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"I work 80 hrs for my own business and I expect everyone else to do so...on a regular salary"

Begin banana metaphor.

Bananas are great. If I ate a healthy amount of bananas a week, I'd be happy with my banana consumption. I'd enjoy bananas.

However, if I ate a lot of bananas each week, let's say 80 🍌/week (that's 16 bananas a day, from Monday to Friday!), I would HATE bananas, regardless of how much I previously enjoyed them. With so many bananas a week, I'd probably suffer from malnutrition and related health problems.

End banana metaphor.

I don't think it's possible to be happy when working 80+ hours a week, even if it's something you used to enjoy. "The dose makes the poison."

God I hope he knows he ended up on LinkedIn lunatics

And how much equity are you providing for this role

If you work 80+h and it doesn't feel like work, then maybe playing golf and eating out doesn't magically turn into work just because you write it off as work expenses.

I feel like anyone who says they love their work so much it doesn't feel like work just doesn't have an actual life that they like to live so work just beats out not working everytime.

I'd only be willing to put in long hours for little pay at a startup if they agreed to give me shares in the company when I left.

The guy can't even start his sentences with a capital letter. And you're supposed to take him serious as a CEO?

"Sorry I'm not even interested. You behave like a child, don't understand life and clearly treat your employees like shit."

"We only hire slave labor here. You aren't nearly subservient enough for the honor."

My husband is at the point of his career where he seeks out startups because he like passion projects. He's actually worked for several that have become huge multibillion dollar companies

The look on his face rn as i read this out to him is hilarious

"love the uncertainty"

Yeah, nothing like insecurity. Everyone fucking loves the shit outta that fucking shit! Gimme it all. I want nerve wracking, potential poverty around every corner. That's the ticket!

Seriously though, WTF is wrong with this person?

It sounds exploitative because it is exploitative!

Imagine being psychotic enough to brag about this.

I mean, the douchebag CEO isn't exactly wrong.

I myself very much want a good work-life balance, therefore I do not apply for jobs to be one of the first ten people working for a CEO that thinks they're going to change the world.

He did a big favor for that candidate by not hitting him.

RUN!!!! To the closest golf course, that new CEO is probably there and just walk up to them and say “fuck you and “your company” I am out!” Then yell to the people around them to not give money to him… “he’s a grifter who is exploiting workers so he can play golf with you!”

looking at the douchebags profile he's also a, surprise surprise, massive advocate for AI with a recent post stating that gpt5 is a "massive change for humanity"

He has the usual tech bro posts with the usual bootlicker middle managers commenting support. Christ on a cracker I wish I could close my linkedin account.

Massive impact on the world. Lol. Says the guy who makes another SaaS bs solution.

Founder/CEO/Designer - Micro...

Unless that ends in "soft" you're a failure and you're trying to bring everyone else down with you.

If it is "soft", you're a known pedophile and you should be in prison.

Seems like the worst of hustle culture to be honest.

Sad that they haven't found a life that they truly love...

"We will exploit you from the very beginning."

Props to that CEO for being open! I'm sure all the other people pressured to work long hours there are compensated as highly as him and there's no wage theft complaints with the Department Of Labor, right...?

This is why it's important to be honest about your deal breakers from the employee perspective or at least subtly figure out their plan for employees at startups. I learned this the hard way recently by basically wasting 6 months at a startup, went well for a while, then 60-70+ hour work weeks, then my boss became overbearing.

They weren't honest from their side in the interview for most employees when they would ask about work life balance, the company always said it was great and well above average for the industry and startup environment.

HATE. UNBRIDLED HATE. NO FATE IS TOO BAD FOR THIS SCUM. REEE

"If you're not willing to sacrifice your mental and physical health for me, get out of my sight."

Oh look, a self-reporting issue

advice to you; lie

As someone who built up a business working 80+ hrs; fuck that guy. 5 years ago I was paying part timers$26/hr and my only full time (salary) - told him 30 hrs/week max. It was my risk/investment, not theirs. I didn't want them to get burned out. Happier employees perform better.

I just want a stable job working for a co-op or a local government where I make good money, go home at a reasonable hour and have nice benefits. Startup culture sounds like hell. And i wouldn't begrudge them for it, but they keep winding up buying governments and convincing everyone to function like that

A simple "we are going a different direction" would have been enough. Fuck this CEO and cue* the Mario Bros theme!

*thanks, citizen Train.

This man is a cancer on society

Only time I would work these kind of positions is when I truly enjoy the job, believe it can succeed AND shares of the company I don't have to buy. If i wanted extra hours and bad supervisors I could go back into the trades

Tar and feathers… some ‘CEO’ make me to think about that old tradition.