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.
埃隆•马斯克(Elon Musk)在去年10月接管Twitter后不久发表了一番评论,预示着该公司和更广泛的工作实践迎来了一个关键时刻。他警告称,员工必须致力于“极端硬核”的工作文化,否则就辞职吧。