I have a feeling that number is inflated with some of those chores, possibly naps and surfing the web.

Totally agree. I worked 12/14 hour days for maybe a year and I ended up with mono and eventually passed out at a client event. There are all sorts of industries where people pretend that they are working hard but really, they are wasting vast amounts of time at work. Anything where you really are working that hard…

I find it hard to believe someone works 18+ hours a day/7 days a week. And if you do, there is something really wrong with you. I’ve worked a slightly less 12hrs/day for two weeks and I wanted to kill every one in sight by the end.

We won’t bail anybody out next time.

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