Parr: Traba explicitly promotes a 996 work culture
Sam Parr · 10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024 · Sep 13, 2024 · at 52:07
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss staffing platform Traba and its intense, hyper-demanding work culture inspired by Chinese tech work schedules.
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“And they basically, I think they explicitly said this on their website. We have a nine, nine, six culture, which means working nine AM to nine PM, six days a week.”
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