I agree with you in the sense that for the first 50 employees or so you just plain can't afford to have clock-punchers. But on the other hand, if the founders

I agree with you in the sense that for the first 50 employees or so you just plain can't afford to have clock-punchers. But on the other hand, if the founders are too obsessive and don't know their own limits, and they're not taking care of themselves, then mistakes will be made and productivity will have jumped the shark.