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The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
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Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#42I appreciate the CEO being direct. It gives you a chance to find another job before you get fired.
I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or not, but asking people to work on weekends means crossing the line, whether it's expressed in a direct or indirect way.
What if during the interviewing process they're very clear that they are a startup that isn't a normal job and the trade off is equity and a great cheque in 2-5 years?
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#43I hate the idea of working on weekends... This guy was only talking about people significantly behind on their projects, for what it is worth. Of course they can be behind because they are wasting time or because the project requires too many man hours.
Do you visit the gas station and shop on the weekend? Or is working on the weekend something only the poor should be forced to do. Of course I think you mean to say "the idea of a 7 day work week is stupid"
Many gas stations work 24hrs a day without requiring an attendant 24/7. I would be fine if no one worked on the weekend. I might prefer the police and power company kept doing their thing, but those aren't exactly poor people being forced to work.
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#44I hate the idea of working on weekends... This guy was only talking about people significantly behind on their projects, for what it is worth. Of course they can be behind because they are wasting time or because the project requires too many man hours.
Do you visit the gas station and shop on the weekend? Or is working on the weekend something only the poor should be forced to do. Of course I think you mean to say "the idea of a 7 day work week is stupid"
Thanks Dr. Pedantry.
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#45If you have only ever worked a 9 - 5 work week this may come as a surprise, but in the real world in America, lots of highly paid people routinely work weekends and nights and 12 or even 24 hour shifts. Doctors, Police Officers, Morticians, Firefighters, etc. They use schedules to spread the work and many only get one weekend off a month of totally free time.
And? That is just as unacceptable.
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Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#46If people are behind the expected performance due to excessive workload or poor higher-level management, then this is unacceptable. If people are behind the expected performance due to incompetence, wasted time or poor self-management, then this is reasonable. We are all adults here.
Adults or not, the issues here are reasonable expectations and support. As easy as it is to shift the blame to the employee, the real blame belongs with management. As a manager, I accept responsibility for my team and if their performance is lacking then that is something that we address accordingly. If they can’t perform and the proper channels have been explored, then that is where continued employment should be evaluated.
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#47Related: Revolut and Monzo are still amazing products. After moving to the US they make it quite impossible to use revolut or monzo (it’s expensive as fuck to top up). I’ve looked into simple/varo/chime but they look pretty bad in comparison to Monzo, they are also reserved to Us citizens only so fuck people with a greencard. I have chase/capitalone/schwabe and their app are just stuck in the past. I really wish Monzo would work here :/ anything I’m not aware of?
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#48I hate the idea of working on weekends... This guy was only talking about people significantly behind on their projects, for what it is worth. Of course they can be behind because they are wasting time or because the project requires too many man hours.
> This guy was only talking about people significantly behind on their projects, for what it is worth. What difference does that make? If people are behind they're behind. There should be a discussion, not an "work overtime" response. I want to think I'm valued and not just blamed if things aren't going smoothly.
I'm mostly in agreement... the tweet makes it sound like he's just yelling at everyone in the company unless you zoom in on an image and read through the context.
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#49People aren't robots they need breaks, vacations, time to decompress, time off when sick.
Well, even robots do need periodical checks, maintenance and cooling down sometimes.
Re: The CEO of RevolutApp on Slack: “Why Aren’t You Working on Weekends?”
#50RIP RevolutApp with such CEO leadership you are doomed to fail. Nikolay Storonsky - you will lose your best people and drive RevolutApp into the ground.
EDIT: just read a wiki on Nikolay. It all makes sense - his dad is a high up in Putin's enterprise machine (Gazprom - russian gas related entity) = part of the corruption machine. Not surprised that the son has such morals and how he treats other people is probably coming from his dad.
Regular folks are just lowlife slaves and peasants that exist to enrich him and his business (this is the way an average russian oligarch thinks).