I had a boss that everyone else had trouble working for. He was a workaholic and openly told us that he would keep giving us more to do until we said it was too much. Crazy smart and didn’t sleep much, even after work he was working out or learning to play guitar or speak Spanish or how to cook. The combination of that edict and his own example, (he did more than any two of us put together) mostly people took it as a challenge, like they weren’t supposed to say no. I took it at face value, did what I could do well, goofed off plenty, took my PTO.

Whenever we got year end reviews he would give me points for time management and keeping a work/life balance. I do not actually have good time management.

We are still friends, years later. His work habits broke up his marriage but I don’t think he really slowed down.

I still have this job. Figure managers come and go, but honestly I liked working with workaholic guy.