""I am not in favor of, essentially, working at home," Schmidt told the All-In Summit earlier this month. His comments were included in a Wednesday episode of the "All-In" podcast. "Think about a 20-something who has to learn how the world works," Schmidt said, adding that he learned a great deal from listening to older coworkers argue at Sun Microsystems in the early years of his career."
""If you're going to be in tech, and you're going to win, you're going to have to make some tradeoffs," he added. The tech veteran, who was Google's CEO for a decade and stayed on as executive chairman and then a technical advisor until 2020, said the US is "up against" China, whose work culture is often described as "996," short for working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week."
Eric Schmidt opposed widespread working from home, arguing that in-person interactions enable younger employees to learn through observation and debate with experienced colleagues. He acknowledged support for work-life balance but insisted that tech competitiveness requires tradeoffs and greater intensity. Schmidt warned that U.S. firms face fierce competition from China, where long-hours practices like "996" persist despite legal restrictions. He previously blamed flexible work culture for harming Alphabet's AI race competitiveness and later characterized that claim as a misspeaking.
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