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> I don't see any hint of that expectation anymore From what I've seen, in a sample size of three commercial workplaces with software projects, I think it vari
by shoo 9y ago
> I don't see any hint of that expectation anymore
From what I've seen, in a sample size of three commercial workplaces with software projects, I think it varies from person to person and company to company.
At my current enterprisey gig, my perception is that some of my colleagues are very poor at setting boundaries with work, especially in terms of signing out of the team's slack after hours. This isn't forced by the environment, it's people choosing to remain plugged in. Some of my other colleagues are much better at setting boundaries. I managed to last about 1.5 years in my role before checking my work email or work slack outside of business hours.
In previous gigs at a small company I've seen far worse culture in terms of crunch time to hit project milestones or close deals, but also fairly positive leadership at times from the CEO telling people to go home.
You want to work for a company where people signing in to company slack/Skype when they are meant to be on leave are kindly but firmly hounded by colleagues and management to disconnect and go actually have their holiday.