[hrgvdbhsdnjsk]

This is such baloney. If the company has no ability to function without you for a week or two (barring emergencies) it's clearly a doomed enterprise.

Any boss who makes these demands does not understand how employee burnout effects the long-term health of the company and does not value your role enough to safeguard the contributions you make through well-managed redundancy plans.

[bailey1541]

Given the criteria I set above - I would love to know your experience with it before you call it baloney.

If you’ve never been a critical employee in building a company from zero to something, I think that says enough.

Failing that experience and focusing on what the company is doing for you is the brightest light ever telling you that you’ll never be part of a successful startup.