Comments on: Fire non workaholics? http://specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/ An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rick http://specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151789 Rick Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:41:16 +0000 http://www.specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151789 <a href="http://www.onlinehrhelp.com/company.html" rel="nofollow"> Employers should appreciate a quality smart working employee that chooses to have balance in their life. </a>
Employers should appreciate a quality smart working employee that chooses to have balance in their life.

]]> By: Michael Specht http://specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151788 Michael Specht Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:43:45 +0000 http://www.specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151788 Your welcome for the linkage, although I'm not sure it will add much to the Googlejuice you are getting :-). Completely agree that most of "the valley" commentators seem to feel it is a start up or nothing. In fact that point of view is held by many Australian's as well. Yep saw your follow up post, a bit harsh for my liking but I certainly understand where you are coming from. Again completely agree most commentators are seeing a "tech start up" only model, which by the way I don't think works in places like Australia or UK due to the different reactions our investment communities have of the IPO process. While it would be interesting to see where the discussion goes it will be over by Tuesday in "the valley" due to the next hyped up news story http://www.techmeme.com/080310/p96#a080310p96. Your welcome for the linkage, although I’m not sure it will add much to the Googlejuice you are getting :-).

Completely agree that most of “the valley” commentators seem to feel it is a start up or nothing. In fact that point of view is held by many Australian’s as well.

Yep saw your follow up post, a bit harsh for my liking but I certainly understand where you are coming from. Again completely agree most commentators are seeing a “tech start up” only model, which by the way I don’t think works in places like Australia or UK due to the different reactions our investment communities have of the IPO process.

While it would be interesting to see where the discussion goes it will be over by Tuesday in “the valley” due to the next hyped up news story http://www.techmeme.com/080310/p96#a080310p96.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151786 Stilgherrian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:04:27 +0000 http://www.specht.com.au/michael/2008/03/09/fire-non-workaholics/#comment-151786 Thanks for the linkage. Further to your Point 5, I think this is related to why Jason Calacanis' original list got up people's noses. While at one level he was accepting that "not everyone is for start-ups" and vice versa, he was also heavily implying, more than once, that if you weren't into the start-up model then you were a lesser human being. His defenders went even further, branding anyone that wasn't 100% workaholic a "slacker". I compared this all-or-nothing approach to religious fundamentalism on a follow-up post, <a href="http://stilgherrian.com/religion/john_calacanis_evil_cult/" rel="nofollow">Jason Calacanis and the Evil Cult of the Internet Start-up</a>. Looking at some of the responses that's had, it seems that many people who are totally immersed in the <em>specific</em> tech industry start-up model of fast-growth to VC to IPO simple don't "get" that this isn't the only way of doing things. (I go further and suggest that their way is, in fact, evil -- but that's just my opinion.) Thanks for the linkage. Further to your Point 5, I think this is related to why Jason Calacanis’ original list got up people’s noses. While at one level he was accepting that “not everyone is for start-ups” and vice versa, he was also heavily implying, more than once, that if you weren’t into the start-up model then you were a lesser human being. His defenders went even further, branding anyone that wasn’t 100% workaholic a “slacker”.

I compared this all-or-nothing approach to religious fundamentalism on a follow-up post, Jason Calacanis and the Evil Cult of the Internet Start-up.

Looking at some of the responses that’s had, it seems that many people who are totally immersed in the specific tech industry start-up model of fast-growth to VC to IPO simple don’t “get” that this isn’t the only way of doing things.

(I go further and suggest that their way is, in fact, evil — but that’s just my opinion.)

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