Letter to a startup, from an employee
Dear startup employer, It's a workday, but I'm not at work. I'm pretending to work from home. Company policy says I should file for PTO, but I won't. You'll never know; I'll feel guilty. But I need this day. You took a lot from me. I didn't hesitate for a second when I dropped all my weekend plans and rushed to fix what was broken. I worked all weekend, late into the night. I was there first thing Monday morning, and again on Tuesday. Then I stayed up all night Tuesday because it was release night. I didn't do any of this because you pay me to. I did it because I take pride in my work. Things were broken. I'm responsible for them. Now I'm taking time to eat a meal. I'm having the day I should have had last weekend. I'm breathing. The stress is ebbing away. I'm recharging so I can do great work for you again tomorrow. Startu
Why it failed
Dear startup employer, It's a workday, but I'm not at work. I'm pretending to work from home. Company policy says I should file for PTO, but I won't. You'll never know; I'll feel guilty. But I need this day. You took a lot from me. I didn't hesi
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- exhaustedworker
- Ended
- 2015
- Source
- hackernews