He started telling people that working late wasn’t a sign of commitment; it was a sign of failure. “It’s not because I want you to have a balanced life,” he told people. “It’s because you’ll get more stuff done.” So no more nights, no more weekends. When people go on vacation, they are expected to go on vacation, not check e-mail, not check in with the office. If you can’t actually take time off without having to make sure everything is going right at the office, the thinking goes, you aren’t managing your teams well.
