'WE DON'T BELIEVE IN WORK-LIFE BALANCE': A NEWLY ACQUIRED STARTUP JUST OFFERED ITS 200-PERSON TEAM A CHOICE — WORK WEEKENDS OR TAKE A BUYOUT

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Cognition, which bought competitor Windsurf less than a month ago, has offered the 200-person team buyouts amounting to nine months' salary if they don't want to stay and work 80-hour weeks. Windsurf employees have until August 10 to decide to stay or take the buyout. Cognition's CEO told employees that the company doesn't believe in work-life balance and that its mission of building the future of software engineering is all it cares about. Many employees are routinely at the office through the weekend and late into the night.