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"But, let's forget about having family or being married for a minute. 5:30 as an on average time for going home should be acceptable for everyone -- single or n
by quanticle 15y ago
"But, let's forget about having family or being married for a minute. 5:30 as an on average time for going home should be acceptable for everyone -- single or not single ... family or no family -- assuming you don't come into the office everyday at 11 a.m."
Frankly, though, a lot of us do come into the office at 11 a.m. (or sometimes even later), and are happy with working later hours in exchange.
- mhurron 15y agoAt which point the article becomes more about working your 8 hour day and leaving. I doubt your happy to work until 11pm or midnight for the privilege of showing up at 11am.
- scarmig 15y agoOne advantage is that getting in at 11am usually means it's more difficult to bully you into staying past when you should be leaving.
- nandemo 15y agoCan you clarify who is "us"? Facebook employees? Or programmers working in American tech companies in general? I live in Japan. In 99% of Japanese companies, and even most of the foreign ones, there's no such thing as flexible working hours. I'm curious to know how common it is in the US.