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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 72.5% 13 of 18 models agree
no 73%
hedge 24%
no · 72.5%
yes · 3.9%
hedge · 23.6%

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
13 models
no 84%
hedge 16%
South Korea
4 models
no 30%
yes 18%
hedge 53%
China
1 model
no 90%
hedge 10%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
Upstage
4 models
no 30%
yes 18%
hedge 53%
Anthropic
3 models
no 92%
Inception
3 models
no 70%
hedge 30%
OpenAI
3 models
no 87%
hedge 13%
+ 5 with fewer than 3 models
Jared Palmer
1 model
no 100%
MoonshotAI
1 model
no 90%
hedge 10%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
no 50%
hedge 50%
TypeSafe
1 model
no 100%
xAI
1 model
no 100%

Outliers

Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges and refusals are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “no”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below.
yes 0.6% 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?

18 models

Anthropic

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

no 100%

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

no 80%
hedge 20%

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

no 95%

Inception

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

no 100%

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

no 70%
hedge 30%

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

no 40%
hedge 60%

Jared Palmer

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

no 100%

MoonshotAI

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

no 90%
hedge 10%

OpenAI

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

no 100%

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

no 80%
hedge 20%

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

no 80%
hedge 20%

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 40

no 50%
hedge 50%

TypeSafe

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

no 100%

Upstage

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

no 40%
yes 60%

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

hedge 100%

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

no 40%
hedge 60%

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

no 40%
yes 10%
hedge 50%

xAI

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

no 100%