[falcolas]

> More manpower, more money/pay or more time off isn't the definitive answer to problems.

Personal attacks aside, how would you solve the problem, in a way which won't result in churn or reduced performance?

Now, I do have to admit that for certain companies (such as EA or the Financial sector), this technique works fine. They will hire a developer who is "passionate" for the work (writing video games) or for the money ($250,000+ a year), work them for 80 hours a week for a year, and when they leave just replace them with another "passionate" developer who is waiting in the wings.

[morgante]

Honestly, I think you both have some good points.

Any manager who consistently pushes their team to work 50+ hours a week is probably not doing their job correctly.

On the other hand, in a startup particularly there are always certain cases where everyone has to work 80+ hours a week for a while (ex. this is the closing date of the acquisition; for every day you delay integration, we are losing thousands of dollars in revenue.)

Good startup management is threading the needle between the two.