We're all screwed. Google boss says work/life balance is a myth.

by Mamamia Team March 23, 2015

That’s it. We’re all screwed.

Because if the CFO of Google can’t find any work/life balance, what hope do the rest of us have?

Patrick Pichette, who has spent almost seven years in the top position, recently quit via possibly the best resignation letter in history.

In the epic note, he basically tells us we’re all screwed and that work/life balance is nothing but an impossible, sweet pipe dream (much like fat-free mayonnaise that actually tastes good, and a world without the Kardashians).

Patrick and Tamar. Image via Google Plus.

He wrote on Google Plus:

Pichette said that the realisation hit him after he reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro with his long-suffering wife, Tamar.

At the peak, Tamar asked him if they could “just keep on going” and explore the world together. She asked him: “So when is it going to be time? Our time? My time?”

Patrick, Tamar and their three children. Image via Google Plus.

And so he quit, so the couple could:

Pichette finished the letter with some words of advice for younger workers:

Of course, it’s easy to “Carpe Diem” when you are a Google exec with more money than God, but nice sentiment.