I agree some of the comments against this person are overly harsh, and that I have seen people that take great pride in their work for its own sake and are willing to go that extra mile to do good work. That said:
1. The need to even sleep at the office in the first place was solely as a result of Musk's "chaos management". He dug the hole, and it is true that at the end of the day the only folks benefitting from her going the extra mile are Musk and Twitter investors/shareholders.
2. Wanting to do great work is one thing - sleeping at the office, though, clearly means that you are sacrificing other parts of your life, like your family, friends, health and hobbies, and putting work above all else.
As someone who used to be a workaholic, I can sympathize with Ms. Crawford. I can certainly look back at my work history and be proud of the times I worked hard to get a good result. But I also have plenty of regrets about working just for the sake of working/my identity, without really thinking critically about where I was spending my time.
Exactly. I've also worked at plenty of projects that I really cared about and eagerly went the extrs mile. I sometimes worked in the evening or even the weekend. I've even stopped freelancing and took a massive pay cut to become an employee to stay at a project I wasn't ready to leave yet.
But I always slept in my own bed. My extra work was mostly from home. The one bad idea was the massive pay cut, and that was a temporary situation (that I justified by considering it an investment to get more experience in a leadership role).
I don't naturally tend towards workaholism (unlike my wife), but when a job is sufficiently interesting and engaging, I do put in extra work, but it also makes me wary that I shouldn't mske that the new standard; it's always an exception.
1. The need to even sleep at the office in the first place was solely as a result of Musk's "chaos management". He dug the hole, and it is true that at the end of the day the only folks benefitting from her going the extra mile are Musk and Twitter investors/shareholders.
2. Wanting to do great work is one thing - sleeping at the office, though, clearly means that you are sacrificing other parts of your life, like your family, friends, health and hobbies, and putting work above all else.
As someone who used to be a workaholic, I can sympathize with Ms. Crawford. I can certainly look back at my work history and be proud of the times I worked hard to get a good result. But I also have plenty of regrets about working just for the sake of working/my identity, without really thinking critically about where I was spending my time.