Lost me. I have family and friends for fun, you should get some as well. Using your employees to fill that void in your life is ... petty, to say they least.
My Friday nights are for the abovementioned family and friends. Which you should, as I had mentioned, consider getting.
This quote pretty much hammered in the last nail in the coffin. He has no idea how to run teams.
Very much so and that’s the big red flag. I’d pick someone with a diametrically opposite preferences and lifestyle to me, over someone who’s judgmental and narrow minded, even if I happen to agree with them at the moment. This post reeks of “there is only one way” mindset, which is particularly ironic given that the domain is innovation.
Tricky for new English learners to see the nuanced difference, admittedly
This is something bosses need to understand in general—something that you mean to be low-pressure and optional is not going to come across that way to the people whose paycheck depends on your goodwill.
If you are forced to do these things, then your career is already suffering. A career is not a hypothetical future promise of a nirvana-job. It's the thing you live throughout your life, every moment of it.