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HUSTLE CULTURE BACKLASH
‘Stop acting successful before you actually are’: Delhi co-founder says early careers need fewer boundaries, work-life balance can come later- CEO brags about colleague skipping his birthday with kids to work late; internet roasts him. But an unexpected twist leaves netizens fuming even more
- CEO's post bragging about employee working till 2:00 AM backfires
- IIM Lucknow alumni founder wants a personal assistant who does not have financial worries. Job post draws strong reactions onlineAn IIM Lucknow graduate faced criticism after a LinkedIn post for a personal assistant role went viral. The job description detailed extens...12 Sep, 2025, 03.48 PM IST
- US-based Indian founder calls 80-hour workweek a ‘baseline,’ says without 14+ hours a day, 'you won’t make it'Neha Suresh, an Indian entrepreneur in San Francisco, ignited a debate with her tweet about long work hours. Her view on 80-hour weeks drew...02 Aug, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
- CEO rejects candidate seeking 'work-life balance': 'If you truly loved your work, you wouldn’t need balance." Internet fires backA startup CEO's LinkedIn post, detailing his rejection of a candidate for mentioning work-life balance, has ignited a fierce debate. The CE...26 Jul, 2025, 12.57 PM IST
- It is not just Narayana Murthy: UK venture capitalist says a 7-day workweek is the price to ‘win’ amid China’s '996' cultureVenture capitalist Harry Stebbings sparked controversy after urging European founders to adopt a seven-day workweek to compete with Silicon...09 Jul, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
- Bengaluru founder’s 'strict 72-hour workweek’ to promote a 'building mindset' sparks online uproar: 'Make employees partners’Bengaluru entrepreneur’s post about his employees working from 10 AM to 10 PM, six days a week, has reignited the hustle culture debate in ...06 Jul, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
- Soham Parekh joins Darwin Studios after Silicon Valley backlash for moonlightingSoham Parekh faced criticism for working multiple jobs. He cited financial difficulties as the reason. Playground AI founder Suhail Doshi w...04 Jul, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
- Hyderabad techie brags about not taking sick leave with ‘smart' hack. Why are netizens calling it a 'weird flex’?A Hyderabad techie's LinkedIn post claiming he saved five hours by leaving work early at the first sign of fever went viral—just not in the...02 Jul, 2025, 06.55 PM IST
- Employee said NO to weekend work. Got Suspended. His revenge will make you jealousAn employee's refusal to work weekends led to a suspension, but instead of despairing, they took a vacation. The internet rallied behind th...18 Jun, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
- Employee sticks to 9-to-5, quits the hustle after being denied promotion; gets a surprise raise insteadAfter years of overworking with no recognition, a Reddit user shared how sticking strictly to a 9-to-5 schedule finally earned him a raise....11 May, 2025, 03.18 PM IST
- Startup CEO claims he can make his employees millionaires in a year, but there's a condition attached. Reddit trolls himA startup founder's recruitment post on LinkedIn ignited a firestorm after promising millionaire status within a year for tech co-founders ...24 Apr, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
- Harvard educated COO's hiring rule for techies: No concerts, no fine-dining, no travel enthusiastsA Harvard-educated COO faced backlash after criticizing big tech employees in a LinkedIn post. He emphasized preferring startup engineers w...26 Jan, 2025, 01.21 AM IST
- The lure of social media fame is infiltrating the corridors of power. Time to rein in social-savvy bureaucrats?Bureaucrats are under scrutiny for their social media presence. Some leverage it to connect with the public, while others face backlash for...13 Oct, 2024, 01.05 PM IST
- Startup founder praises colleague for working 18 hrs, keeping bed near computer, gets schooled by netizensAlthough numerous startup founders are drawn to hustle culture, many internet users have moved away from glorifying irregular and excessive...01 Oct, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
- Bare minimum Mondays: A trend to put an end to ‘Sunday scaries’ and Monday blues"Bare minimum Mondays" is a workplace trend that allows employees to do the minimum amount of work on Mondays to alleviate stress and start...03 Jul, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
- Exhausted employee falls asleep in autorickshaw; CEO faces backlash over LinkedIn postThe backlash, however, was over the image of Shanky that was shared with the post. In the image, he can be seen sleeping in an autorickshaw...21 Feb, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
- The boy bosses of Silicon Valley are on their way outTop resignations in recent weeks signify the end of an era at these companies, which are among the most valuable and well-known to emerge f...11 Aug, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
- A timeline of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's bumpy rideKalanick was regarded as the most vocal champion of the value of hustling and even made it into a motto for his company to follow. However,...21 Jun, 2017, 06.26 PM IST
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