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While I certainly commend them for being able to make this work (we need more innovation in management practices across the board), it does seem like there's a

While I certainly commend them for being able to make this work (we need more innovation in management practices across the board), it does seem like there's a bit of a holier-than-thou trend in this comment thread. As the founding engineer at my current startup, I have tremendous flexibility in setting my own hours but I willingly and intentionally work 60+ hours a week. Not because any manager pushes me to. Not because I even have to. Simply because I genuinely enjoy it. Indeed, work is probably the most enjoyable thing in my life. On a given Friday, I'd rather be building products at work than watching a movie or engaging in some other leisure activity. Some of us don't have wives, children, or friends—we just want to spend our time executing. Would Treehouse be accepting of that? If not, they're just choosing to enforce a different paradigm of work rather than giving their employees true freedom.

kaiuhl 12y ago
Nobody is stopped from working longer hours, but the expectation culturally is that you should probably be doing something else instead of working on Sunday.
- morgante 12y ago
  Not working on Sundays (few professionals do) is pretty different from the 32 hours the article describes. Which is it?
  - kaiuhl 12y ago
    Sunday was just an example. Nobody is stopped from working if they're movitated to do so, but we generally discourage each other from working overtime unnecessarily. I personally work 32-hour weeks regularly and still contribute meaningfully. And then, I go backpacking or bike-riding or something that tends to be demanding physically and relaxing mentally—I find it helps me keep a healthy balance. I know there are plenty of people that don't crave that reprieve though, and that's totally okay as well. There's weekends where I'm working on a particularly interesting problem where I'll work through the weekend because I want to. The big difference is the extrinsic pressure is missing. Nobody has to.

kaiuhl 12y ago

Nobody is stopped from working longer hours, but the expectation culturally is that you should probably be doing something else instead of working on Sunday.

morgante 12y ago
Not working on Sundays (few professionals do) is pretty different from the 32 hours the article describes. Which is it?
- kaiuhl 12y ago
  Sunday was just an example. Nobody is stopped from working if they're movitated to do so, but we generally discourage each other from working overtime unnecessarily. I personally work 32-hour weeks regularly and still contribute meaningfully. And then, I go backpacking or bike-riding or something that tends to be demanding physically and relaxing mentally—I find it helps me keep a healthy balance. I know there are plenty of people that don't crave that reprieve though, and that's totally okay as well. There's weekends where I'm working on a particularly interesting problem where I'll work through the weekend because I want to. The big difference is the extrinsic pressure is missing. Nobody has to.