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Doesn't really seem meaningful when you can get a remote position at pretty much any company right now. As long as you're high performing you can work well belo
by teaearlgraycold 5y ago
Doesn't really seem meaningful when you can get a remote position at pretty much any company right now. As long as you're high performing you can work well below 40 hours, work pretty much whatever schedule you want, and everyone's happy.
- ui4jd73bdj 5y agoDefinitely an easier to apologize than to ask for permission kind of thing.
- mypalmike 5y ago"Sorry I was skiing in Vail when I said I would be working. Oops."
- teaearlgraycold 5y agoObviously don't make it so you couldn't get back to your computer within an hour. But that still gives you a ton of options for things to do and a way higher quality of life than almost all workers have.
- ceras 5y agoThe team doesn't work Fridays. Even if in other roles you can get by with < 40 hours, you'll be hard pressed to fully disconnect from work on Fridays. Having clear 3-days weekends every week is much nicer than just trying to take it easy but being available all 5 days, IMO. That said, in the nominally-40hr roles you won't get paid less, so YMMV on what's better
- rxhernandez 5y agoFWIW, it's incredibly rare for someone to bug me on a Friday in my 5+ years of remote work across 3 companies (medical devices, scientific devices, and blockchain) in 3 completely separate stages of their life (early startup, mature startup, and 60+ year old established company).
- User23 5y agoSo rare you're willing to spend Friday working hours driving to your three day weekend getaway?
- teaearlgraycold 5y agoI'd feel comfortable taking off at 2pm on a Friday without notice. Not the same as the whole day off but way better than most people have it.
- johnfn 5y agoThis is definitely not true. Most companies with Slack or similar services will expect you to be generally available 40 hours a week.