
A work environment so demanding that people keep leaving the company to seek better work/life balance is a feature, not a bug. Accounting is really not that hard, and neither are consulting, or banking, or law, or any of the other 100 hour week industries. If basically everyone can do their job competently then how do you decide who to promote to partner? The answer is to work all the juniors to the bone until most of them burn out and quit. Problem solved.
- serpix 7y agoSpotting a junior dev working over their capacity is the responsibility of seniors to tell them to take it easy. Remember how they (and yourself) worked you to the bone and how it would have helped if someone would have stepped in early. You can't save them all but you can atleast give the message that their situation is seen and recognized.
- dunstad 7y agoIf having partners necessitates causing burnout in young people, maaaybe it's not a great way to structure things.
- pdimitar 7y agoExactly correct but is happening all the time nevertheless.
- pdimitar 7y agoIt's not about if areas X, Y or Z are hard -- it's about how much time it takes to do something productive.