{"id":623381,"date":"2018-10-29T03:18:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T03:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/10\/29\/profit-and-work-life-balance-are-not-enemies\/"},"modified":"2018-10-29T03:18:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T03:18:51","slug":"profit-and-work-life-balance-are-not-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/10\/29\/profit-and-work-life-balance-are-not-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Profit and work-life balance are not enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> ** #7 You can build a company without working your staff to death: <\/strong>Longtime readers will know we are fans of Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, who run Chicago-based software outfit Basecamp. In their latest book, It Doesn\u2019t Have to be Crazy at Work<\/strong><\/a>, the two argue that a company can make profit without driving its employees insane with work. The Economist<\/a> has taken note, writing in a review that \u201ctired workers will not be productive since creativity, progress and impact do not yield to brute force,\u201d adding that \u201csleep-deprived managers are likely to be counterproductively impatient.\u201d The pair live by example, with employees working 40 hours per week, except in the summer during which the company runs a four-day, 32-hour week. They\u2019re also entitled to three weeks of vacation per year, a month-long sabbatical every three years and a monthly massage.<\/p>\n

Your colleagues are not family and the office isn\u2019t home, no matter how many times your bosses say so:<\/strong> The authors warn against offices who add game rooms or other entertainment facilities, explaining that their intention is to keep employees at the office longer. They also warn against phrases like \u201cwe\u2019re all family\u201d explaining that such rhetoric is used to manipulate employees into thinking work is more important than their actual families.<\/p>\n

Other helpful tips<\/strong> from the dogmatic duo:<\/p>\n