You don't tell somebody such a thing. It would never work. The rules are the rules to most people. What you do is look for another job and resign when you've f

You don't tell somebody such a thing. It would never work. The rules are the rules to most people. What you do is look for another job and resign when you've found it. This is win-win for both of you: you can find something suitable for your lifestyle, and they can find somebody willing to play by their rules at whatever level of the market that is. It's not always better to have "great" engineers - often companies just want somebody sitting at their desk ready to act on instructions. If that's the case then there is probably a lower-skilled engineer that would count themselves lucky to be sitting at a desk for 8 hours. He will be a lot easier to manage and probably a lot more appropriate for the new management. Even when done with the best of intentions, second-guessing what upper management needs to do for a company to be its best is a gigantic waste of time and potential. Trust me, I've been there.