They're working hard for you ...
Perhaps too hard?
I don't know running a large organization from fishing for cod in the Atlantic, but I do know about working long hours.
Meeting at 07:30 means getting to the office at 07:00 at the latest - you gotta get your stuff lined up for a meeting. Which means leaving for the office by 06:15, so awake by 05:45. So .. 5 1/2 hours of sleep at best after getting home after working until midnight.
Every .. day.
And this is the senior staff - the younger and dumber junior staff will man up and come in earlier and leave later than their bosses.
You can work seventeen hour days for a while, when it's important. But you can't really do that on a regular basis without burning out. You start making dumb mistakes and your thinking gets sloppy.
Which might not be a great idea when you're the guys who want to run the country.
Mr. Obama's tendency to work late into the night will also pose problems. Politico.com reports that the White House staff is "preparing for a return to long nights, heavy weekend shifts." Requiring a senior staff that meets at 7:30 a.m. to work until 11 p.m. or 12 a.m. will quickly cause burnout and diminish the quality of advice and oversight.
Perhaps too hard?
I don't know running a large organization from fishing for cod in the Atlantic, but I do know about working long hours.
Meeting at 07:30 means getting to the office at 07:00 at the latest - you gotta get your stuff lined up for a meeting. Which means leaving for the office by 06:15, so awake by 05:45. So .. 5 1/2 hours of sleep at best after getting home after working until midnight.
Every .. day.
And this is the senior staff - the younger and dumber junior staff will man up and come in earlier and leave later than their bosses.
You can work seventeen hour days for a while, when it's important. But you can't really do that on a regular basis without burning out. You start making dumb mistakes and your thinking gets sloppy.
Which might not be a great idea when you're the guys who want to run the country.
