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Are you kidding? The worst pay, worst perks, and worst working environment I ever had was at a large defense contractor, and I didn't see any of our competitor
by vonmoltke 8y ago
Are you kidding? The worst pay, worst perks, and worst working environment I ever had was at a large defense contractor, and I didn't see any of our competitors offering anything better. Almost any established tech company can beat them easily.
- itronitron 8y agoyes, I think this is because defense contractors want (or feel obligated) to be like DoD which is in the unique position of being able to prevent its 'employees' from quitting.
- magduf 8y agoWhat are you talking about? Defense jobs, at least on the east coast, have 1) regular working hours (no unpaid overtime), 2) generally very high pay, depending on exactly what you're doing, because not that many people can acquire and hang onto a clearance. Also, 3) lots of vacation, including all the Federal holidays, and never any trouble actually using that vacation unlike so many other companies. All the stuff I read about "established tech companies" like Google and Apple is pretty horrific by comparison (like Apple's new "panopticon" HQ). I think Silicon Valley people have some pretty severe myopia when it comes to jobs outside the valley.
- username90 8y ago> All the stuff I read about "established tech companies" like Google What did you read about Google? I have never seen an article stating that they overwork their employees, but I have seen articles saying that they encourage people to work less.