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Look for companies that aren't startups, but not mega corps either. I work for a software company with around 1000 employees and it's still a very relaxed envi
by yareally 11y ago
Look for companies that aren't startups, but not mega corps either.
I work for a software company with around 1000 employees and it's still a very relaxed environment:
- No dress code
- Free snacks, soda, coffee, tea
- 3 weeks vacation starting out
- Top of the line Xeon Workstation or comparable laptop with multiple monitors
- Flex work hours. I come in around 10am after exercising in the morning.
- No crazy work weeks (averaged around 40 hours a week the past year)
- Work from home when needed (bad weather, etc)
- pc86 11y agoI've worked for one startup and a handful of large publicly traded companies (Fortune 1K, Fortune 500, etc). My current employer is a ~5k-person software development shop that does a lot of government work, so it's largely like what you describe. It really does seem to be the sweet spot. - Lax dress code (collared shirt, jeans on Friday only) - Free soda in the home office - 120 hours PTO + sick time - Start any time between 6 and 9 - 8 hour day includes 1 hour lunch break, so really 35 hr/wk of work - Overtime is explicitly banned, you actually need approval (since most time is billed to a client) - WFH is available depending on your client, some have access restrictions that make it impossible but barring that you can WFH when needed/approved