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This seems to be a uniquely (?) american cultural issue - in my eastern eouropean working experience the long weeks are few and far between, and it's generally
by silversmith 10y ago
This seems to be a uniquely (?) american cultural issue - in my eastern eouropean working experience the long weeks are few and far between, and it's generally accepted that you take it easy when the crunch time is over.
Is that the same across all industries in USA? From what I've talked with some finance guys from the states, they have their hardships when it's time to close the year (or maybe quarter), but get to slack off later on. Only in software does it seem to go from mad rush to "normal" level to mad rush, never dipping below. Or am I mistaken?
- DanBC 10y agoI used to work in sub-contract electronic engineering in the UK. The company would send an invoice to the customer. Payment would be 30 days after the month end that they got the invoice. They had a sort of Just in time system - all the orders for components would be placed in month one, for delivery on the first day of month two. Everything would be booked into stores, and then kitted out onto the shop floor. The product would be built, and delivered, before the end of month 2, which meant that payment would be received sometime in month 3. Sometimes components would be late, or there'd be more to book into stores and to kit up for the shop floor, or the wrong item would be sent in. All of these push production back a few days, and since production was aiming for shipping on day 30 without delays it meant that there was always a crunch from day 25 to 30, every month. What the company could have done is taken one or two people from inspection and put them onto goods in at week one of the month and inspection at weeks two, three, and four of the month.