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You don't have to feel guilty, but you still might get fired.

Jason Freedman answers only to shareholders, not a boss, which is why he can decide whether he feels guilty or not.

I disagree. Investors often have a much more personal relationship with the founder. They made a bet on YOU. Your boss may or may not even care about you or whether you work there.

More importantly, you might not give a rats ass what your boss thinks of you. Just because he's "in charge" doesn't mean he doesn't have a large amount of accountability.

I don't read him as arguing you shouldn't do anything about it. He does end with "it is on you to decide to do something about it". What is another question, with the parameters depending on a lot of things, from personal preference (do you mind not seeing the sun?) to schedule constraints (job, children, etc.).

I just read him as arguing that you should recognize it as a natural condition rather than a failure of willpower or laziness, and approach it accordingly. That could still mean looking for methods to modify it, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder#Ma...

Not sure where you work, but I negotiate my hours just the same as the rest of my compensation package.

8-9am start time? That'll be an extra $10K-20K/year. Same for dress code, etc.

If you will wake up 2 hours earlier and wreck your long term performance for $40-$80/day...

I argue my performance is better on my shifted schedule.

Also, I already make way more than I need to live. Quality of life is the biggest factor at this point, and that includes working on my schedule, wearing flip flops to work if I want, etc.

dress code ? do you have a farting and ball scratching package too ?

How you feel about it is irrelevant; what matters are the desires of the employer and employee, and what they're willing to trade.

I worked somewhere that required full suit every day. I charged a $40K/year premium for that.

meh, it's pretty standard, in this area, to have flexible schedules. Almost as standard as letting us ignore the dress code. As a young PFY, I had a supervisor (who never wore shoes.) tell me "I know we said we have a flexible schedule, but I'm going to have to put my foot down and ask you to be here by noon." And I think even that was 'cause I was the pfy; if I was good enough to not need guidance, they probably wouldn't even have gone that far.

And, as far as I can tell, that's how most valley jobs work. heck, I know guys who work for lockheed martin who keep odd schedules. (The guy I know complains that he gets dinged on performance reviews for showing up late, but meh, apparently he's otherwise good enough that they deal with it. We all have priorities.)

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