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Tech CEO criticized after sharing how much work she does in a day

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Updated 11:31 9 Nov 2022 GMTPublished 10:53 23 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Tech CEO criticized after sharing how much work she does in a day

A tech CEO has come under fire after revealing how much work she actually does.

Shola Lee

Shola Lee

A tech CEO has come under fire after revealing how much work she actually does.

Look, everyone's work day is different but Yehong Zhu, the founder of Zette Media, a browser paywall extension that allows you to read articles behind paywalls, has caused some controversy after sharing hers.

That's right, after tweeting a 'what I do in a day' style thread, she's fighting some serious Twitter fury.

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The CEO came under fire.
YehongZhu/Twitter

So, what's wrong with the CEO's daily workload? Well, some are saying that it's 'not work' at all.

Last week, on 12 October, Zhu decided to let people in on was she does 'on a day-to-day basis' and proceeds to list out some of her daily tasks.

"In case you were wondering, here's a day in the life of a startup founder in Silicon Valley," Zhu explains.

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First up, it's approving engineering for their beta of Zette Media.

This sees the CEO 'pour over' Figma mocks (mock-ups for her investor deck) and 'greenlighting' the ones she wants.

Next, she goes to pick up some company 'swag' but finds that the water bottles she ordered are 'nowhere to be found.'

The water bottles were nowhere to be found.
YehongZhu/Twitter

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Then, as Zhu explains: "I go to pick up my new business cards instead. They are slightly ruined by the printers, and our brand color is an off-green instead of highlighter yellow.

Ugh, okay. Not ideal. I ping my Chief of Staff about getting a refund. He’ll have to sort this out later."

Zhu is then asked by her marketing team to go over TikTok strategy, explaining that she 'slack[s] them sometimes.'

She then looks at drafts of conference materials and promises to do final edits by the end of the day.

She goes on to start 'building relationships with journalists' and sends those asking 'questions' the company media kit.

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Zhu then updates the media kit and looks at emails from 'a bunch of investors' - she decides to 'snooze all their emails' and makes a 'mental note' to respond next week.

Twitter users were quick to comment.
YehongZhu/Twitter

She then tried to look at the Figma mocks again and checks her schedule for the next day, texted her mum, and looks at Twitter.

By this point it's 6:37 pm, the sun is setting, and decides to post the Twitter thread she just wrote.

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And some weren't thrilled to see the amount of work the CEO was doing, with one user saying: "Texting your mom” as one of the 14 things you got done in a work day."

Another said: "It's so sick I used to have a job where I did nothing all day. Congrats."

While a third simply said that Zhu's daily tasks were 'not work.'

Others loved the CEO sharing an insight into her life: "Love it! Thanks for sharing. I'm starting my journey as an entrepreneur next month, so this is cool."

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What do you think of the CEO's so-called workload?

Zhu told UNILAD in response: "Despite what people think about how hard or not I work, my real job as a CEO is to do whatever is necessary for my startup to succeed.

We don’t have a growth marketer yet, so until we hire for one it’s my job to generate attention for my startup. I would say that I did that very successfully with my tweets.

From this Twitter thread we got more attention and signups to our waitlist than a month’s worth of paid advertising. I took a risk and it paid off, and putting my startup in front of new users matters more to me than any negative comments I might receive in the process."

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If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]

Featured Image Credit: @yehongzhu/Twitter

Topics: News, Technology, Twitter, Money, World News

Shola Lee
Shola Lee

Shola Lee began her journalism career while studying for her undergraduate degree at Queen Mary, University of London and Columbia University in New York. She has written for the Columbia Spectator, QM Global Bloggers, CUB Magazine, UniDays, and Warner Brothers' Wizarding World Digital. Recently, Shola took part in the 2021 BAFTA Crew and BBC New Creatives programme before becoming a journalist at UNILAD, where she works on breaking news, trending stories, and features.

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