... but maybe healthy organizations should figure out how to let people doing challenging or prestigious projects have work-life balance and "leisure time" (or

... but maybe healthy organizations should figure out how to let people doing challenging or prestigious projects have work-life balance and "leisure time" (or dependent care responsibilities, etc), and be appropriately compensated? It doesn't have to be one or the other. It's also possible to enjoy working for a while at an unsustainable pace, but a good manager should often tamp back on this b/c: (a) an IC that burns themselves out and has a long recovery period of lower engagement may be less effective than an IC with sustained productivity and (b) the swing between high and low productivity can cause issues for the team overall, esp if peers at first try to compete on pace and then have to shift to share the weight after someone burns out