I’ve witnessed this at numerous public companies in the Valley. The newer employees sit in tense work-life balance meetings with the pre-IPO multimillionaires who are dumbfounded that the new folks don’t want to work 16 hour days for an average salary and meager stock options.

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Larry Cornett, Ph.D.

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