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I didn't really read it that way. I read it more like treat people with respect, don't force them to create work that is a nice or should when they should be relaxing... but people who love their job will be happy to go the extra mile, work weekends, etc when there are Must or Mission Critical things that need to get done.

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Sure - and I agree with all that. The issue comes with the circularity of the reasoning:

- People who are a good cultural fit don't mind working all the time

Therefore:

If someone minds working on week-ends - then they weren't a great cultural fit. It's almost Calvinist in its logic.

As you said, there's absolutely no problem working on week-ends when it's needed, or getting really caught up in an exciting new tech and spending evenings getting it up and running. However - when this become (implicitly) expected as a marker of good cultural fit, you've basically placed it as a burden for everyone.

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