I interviewed with them a bit over a decade ago for an engineering position after I got my master’s degree. The interviewer straight up asked me if I was okay working something like 60 hour weeks. I said nope right then.
At least he came out with it. Although if he said 60 he probably meant even more. In the UK or Europe it would probably have been illegal to mention this. I wish someone would have just come out and said this at a startup I worked at.
They're currently raising at a $150B valuation so you would have been retired and on a Yacht by now (and yes they do tender offers, so your equity wouldn't be illiquid).
60 hrs a week and you're already posturing about health?
I mean you can do whatever you want - but for most of history people have been working far more than that.
60hrs a week is not bad, especially if the work is interesting and you get to work with talented people. It's not like you would have had to work there for the rest of your life.
Just a couple years there would have meant never needing to work ever again. Sounds healthy to me!
1. If they say 60 up front, it’s likely much more than that.
2. I don’t do good work when I’m tired.
3. I have some health issues that make managing 40 hours difficult sometimes, so I’m not “posturing.”
Also, I’m pretty sure stock options didn’t vest until like four years or something. IIRC, Musk’s companies were well known for chewing up young engineers and spitting them out. Their modus operandi seemed to be taking advantage of young idealistic graduates who would work themselves to death for some “cause” (and not enough compensation).