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I’d rather just pick one that pays the most while letting me keep sane work hours of 8-9 hours per weekday and doesn’t have 24hr on-call schedule for one perso
by crossroadsguy 5y ago
I’d rather just pick one that pays the most while letting me keep sane work hours of 8-9 hours per weekday and doesn’t have 24hr on-call schedule for one person during that person’s on-call rotation.
Quit Uber in 3 months - simply the most pathetic work-life balance I’ve experienced. What a toxic place! What made me sad that I had taken Uber BLR over Fb London.
Worked at an Indian startup for few years - it was balanced. Nothing great, nothing shitty.
Working at a USA startup currently who flat out lied about timing and timezone requirements which I was specific about - so after some time I sent a polite but firm fuck you email one day after mass rejecting all the odd hour meetings from my calendar and setting my google calendar to reject anything after 6pm automatically everyday. They have stopped bothering me but I’m the exception there. It’s a very uncomfortable silence. So leaving soon.
Samsung was really nice. I appreciate the place in hindsight now. Disliked back then. What a blessing it was that let alone work I couldn’t even access email from out of office. And 9-5 was the norm even for managers and higher management.
Yeah, I’m done with the rhetoric of challenge, excitement, ownership, and shit like that that are just buzzwords used as fronts for exploitation. Will take work-life balance over and above anything today.
- icco 5y agoHaven't worked at these places, but heavy +1 to "take work-life balance over and above anything". Currently, I've realized I'm willing to take about a $50k pay cut for better work life balance, and I can only put up with bad balance for about two weeks. When I was younger, I'd put up with all kinds of shit, but now it's never worth it.
- gaws 5y ago> What made me sad that I had taken Uber BLR over Fb London. You absolutely fucked up there. I hope you can recover.