Of course it’s sick. But most of corporate America is sick. At the Fortune 200 company I worked in, management signed a contract requiring them to be at their desks 55-hours per Mon-Fri week. They were absolutely expected to answer email in the evenings and on weekends. And higher management was expected to spend one weekend per month on group meetings. A friend recalls being called from work three times the day after she gave birth.
The greed-is-good mentality has had its impact on all of us, not just Wall Streeters or Silicone Valley workers.