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itamarst on May 22, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alexis Ohanian speaks out against “always-on” work...

Based purely on chewz' quote, since paywall: the problem isn't just the impact on founders, it's all the employees who get screwed as a result of the founders' misguided beliefs.

If the person on top works long hours, they pressure their underlings to work long hours in a whole bunch of different ways (https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/06/21/why-company-want-lon...).

See also JWZ on VCs: https://web.archive.org/web/20190425140352/https://www.jwz.o...

(Updated with archive.org link)

ddebernardy on May 22, 2019 [2 more]

FYI the JWZ link redirects to http://i.imgur.com/32R3qLv.png when HN is the referrer and you've never visited the site.

itamarst on May 22, 2019 | [–]

Interesting. I switched to an archive.org link.

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