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So do you get to go home 45-90 minutes earlier then? I think that is what the original comment was questioning.

ddcompc 8y ago
You are treated like an adult so you "get to go home" whenever you choose to go home. Seriously, if you're working somewhere where people care what time you go home, you can really do better!
jogjayr 8y ago
Most software companies in the Bay Area have flexible time. Just like everywhere else, Google SWEs don't punch a clock. You go home when you feel you've done as much as you can for the day.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  I'm jealous; my current job is billed by the hour, so I have to be able to describe every hour I've worked. Mind you that's usually a fixed 8 hour / day logged on project X, so having to write them down isn't a problem. But I can't go home early without feeling guilt; I mean I can, but that also means I have to do overtime sometime else in the month, to make sure the hours all check out at the end of the month.
  - quickthrower2 8y ago
    You have to describe every hour, but not necessarily work every hour.
- njepa 8y ago
  Many places allow you to set your own hours when things are good. The real questions is things like if you get in early to beat traffic and something happens in the afternoon can you still leave without being considered "not a team player" for not "just fixing that thing we need for the meeting tomorrow"? Is the same true if you didn't get in early?
  - jogjayr 8y ago
    Not many things are so urgent they can't wait until the following day. But if something like that did come up, you could just leave at your regular time and continue working at home to fix the problem.
paxys 8y ago
"Free food" mainly means free breakfast, lunch, coffee and snacks. Hardly anyone I know stays late for dinner.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  It is nice to know you're being taken care of in the (hopefully rare) cases you do have to work late. And there's probably people working in ops that have an evening shift.
- hopler 8y ago
  Are you over 30? Dinner is big for young/single people who don't want to cook/clean or go out every day, and who like to sleep late.
QuercusMax 8y ago
I typically work ~8-4, with some occasional time in the evenings. So, yes.

You are treated like an adult so you "get to go home" whenever you choose to go home. Seriously, if you're working somewhere where people care what time you go home, you can really do better!

jogjayr 8y ago

Most software companies in the Bay Area have flexible time. Just like everywhere else, Google SWEs don't punch a clock. You go home when you feel you've done as much as you can for the day.

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
I'm jealous; my current job is billed by the hour, so I have to be able to describe every hour I've worked. Mind you that's usually a fixed 8 hour / day logged on project X, so having to write them down isn't a problem. But I can't go home early without feeling guilt; I mean I can, but that also means I have to do overtime sometime else in the month, to make sure the hours all check out at the end of the month.
- quickthrower2 8y ago
  You have to describe every hour, but not necessarily work every hour.
njepa 8y ago
Many places allow you to set your own hours when things are good. The real questions is things like if you get in early to beat traffic and something happens in the afternoon can you still leave without being considered "not a team player" for not "just fixing that thing we need for the meeting tomorrow"? Is the same true if you didn't get in early?
- jogjayr 8y ago
  Not many things are so urgent they can't wait until the following day. But if something like that did come up, you could just leave at your regular time and continue working at home to fix the problem.

paxys 8y ago

"Free food" mainly means free breakfast, lunch, coffee and snacks. Hardly anyone I know stays late for dinner.

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
It is nice to know you're being taken care of in the (hopefully rare) cases you do have to work late. And there's probably people working in ops that have an evening shift.
hopler 8y ago
Are you over 30? Dinner is big for young/single people who don't want to cook/clean or go out every day, and who like to sleep late.

QuercusMax 8y ago

I typically work ~8-4, with some occasional time in the evenings. So, yes.