I think both companies advocate more flexibility in your work, not the fact that you should work 24/7. In fact, 37signals has a 4-day work week (http://37signal

I think both companies advocate more flexibility in your work, not the fact that you should work 24/7. In fact, 37signals has a 4-day work week (http://37signals.com/svn/posts/893-workplace-experiments http://37signals.com/svn/posts/893-workplace-experiments). I work a total of 4 days a week, usually 1 or 2 days a week from home. It's such a great thing to be able to plan your day around your life, instead of making it about your job. This flexibility goes two ways: I get to spend more daylight time with my kids, but that also means I sometimes have to do some work in the evening. This arrangement works perfectly for me, but only because my employer doesn't think 'working more flexible' equals 'more working hours in a day'.