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Here's a quote from a "day in the life" sheet I was sent after a phone interview with Susquehanna. I didn't continue with the job interview for this very reason
by bcoughlan 9y ago
Here's a quote from a "day in the life" sheet I was sent after a phone interview with Susquehanna. I didn't continue with the job interview for this very reason:
"SIG partners with external caterers to provide a buffet lunch of main courses, salads, soup, and dessert, and it changes on daily basis. So you grab a plate and head back to your desk to eat; it will give you some time to catch up on the latest tech and market news on the net as you eat."
- icebraining 9y agoHoly crap. And they can actually recruit?
- koonsolo 9y agoNerds don't need social interaction during lunch time right? They probably forgot "So you grab a plate and head back to the basement to eat at your desk."
- noway421 9y agoYeah, "lunch time, finally can get on and catch up with hackernews!"
- a012 9y agoHey, I actually do that while eating my lunch. usually with reddit or HN on my phone.
- mpfundstein 9y agosoftware improvement group?
- avemg 9y agoSusquehanna International Group. https://sig.com/ https://sig.com/
- MichielCuijpers 9y agoSoftware Improvement Group (SIG) = https://www.sig.eu https://www.sig.eu
- mpfundstein 9y agoyes. that is why I asked. I had good experience with the Software Improvement Group and can't recall such tyranny.
- arethuza 9y ago"catch up on the latest tech and market news on the net as you eat" That probably does describe a lot of my lunches. However, that is my choice. If an employer explicitly expected me to spend my lunches doing that I'd soon be an ex-employee.
- nolepointer 9y agoBut is this time paid? Because I can see the downside to this, but I'm also thinking, well, at least I can go home an hour earlier.
- Lord_Zero 9y agoEither that or eating there is just optional? It doesn't seem to explicitly say you have to eat their food and stay at work. Plus a lot of people do strange diets now days or have all sorts of allergies. It sounds to me from the last sentence is "we provide food, so if you want to stay here and eat at your desk you can."
- ocfnash 9y agoI work at Susquehanna and I believe you may have incorrectly understood this to imply there is a pressure to stay at one's desk over lunch. In my experience, this is not at all the case and I head out over lunch fairly frequently.