- The billionaire cofounder of Scale AI, Lucy Guo, has a message for anyone who craves work-life balance: Maybe you’re in the wrong job. This millennial wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and doesn’t clock off until midnight—and it’s a philosophy that’s catching on among founders now openly embracing China’s 996 grind.
Work-life balance has become the holy grail of modern employment. It’s the nonnegotiable perk that trumps salary and title—with Gen Z and millennial workers willing to walk away from jobs that don’t deliver it in abundance.
