Having done my duty for the Norwegian army, I'd say there is some justification for having a level of "abuse" in the military, due to the stressful combat you m

Having done my duty for the Norwegian army, I'd say there is some justification for having a level of "abuse" in the military, due to the stressful combat you may have to survive one day. After all, in times of war, the reward for underperformance is death. Even so, that is no excuse for bullying or extortion. And to me this story sounds much more like the latter. Being hired by an office is not going to war, no matter how you frame it. And pouring so much work on subordinates that they buckle or quit, isn't really effective either, from more standpoints than one, and especially if the job cannot reasonably be optimized any further. If so this practise reveals a pretty horrid view on your fellow human beings as disposable. While a certain amount of stress can be a good motivator, in the end it just wears you out. Makes me curious, though. If you work at Goldman Sachs, is the pay so bad that you cannot afford an assistant? Or are the bosses there really so stingy and morally empty that they'd rather wear people out, than foster a productive environment? When their practise is so short term, it makes me wonder about the rest of their business.