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An Indian-origin executive at xAI has reacted publicly after one of the startup’s employees claimed to have worked 36 hours straight with no sleep.
Ayush Jaiswal is a member of the Grok team at xAI and the former head of growth at Scale AI.
Tajik is a member of the technical staff at xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk.
“Work life balance is great…”
Parsa Tajik’s post on working 36 hours straight without a nap sparked criticism and condemnation, with many calling it a sign of a toxic workplace.
However, Ayush Jaiwal, a member of the Grok team at xAI and formerly the head of growth at Scale AI, reacted to Tajik’s post with implicit approval. (Also read: Indian-origin techie reveals what it’s really like working in Elon Musk’s xAI office in Palo Alto)
“Work life balance is great, in-fact we recommend it to all our competitors,” Jaiswal wrote. As if perhaps sensing the disapproval that would soon come his way, the Indian-origin executive added a disclaimer: “Don’t be angry with this post. You’re free to disagree & let us cook.”
And if Jaiswal’s advice on work-life balance sounds familiar, it’s because he was borrowing the words of another Indian man — Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha.
In 2024, Palicha had shared a humorous take on the work-life balance debate. “I have nothing against work-life balance. In fact, I recommend it to all our competitors,” he wrote on X.
Palicha later sought to distance himself from this controversial take. During the Y Combinator podcast, he told CEO Garry Tan that the post was a “stupid idea”.
(Also read: Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha says his 2024 post on work-life balance was a ‘stupid idea’)
