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That money helped me to start my own business and become independent later

… That money helped me to start my own business and become independent later. My work ethics never changed. During my career I slept on floors, in bathtubs, once on a park bench, and never stopped working until the job was done. I am sure that whoever survived at Twitter until now, is reaping these kind of benefits I know from my time grinding for a billionaire. There is nothing wrong with sleeping on the floor to meet a deadline, even regularly, if you know it's worth for whom you do it and why you do it.

Original discussionElon Musk Lays Off Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Meet His Crazy Deadlines105 source comments · at import
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The day I must sleep on the floor to meet a deadline would be the day I would never work there again. Also, unless it is MY business I wouldn't grind this hard. I can put it some extra hours once a year. But if its a failure of management then I will maybe save them once. Then, they can do the job themselves after my 40 hours. If an individual told me they slept at the office to meet deadlines, I would tell them to seek treatment as that isn't normal.

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> I am sure that whoever survived at Twitter until now, is reaping these kind of benefits I know from my time grinding for a billionaire. There is nothing wrong with sleeping on the floor to meet a deadline, even regularly, if you know it's worth for whom you do it and why you do it. According to the article some of those who grinded for this billionaire are recently applying for unemployment.

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Everything you have said makes me uneasy. I do not want a company doing anything for me. I want to maximize my income TO DO whatever I WANT. I don't want my personal life getting tangled with work life. I feel sorry for people who have to work with you. Sleeping in bathtubs, floors sounds just insane. You sound like you have very little respect for yourself.

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MO

>another one deposited as retainer with one of the best law firms in the country so we didn't really have to worry about anything. I don't understand at all what this means.

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AL

> There is nothing wrong with sleeping on the floor to meet a deadline, even regularly, if you know it's worth for whom you do it Except there’s basically everything wrong about it.

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