Long Hours At High Intensity

[rnbergren]

Work.............. Life................. Balance............ I do wonder about this "quiet quitting" phenomenon. Apparently people are doing their jobs and just their WHOLE job and then shockingly they are going outside and enjoying life. Apparently people are then happier with life. I mean who would have thunk of such a thing.

To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

[Dan Neely]

Regular high intensity work, or [Special High Intensity Training?](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/mootaz/ftp/html/ellen.html)

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius

[obermd]

Why is anyone surprised by this. Look at his other successful companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and you see this same work environment. Boring Company doesn't seem to be as successful and you also don't hear about this type of work environment there. Had Musk just done this when he took over he wouldn't have had to fire half the staff. They would have quit, saving him 90 days salary for over 3,500 people. A change in work requirements leading people to mass quitting is not one of the triggers in either the US WARN act or its California counterpart, so long as those work requirement changes are consistently applied and for longer than the notification periods required by these two Laws.

[abmv]

will the birds fly out of the cage ?

Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

[Paul Sanders the other one]

> I'm not saying Musk's approach will work in the long run... It's a terrible idea. It is positively the worst way to get the best out of people and extremely bad for their mental health. [Edit] Haha, employees are voting with their feet, serves that dipstick right: [Twitter ‘closes offices’ after Elon Musk’s loyalty oath sparks wave of resignations | Twitter | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/17/elon-musk-twitter-closes-offices-loyalty-oath-resignations)

Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.