If you’re obsessing over work-life balance, your problem isn’t the hours—it’s the job, says Bupa’s CEO. And some of the world’s most powerful people agree.
Their idea of work is to hire a bunch of smart people, underpay them and then terrorize them that they are about to lose their jobs at any minute, then demand ideas. Sift through the ideas, choose the best, and tell everybody to do that. When it succeeds, you declare record profits, pocket a billion dollar windfall, and lay off a few thousand losers to celebrate.
Their idea of work is to hire a bunch of smart people, underpay them and then terrorize them that they are about to lose their jobs at any minute, then demand ideas. Sift through the ideas, choose the best, and tell everybody to do that. When it succeeds, you declare record profits, pocket a billion dollar windfall, and lay off a few thousand losers to celebrate.