The Israeli workaholic, such as Victor, models himself after the American brand, says Ruskin. But there are differences. Americans may work all hours of the day and night, but they also go jogging or do some other activity in between. Israeli workaholics tend to be sedentary both at work and at leisure. On vacation they head for the pool and lie there.
Victor still sees Israel' s work culture as less stressful than Silicon Valley's, though.
In Silicon Valley it's a loony bin. They just go and go and go without stopping. The most blatant symptom, of course, of the stereotypical Israeli workaholic is the fetish he's made out of his cellular phone. This has become a sickness with Israelis. I don't feel comfortable telling clients that I can't be with them, that I can't pay attention to their account now.