A tech startup CEO admits he is looking for employees willing to work 84 hours a week.
Daksh Gupta, who runs an artificial intelligence startup Greptile in San Francisco, in a recent post on X explained he wants his team to work from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at least five days a week, and often on weekends, to be competitive.
“It’s a rocket launch in some ways,” Gupta said in an interview with NBC Bay Area on Tuesday. “And when you have two groups of smart people that are trying to solve the same problem, the one that works harder and is luckier wins. And you can’t control your luck, but you can control how much time you put in.”
recently i started telling candidates right in the first interview that greptile offers no work-life-balance, typical workdays start at 9am and end at 11pm, often later, and we work saturdays, sometimes also sundays. i emphasize the environment is …