I'm working in a small early stage startup full of Chinese engineers. They really work 996 on normal weeks (more in a crunch time). They discuss between each other biohacks to sleep less so that they can do more. I constantly get pushed by my manager to increase my output, as he's saying it's not on par with my peers. I physically cannot work that much. I tried working for three months like them, as I wanted to learn/grow as fast as I can (I'm in my third year of my tech career after a PhD in computational physics). I became totally depleted, and I haven't recovered since then to be honest. Now I work normal 40 hours a week, and I don't touch my work laptop on the weekend. During those three months they were pretty happy with me. But now I feel my manager is more upset. He's saying that I have a big potential, he saw how productive I can be, so he doesn't understand why I am not pushing myself more. Recently I got sick with some viral infection, and my recovery has been quite slow. I'm still experiencing brain fog, fatigue and headaches pretty often, so my efficiency dropped significantly, which increased the tension even more. I feel I should update my resume immediately and start applying to some chill jobs. I'm already in therapy. It's been very helpful, without it I wouldn't be able to continue working. I do have some savings (around $100k), my wife makes around $300k, and we have green cards, so we should be fine, if I'm fired eventually and it takes me some time to find a job. My TC: $200k cash + stock options YoE: 2.5
Dude, take advantage of having a green card, if you don't take care of your health (mental, physical and emotional) you will be a husk of your former self. Life is too short
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