[farseer]

Honestly this doesn't sound too bad. You seem to have volunteered for a lot of assignments and it seems you were fairly well compensated. Once AirBnb becomes even bigger, the midnight code runs will end just like they have mostly ended in the likes of Microsoft and Google. Remember folks taking care of your mental health and avoiding burnout is your own responsibility. In this case, taking on less responsibility was an option.

[menzoic]

It seems like this is a large part of the issue. He mentioned a few times he was promoted and well compensated. In order to get promoted you have to "exceed" expectations for your current level, which by definition means he went above and beyond what would have been normally been expected of him. Looking at his LinkedIn he got promoted from Mid level to Senior, to Staff engineer. Very few people at big tech companies achieve Staff engineer level.

His LinkedIn also says he joined Airbnb in 2016 which means his stock is worth multiple millions since IPO.

[wly_cdgr]

No, that's not fair or reasonable. A decent (I mean that in both the moral and competence senses) manager understands that it's part of their job to protect naive and emotionally vulnerable junior employees from exploiting themselves

[lnxg33k1]

Yeah I had the impression the guy has underlying issues regardless of Airbnb, and I've met many who put themselves on a pedestal thinking that others will worship them because they can work until 9 pm and then complaining that they're tired.. the world is such a weird place