It's not mentioned in the linked article, but they did set a limit
It's set at 30 hours a month. This is not for budget reasons, only to discourage excess working off-hours. This adds up to about a workday per week, which is what we feel is reasonable.
In terms of dangling a carrot, people need to exercise self-discipline but as you mention, not everyone masters that. Self-discipline in general can be tough.
Glad to see they cap it at 30 hours though.
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It's not mentioned in the linked article, but they did set a limit
Source: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818469
In terms of dangling a carrot, people need to exercise self-discipline but as you mention, not everyone masters that. Self-discipline in general can be tough.
Glad to see they cap it at 30 hours though.