>>> Not taking vacation, working overtime etc are all signs of unhealthy work environment.
If I worked in a factory, sure. IF I own my business, if I have a stake in what is going on then NO, none of these things are a sign of "unhealthy". I want to be rich and I want to punch the clock will forever be antithetical as long as there is someone more ambitious than someone else.
> The point is, you can both be rich and work a normal work day.
No, not really. Show me a successful tech venture in the last 20 years where they did 40 hour work weeks and made it. I will show you dozens that didn't.
If you hire people that only want to do 40 hours a week. I hire people and give them stake in the company, and less pay. I have more runway, lower costs, higher productivity...
The arbitrage between time/work/pay/stake that im offering appeals to subset of people. Those who understand delayed gratification, and make the right bets (or enough of them) have a fairly good chance of coming out on top vs the competitors.
If I worked in a factory, sure. IF I own my business, if I have a stake in what is going on then NO, none of these things are a sign of "unhealthy". I want to be rich and I want to punch the clock will forever be antithetical as long as there is someone more ambitious than someone else.