The challenge is we don’t have an alternative, at a small company your performance boils down to “does the ceo want to fire you?”. The extent to which the ceo d

The challenge is we don’t have an alternative, at a small company your performance boils down to “does the ceo want to fire you?”. The extent to which the ceo does not want to fire you depends on the reasonableness of that CEO, as well as how much the CEO cares. In an established small/medium business with flat growth, it’s entirely possible that no one cares to fire anyone, sits also possible the CEO expects everyone to work nights and weekends while being a top competitive coder.