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1001 points genericlemon24 | 3 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source
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whstl ◴[06 Sep 25 15:55 UTC] No.45150377[source]▶
996 is just theater for investors.

Saw this happening even at YC companies. There was always that stupid expectation of overworking, staying until 9.

The reality is that people twiddle thumbs.

And the disorganization and micromanagement power plays are enough to negate any additional worked hour.

This ranges from pure disorganization in terms of what to build to having 3 hour meetings with the whole fucking company where the CEO pretends they have something worthwhile to say for 3 hours.

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graemep ◴[06 Sep 25 16:07 UTC] No.45150486[source]▶
> 996 is just theater for investors.

Investors who have not heard of the research into productivity that says long hours have no significant benefit for skilled work? Who have not heard of diminishing returns? Who have no experience of the reality of working long hours themselves?

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1. ohdeargodno ◴[06 Sep 25 17:05 UTC] No.45150973[source]▶
>Who have no experience of the reality of working long hours themselves?

The vast, vast majority of investors are nepo babies that inherited dad's company and his trust fund. The rest of them that may have worked have deluded themselves into thinking it was because of their "hard work" they got there

So uh, yeah, they're dumbasses. But even then: they don't care that long hours have no significant benefit: the people that will accept 996 will do it for the same salary as someone doing a 9-5. Don't anthropomophize investors, they never see people, they see numbers.

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2. philipallstar ◴[06 Sep 25 17:20 UTC] No.45151131[source]▶
> The vast, vast majority of investors are nepo babies that inherited dad's company and his trust fund.

Citation needed.

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3. rsynnott ◴[06 Sep 25 21:01 UTC] No.45152802[source]▶
This is incorrect for ‘investors’ in general (in many countries practically everyone’s an investor because that’s how pensions mostly work now) and _may_ even be incorrect for large investors as a class, but specifically for the type of investor who invests, either directly or through a VC fund, in startups, well, I don’t have numbers, but I’d be willing to bet it is correct for _them_.