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Being an exec is choice to commit an exorbitant amount of your time/energy on your job. You can always settle for an easier/lower paying job. You don't see the president complaining the job is stressful.

But your payback is enormously larger.

...sometimes.

> the author recommending to fire an employee who is taking care of their family

Not sure why fired versus put on different comp and maybe asked to vacate the VP of Sales role.

> Seems needlessly cruel and detracts from the message.

I'm not so sure. I mean, yes it's needlessly cruel, but that's the message that I get from a lot of people who subscribe to hustle culture. You are worth the value of your output plus nepotism minus your comp. People with families are ghosts, don't talk to them.