My impression is that if people work on weekends or after hours, it’s often because they want to—I personally find it very exciting and gratifying to be able to contribute to other EA projects in my free time and interact with so many altruistic, like-minded people! I have rarely heard of this being a hard expectation though.
If anything, the EA community is more encouraging of people taking time off and taking care of their mental health because we want people to have more impact in the long-run rather than have burnout and basically 0 impact after that.
Lastly, my sense is this depends heavily on the role. As a charity entrepreneur, you might need to work longer hours especially in the beginning, but there are plenty of “normal jobs” out there where time is tracked and overtime is the exception, not the rule. :)
P. S. : Reach out to me if you want to chat about this or would like some support. ❤️
Thank you, Moritz, for your answer! I’d agree that I don’t really see this as anyone setting hard expectations—for this reason I think that at least part of an effective solution for me here is to do some personal work; why do I feel some sense of external pressure even though when I ask most EAs, they’re supportive of healthy working habits? It’s possible some part of me (maybe the part responsible for impostor syndrome) has over updated on the opinions of very few people about how much I should be doing and ignored the vast majority of EAs who encourage a healthier approach.
P.S.: thank you for offering this, if I can figure out the whole anonymity thing, I may well reach out!
This matches my experience working at CEA and Founders Pledge. I used to work at a startup and a bunch of my friends work in startups and the experience seems similar.
I agree that it mostly depends on the role, the culture of the org and individual but it’s very possible to not work evenings and weekends.
My impression is that if people work on weekends or after hours, it’s often because they want to—I personally find it very exciting and gratifying to be able to contribute to other EA projects in my free time and interact with so many altruistic, like-minded people! I have rarely heard of this being a hard expectation though.
If anything, the EA community is more encouraging of people taking time off and taking care of their mental health because we want people to have more impact in the long-run rather than have burnout and basically 0 impact after that.
Lastly, my sense is this depends heavily on the role. As a charity entrepreneur, you might need to work longer hours especially in the beginning, but there are plenty of “normal jobs” out there where time is tracked and overtime is the exception, not the rule. :)
P. S. : Reach out to me if you want to chat about this or would like some support. ❤️
Thank you, Moritz, for your answer! I’d agree that I don’t really see this as anyone setting hard expectations—for this reason I think that at least part of an effective solution for me here is to do some personal work; why do I feel some sense of external pressure even though when I ask most EAs, they’re supportive of healthy working habits? It’s possible some part of me (maybe the part responsible for impostor syndrome) has over updated on the opinions of very few people about how much I should be doing and ignored the vast majority of EAs who encourage a healthier approach.
P.S.: thank you for offering this, if I can figure out the whole anonymity thing, I may well reach out!
This matches my experience working at CEA and Founders Pledge. I used to work at a startup and a bunch of my friends work in startups and the experience seems similar.
I agree that it mostly depends on the role, the culture of the org and individual but it’s very possible to not work evenings and weekends.
Thank you, Ben, for your reassuring two cents!