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Are these engineers at Facebook/Google/etc. working the typical 40 hour work week or more like 60-80?
by jonmb 8y ago
Are these engineers at Facebook/Google/etc. working the typical 40 hour work week or more like 60-80?
- JeremyBanks 8y agoDepends whether you count the half of their workday that is spent on a bus.
- rconti 8y agoThat's optional, for folks who WANT to commute (eg, either want a big house in BFE, or want to live the city life, or whatever). If you want a short commute, it's yours -- if you live in the city, work for one of the many tech companies up there. If you want to work at FB, come be my neighbor and walk to work, I live in a great walkable neighborhood <2mi from FBHQ.
- faang_emp_1 8y agoObviously a throwaway account, but I work at Facebook, on an infrastructure team. I average ~45 hours/week, except for the week I'm oncall, which is about every three months. I probably work 60 hours that week. I get in early (7:30am) and leave early (3 or 3:30), and sometimes I'll review diffs at night, but normally my laptop stays in my trunk when I'm at home. I work hard when I'm at work, and really focus. I don't do a lot of the extra-curricular stuff that you can easily spend your time on. I'm an L6 and last year earned just north $450K with decent performance reviews. I have damn near a million dollars in unvested $FB RSUs, too, so there's almost no chance I'm going to leave for anywhere that won't match that with equally liquid public shares. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- BadassFractal 8y agoWould you mind sharing how long you've been working there and your level of seniority? Would be super interesting to know for at least my reference.
- sheeshkebab 8y agoMy guess 6 to 10 years
- jonmb 8y agoThanks for the response. Sometimes I get the impression that engineers are killing themselves doing nothing but work with occasional sleep, so it's good to hear you're around 45 hours.