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This is clearly rage bait, given that it starts with one 120-person company doing this and then tries to pivot into “the tech industry” without any supporting e

This is clearly rage bait, given that it starts with one 120-person company doing this and then tries to pivot into “the tech industry” without any supporting evidence that it’s widespread. > Each job ad contains a warning: "Please don't join if you're not excited about… working ~70 hrs/week in person If a company is going to demand long weeks, this is the only way to do it: Be up front and explain it in the job listing so nobody is surprised or wastes time interviewing for a job they’re not compatible with.

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stingraycharles 9mo ago
If anything, indeed, this company is an outlier because they openly communicate about it. Rage bait seems to be working judging by the comments over here.
iugtmkbdfil834 9mo ago
You have a point. It does have the same vibe as 'quiet quitting' and other attempts at framing during attempts to RTO.
prng2021 9mo ago
Hard to tell how widespread it is but it’s not just 1 company. https://www.webpronews.com/silicon-valleys-2025-ai-boom-revives-70-hour-workweeks-and-burnout-risks https://www.webpronews.com/silicon-valleys-2025-ai-boom-revi...
neya 9mo ago
Modern day tech journalism is just lazy, you browse a bunch of HN and reddit threads, if you're feeling it, ask ChatGPT for some stats to support your propaganda piece and hit publish. Fact check, spell check and everything else is done by AI. It's not like you have to run around the streets with camera crew, interviewing real people, so...yeah. I doubt if even they write the articles themselves, I've seen models on Huggingface for "creative, human-like writing". So maybe it was just a prompt "write me some ragebait on AI companies as I'm having a slow news day and my job is hanging by a thread"
- brador 9mo ago
  Harassment laws have made old style journalism impossible.
fc417fc802 9mo ago
> The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore. Hello fellow children vibes.

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stingraycharles 9mo ago

If anything, indeed, this company is an outlier because they openly communicate about it. Rage bait seems to be working judging by the comments over here.

iugtmkbdfil834 9mo ago

You have a point. It does have the same vibe as 'quiet quitting' and other attempts at framing during attempts to RTO.

prng2021 9mo ago

Hard to tell how widespread it is but it’s not just 1 company. https://www.webpronews.com/silicon-valleys-2025-ai-boom-revives-70-hour-workweeks-and-burnout-risks https://www.webpronews.com/silicon-valleys-2025-ai-boom-revi...

neya 9mo ago

Modern day tech journalism is just lazy, you browse a bunch of HN and reddit threads, if you're feeling it, ask ChatGPT for some stats to support your propaganda piece and hit publish. Fact check, spell check and everything else is done by AI. It's not like you have to run around the streets with camera crew, interviewing real people, so...yeah. I doubt if even they write the articles themselves, I've seen models on Huggingface for "creative, human-like writing". So maybe it was just a prompt "write me some ragebait on AI companies as I'm having a slow news day and my job is hanging by a thread"

brador 9mo ago
Harassment laws have made old style journalism impossible.

fc417fc802 9mo ago

> The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore. Hello fellow children vibes.