Burnout risk | Wayfair CEO warns staff to expect 'working long hours' as firm bids to stay profitable

Wayfair’s CEO has told employees to expect long hours and to ‘blend and balance’ their work with their personal lives as the company looks to maintain its recovery from a tough period.

CEO and co-founder of the furniture giant, Niraj Shah told employees in an internal email that the firm is making a profit again and is "back to winning” but warned that laziness would not be ‘rewarded with success’.

In the email, obtained by Business Insider, Shah told staff: "Working long hours, being responsive, blending work and life, is not anything to shy away from.

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"There is not a lot of history of laziness being rewarded with success."