“Working nights and weekends occasionally doesn't make you a workaholic, it makes you committed”
Agree
- Sometimes deadlines require temporary extra effort
- Going above and beyond separates good from great
- Real excellence requires sacrifice and extra hours
- Rigid boundaries prevent achieving ambitious goals
Disagree
- This normalizes unsustainable burnout as a virtue
- Companies will exploit any inch you give them
- Poor planning by management isn't your emergency
- Commitment is consistency not martyrdom
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