Emma Grede treats candidates who raise work-life balance in interviews as immediate disqualifications — not because she's anti-flexibility, but because she reads it as evidence the candidate hasn't figured out how to manage their own life. In her view, modern organizations already run with built-in flexibility (dentist appointments, school pickups, haircuts are all fine), so framing balance as something you need to negotiate signals a personal management failure, not a reasonable ask.
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