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Productivity is only a compelling argument if employees keep working the same hours, which they shouldn't unless they get paid more: producing more without any
by frenchman99 7y ago
Productivity is only a compelling argument if employees keep working the same hours, which they shouldn't unless they get paid more: producing more without any more salary is just another way of working for free. And while remote work has its upsides, it has its downsides too: loneliness is one that I've experienced myself and heard other colleagues mention.
- bitL 7y agoUsually FAANG's competitive culture pushes developers to stay week-long at the office: https://www.teamblind.com/post/Every-Engineer-in-my-team-at-Facebook-works-on-weekends-and-nights-w0HKZ7Mv https://www.teamblind.com/post/Every-Engineer-in-my-team-at-... I cope with loneliness by throwing parties inviting people I don't know but am somehow connected with, either via language studies, art clubs, hobbies etc. I partied with billionaires, professors from Princeton etc. that way.
- joshuamorton 7y agoI'm in the minority of people who I work with who check my email on weekends. Going into the office is practically unheard of. I've visited Google offices occasionally on weekends, and they're ghost towns.
- bitL 7y agoGoogle is different to other FAANGs though even there e.g. SREs might be pretty overloaded at times.
- gowld 7y agoYou are citing someone from Amazon suprised at their Facebook experience. So it's obviously not "usually FAANG's competitive culture"