The balance between work and life has become the holy grail of modern employment. Better than salary and title– Gen Z and Millennial Workers Willing Go away Never had a wealth of work.
But what if they don’t go out on a job that doesn’t provide balance and should leave behind a job that makes them yearn for it? That’s because, according to Lucy Guo, the 30-year-old billionaire co-founder AI needs to relax at 5 p.m. at 5 p.m., which may indicate you’re completely in the wrong working state.
Guo dropped out of school and built his fortune in the tech industry, and he said her schedule was tough – on strike at 5:30 a.m. until midnight, which didn’t like working at all for her.
“I may not have a work-life balance,” Guo told wealth. “For me, work is really not like work. I like doing my job.”
“I want to say that if you feel like you need a work-life balance, maybe you are not at the right job.”
This doesn’t mean she knows nothing about life outside the office.
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However, even during the “90-hour work week” she still said she still found “one to two hours” to squeeze into family and friends. “No matter how busy you are, you should always find time for it.”
It’s about making time to earn your life, she suggests, rather than running around from your job.
Lucy Gun’s daily work
5:30 am: Wake up
On the morning of our interview in London, Los Angeles-based Guo said all night, “I’m so lagging.” But she usually wakes up around 5:30 and does two or three high-intensity exercises at Barry’s every day.
9 am: In the office
“It looks very different every day,” Guo said. “Sometimes, I’m doing more marketing. I’m talking to our PR, doing podcasts, etc. Other days, I’m more focused on products… reviewing designs, providing feedback on the user experience.”
She has black coffee and lunch every day Al Board of Directors.
Midnight: Before bedtime
The founder said she usually stayed working until 12 a.m. — when she finally turned off her laptop and fell asleep.
Did you get her up so late? Keep an eye on your customer support inbox. She only gives the team only five minutes to respond to their clients before responding to them.
“Having white glove customer service is what makes startups stand out,” Guo explained. “While you have fewer customers, it’s very likely that the CEO will answer everything that makes people more loyal. It’s impossible to do this like Uber Ceo. Now, that’s my mindset.”
“If you want to grow, your reputation is everything, and the best thing you do for reputation is to provide the best support for your customers. I’ve been doing that.”
Founder and CEO bring Chinese 996 to the West
Although Guo’s daily work may be extreme for the founder for the average worker, this is the new norm. Entrepreneurs have been LinkedIn And claim that the only way to succeed in the current climate is to replicate the 996 model in China. That is to say, work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week.
Harry Stebings, founder of the 20VC Fund, said earlier this month that Silicon Valley has “increased its intensity” and European founders need to pay attention.
“7 days a week is the speed to win now. Write on LinkedIn. “You are not competing with random companies in Germany, etc., but the best in the world.”
“Forget 9 to 5,996 is the new entrepreneurial standard,” said Martin Mignot, partner at Index Ventures. Online platform.
“As back in 2018, Michael Moritz introduced the “996” work schedule to China… At the time, the work was controversial. Now? The same schedule has quietly become a norm everywhere in technology,” Mignot added. “The founders no longer apologize for this.”
CEO acknowledges wealth At our recent strongest women’s summit in Riyadh, they worked well beyond the 40-hour benchmark.
“I don’t know I’m getting my job done psychologically,” Leah Cotterill CEO Cigna Healthcare Middle East and Africa revealed that she added that she worked all day and night “Monday to Thursday” but tried to “relax” on Friday weekends.
Others put a number during their working hours, from 12 to 80 a day.
But like Guo, many people say they did this, not a reaction to the current market conditions, but because they are passionate about their work. “I’ve been working on 24/7 and I’m a workaholic, so I keep working because I love my job,” added Princess Noura Bint Faisal Al Saud, CEO of Culture House.
The next generation of workers may need to be aware of. Unfortunately Work-life balance– Experts are pleased that young people stress 40-hour working week If they want to climb the company ladder, it’s not enough. In a memo leaking Google AI workers, Sergey Brin recommends 60 hours a week ‘dessert‘.
