Harry Stebbings is right, but it includes basically everyone, not only ppl trying to 10b companies. Sorry, back to work.

Onyx is a company that does this. Do not work for them 7 days a week. They hire desperate people and exploit them.

Your work really turns to shit after 6-7 hours anyway. Your ability to think clearly is hampered without a reset.

If an early employee is being made to work as much as a founder, then they should probably be made a co-founder.

996 can only be celebrated in a deeply rotted culture without worker rights and labor protections. Embarrasing.

> When someone promotes a 996 work culture, we should push back.

What if you like that culture? Should you still push back?

Anyone who talks about 996 as a flex clearly has too much time on their hands. Why aren’t you busy working?

Its interesting how Americans complain about not getting enough hours and China it's the opposite.

...it's strange that one of my favorite things about working at a sleepaway summer camp was the fact we were more-or-less always working. During the hours in the middle of the day when I wasn't directly responsible for my 16 kids, I was usually planning for what to do once they got back—sometimes by myself, but often with other adults. We all lived together, of course.

The job felt immersive and all-encompassing. My colleagues and I had a singular mission to make the kids' experience as spectacular as possible. It's hard for me to imagine another job replicating that, but maybe it could be done?

I won't even consider a role where I'd have to occasionally be on call, let alone 996.