The thing isn’t that they have constant work to do, but that they must be available for work at any time, for any reason. Some random and unpredictable crisis waking you up at 3am for the 5th night in a row? Sucks to be you.
Having known a number of CEOs over the years, they arent the ones waking up for those 3am calls unless it’s a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.
They honestly shouldn’t be the ones taking emergency calls either since most of the time they’ll be in the way.
He’s definitely also not a “fixes the bug himself” CEO.
We can pretend he’s different. I can freely admit that I like to think he’s different. But no way in hell is he fixing any kind of problem, that arises in the middle of the night, himself.
The thing isn’t that they have constant work to do, but that they must be available for work at any time, for any reason. Some random and unpredictable crisis waking you up at 3am for the 5th night in a row? Sucks to be you.
Having known a number of CEOs over the years, they arent the ones waking up for those 3am calls unless it’s a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.
They honestly shouldn’t be the ones taking emergency calls either since most of the time they’ll be in the way.
Gabe Newell is not a usual CEO though.
He’s definitely also not a “fixes the bug himself” CEO.
We can pretend he’s different. I can freely admit that I like to think he’s different. But no way in hell is he fixing any kind of problem, that arises in the middle of the night, himself.
Well no shit I’m talking about issues which actually relate directly to their role.
There are plenty of non CEO jobs with similar requirements
Okay?
Do you even have a point?