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

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’.

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