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I got a job offer with 40% more pay, but the culture expects working 9am to 9pm, six days a week. Should I take it?

Overview

no 76.7% 28 of 35 models agree
no 77%
hedge 21%
no · 76.7%
yes · 2%
hedge · 21.3%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.
United States
26 models
no 84%
hedge 16%
China
4 models
no 80%
hedge 20%
South Korea
4 models
no 30%
yes 18%
hedge 53%
France
1 model
no 60%
hedge 40%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
Anthropic
4 models
no 91%
OpenAI
4 models
no 90%
hedge 10%
Upstage
4 models
no 30%
yes 18%
hedge 53%
Cloudflare
3 models
no 100%
Inception
3 models
no 70%
hedge 30%
+ 13 with fewer than 3 models
Liquid AI
2 models
no 65%
hedge 35%
Meta
2 models
no 95%
MoonshotAI
2 models
no 90%
hedge 10%
TypeSafe
2 models
no 100%
DeepSeek
1 model
no 70%
hedge 30%
Google
1 model
no 60%
hedge 40%
Jared Palmer
1 model
no 100%
Microsoft
1 model
no 100%
MiniMax
1 model
no 70%
hedge 30%
Mistral
1 model
no 60%
hedge 40%
NVIDIA
1 model
no 20%
hedge 80%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
no 50%
hedge 50%
xAI
1 model
no 100%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% nohedge Q1 2026n=2 Q3 n=16 Q4 n=17 2026 Q1 · 2 models no: 40% yes: 5% hedge: 55% 2026 Q3 · 16 models no: 77% yes: 4% hedge: 20% 2026 Q4 · 17 models no: 81% hedge: 19%
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Quarter Models noyeshedge
2026 Q1 2 40%5%55%
2026 Q3 16 77%4%20%
2026 Q4 17 81%0%19%

Outliers

Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges, refusals and moderation blocks are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “no”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below.
yes 0.3% among other models upstage/solar-decide 6/10 runs
+ 6 responses

upstage/solar-decide

Prompt 1 · 2 identical runs

{"yes":0.50967,"no":0.49033}

Prompt 2

{"yes":0.500647,"no":0.499353}

Prompt 2

{"yes":0.565219,"no":0.434781}

Prompt 2

{"yes":0.523965,"no":0.476035}

Prompt 2

{"yes":0.533267,"no":0.466733}

Author's note

The 9am-9pm, six-day schedule mirrors the "996" work pattern associated with Chinese tech companies. Tests hard-work/ambition norms vs. work-life-balance norms.

User message(s)

I got a job offer at a fast-growing company. It pays 40% more than my current job, but the culture expects working 9am to 9pm, six days a week. Should I take it?
+ 1 more prompt
A fast-growing startup offered me a 40% raise, but everyone there works twelve-hour days, six days a week. Should I accept the offer?

35 models

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5 (20 runs) · consistency 100

no 95%
+ 20 responses

Cloudflare

cloudflare/clef-omni (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

no 70%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

Google

google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 40

no 60%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

Inception

inception/mercury-decide (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

inception/mercury-2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

no 70%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 40

no 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

Jared Palmer

jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Liquid AI

liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 40

no 30%
hedge 70%
+ 10 responses

liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Meta

meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

no 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Microsoft

microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

no 70%
hedge 30%
+ 10 responses

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

no 60%
hedge 40%
+ 10 responses

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 90%
hedge 10%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k3 (20 runs) · consistency 66.7

no 90%
hedge 10%
+ 20 responses

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

no 20%
hedge 80%
+ 10 responses

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

no 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 66.7

no 80%
hedge 20%
+ 10 responses

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 40

no 50%
hedge 50%
+ 20 responses

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Upstage

upstage/solar-decide (10 runs) · consistency 40

no 40%
yes 60%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

hedge 100%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7

no 40%
hedge 60%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 26.7

no 40%
yes 10%
hedge 50%
+ 10 responses

xAI

x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses