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What's the significance of 9:06am? These guys sound like the worst kind of narcissists. The place sounds more like a cult than a company.
by smellf 9y ago
What's the significance of 9:06am? These guys sound like the worst kind of narcissists.
The place sounds more like a cult than a company.
- justherefortart 9y agoThat's most of SF in my experience. Well either that or staffed 90%+ by H1b. Interesting place.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago> Well either that or staffed 90%+ by H1b. I didn't believe you for a moment, but wow: http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Pivotal+Software+Inc&job=&city=&year=All+Years http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Pivotal+Software+Inc&job=&c...
- sumedh 9y agoI keep reading that US companies complain that they dont get skilled people and I always think its because they are not ready to pay a good salary but looking at the list the salaries look good. So is there really a skills shortage?
- justherefortart 9y agoThe skills shortage in my experience is at the management level and above. The number of people that aren't remotely qualified to even be an "IT Guy" that are in management roles are astounding.
- justherefortart 9y agohttp://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Bank+Of+The+West&job=&city=&year=All+Years http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Bank+Of+The+West&job=&city=... http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=visa&job=&city=&year=All+Years http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=visa&job=&city=&year=All+Ye... http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Adp+Technology+Services+Inc&job=&city=&year=All+Years http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Adp+Technology+Services+Inc... I could find you 100s like this just in the Bay Area. The joke was always, "You're white, why aren't you the manager?"
- jgh 9y agooh boy they have 132 H1-B employees...out of 2300+ (2017 number)
- gorbachev 9y agoThis explains some of it: http://www.businessinsider.com/pivotal-906-am-breakfast-meeting-2016-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/pivotal-906-am-breakfast-meet...
- jgh 9y ago"the morning was too short" = "we need butts in seats 9-5 because reasons"
- raverbashing 9y agoTL;DR "So Pivotal decided to employ both a stick and a carrot. The stick is a mandatory morning meeting at 9 a.m., where your absence will likely be noted. The carrot is the breakfast buffet, "sort of a prize to get in,"" I'm glad I read this. Now I'm sure to never apply for this company
- perseusprime11 9y agoAre you sure? Imagine the obesity that is waiting for you at the breakfast buffet filled with jerky and puff pastries.
- namelost 9y agoIf you're not there for the 9am meeting do they give you a detention?
- whatshisface 9y agoEveryone has different levels of self-control. Maybe in an ideal society the consultants with a great deal of it would work from home/for themselves while the consultants with less would get the breakfast buffet and the gong.
- megaduck 9y agoI run the Pivotal office in Singapore. Breakfast is wonderful, but it's hardly mandatory. Standup at 9:06 is important, though. In order for pairing to work, you need to have everybody there at the same time. The iron bargain is that you work a rigid eight hour schedule, but then you go home (or wherever) and don't think about work. No overtime or crunch mode, ever. It's not for everybody, but many folks really really really like it.