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by blackeyeblitzar 792 days ago
Executives are often always working as the job can be demanding, but I think it is a real step backwards to make that the culture of the whole company. People need to be able to live their private lives, outside of working. And in creative work, productivity won’t increase with more hours - at best you can pull off a short term increase like if you’re getting ready to ship something. But beyond that, it’s counterproductive and naive leaders may end up rewarding people who make their extra hours visible over people who actually add value.
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Also, crises makes people think less. They'll make more decisions without thinking. I don't think this will end well.

I was thinking that despite I prefer iPhones, their SSDs were pretty good. I guess getting some of their 980s and 990s recently was a good investment for my (personal) IT budget. If they push people like this, I bet their products will become worse, not better.

Samsung is already known for its culture of over-work. This is just getting more and more extreme.