"But HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan knows no such feeling, she said in an episode of The Grit podcast. That's because she uses Sundays as her own personal work day. "I'm not scared of Sundays. I enjoy it because it's my time," said Rangan, who helms the $20 billion software company. "I get to decide what I'm learning, what I'm doing, what I'm thinking, what I'm writing. It is completely my schedule.""
"Instead, Rangan-who said she struggles to sit still and take time away from work-carves out Friday night and all of Saturday to take a break. She spends this time going on walks with her husband Kash (a managing director with Goldman Sachs), doing yoga, meditating, and reading. "Saturdays are precious to me," Rangan said. "When I didn't take breaks, I got burned out pretty quickly." HubSpot employees know Rangan won't look at or respond to emails on Saturdays, but she'll spend time on Sundays scheduling emails that hit inboxes in the wee morning hours on Mondays."
Yamini Rangan treats Sundays as a personal workday, choosing learning, writing, planning, and focused tasks on her own schedule. She intentionally reserves Friday nights and all of Saturday for rest, walks with her husband, yoga, meditation, and reading to prevent burnout. Rangan typically begins weekdays around 6 a.m., joins calls by 7 a.m., and may work as late as 11 p.m. Employees understand she does not respond to emails on Saturdays, while she schedules messages on Sundays to arrive early Monday. Her tenure aligned with strong company growth as customers accelerated digitization during the pandemic, and she became CEO in September 2021.
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