Chapeau to DHH at Signals vs Noise for slaying this sacred cow.
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-company-isnt-a-family/
One might assume that I have suffered a troubled childhood, however having been privileged to have been brought up in a small rural location by loving parents this doesn’t ring true. No what gets me about this is the lack of reciprocity, the infliction of a certain hierarchy and the perhaps the implication that there is some value in being invited into the family. From such a position it’s not hard to see this is followed by the suggestion that people should work for free.
Extract from DHH.
The best companies aren’t families. They’re supporters of families. Allies of families. There to provide healthy, fulfilling work environments so when workers shut their laptops at a reasonable hour, they’re the best husbands, wives, parents, siblings, and children they can be.