Soon after Elon Musk took over Twitter last October, he made a comment that signalled a pivotal moment for the company and wider work practice. He warned that employees must commit to an “extremely hardcore” working culture or quit. Musk’s approach to work could be seen as an almost platonic ideal of “hustle culture” taken to its extreme — a vision in which self-worth is defined by relentless work and striving. But workaholism can have bad consequences. A belief that taking breaks is a sign of weakness can even prove lethal: in 2017, for example, a Japanese journalist died from heart failure, after 159 hours of overtime in a month.
伊隆•馬斯克(Elon Musk)在去年10月接管Twitter後不久發表了一番評論,預示著該公司和更廣泛的工作實踐迎來了一個關鍵時刻。他警告稱,員工必須致力於「極端硬核」的工作文化,否則就辭職吧。