Fire the workaholics: 37 Signals fires back at Calcanis

Calcanis created a mini firestorm with "Fire Everyone that is not a workaholic"... and some people fire back.

Fire the workaholics - (37signals)

Here’s another take on that: Fire the people who are workaholics! Here’s five reasons why:

1. Workaholics may well say that they enjoy those 14 hour days week after week, but despite their claims, working like that all month, all the time is not going to be sustainable. When the burnout crash comes, and it will, it’ll hit all the harder and according to Murphy at the least convenient time.
2. People who are workaholics are likely to attempt to fix problems by throwing sheer hours at the problem. If you’re dealing with people working with anything creatively that’s a deadbeat way to get great work done.

There's more of course. 37 Signals is one of our favorites and they are usually right on the money, or close enough to touch it. Read it all... then ask yourself if working harder or smarter is the thing. I work hard, but it isn't because of a love of sitting in a seat.