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No doubt. But at least bow people can drop the “working hard act”. We all know how little you guys work. Previously people would take new tasks on weekly basis
by nextlevelwizard 3y ago
No doubt. But at least bow people can drop the “working hard act”. We all know how little you guys work.
Previously people would take new tasks on weekly basis, now every single task takes the whole sprint.
And no, there is nothing that can be done since labor laws haven’t been updated and most likely won’t be before we hit AGI. I just wish I could coast like my colleagues or had the balls to start another job on the side
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoI’m good at asserting myself at work. I’m no workaholic and no company man. But I like to get a lot done and move quickly. Like how some people actually enjoy running. So I went to a seed stage startup.
- nextlevelwizard 3y agoI wouldn’t call myself a workaholic either. I do my 38 hours and be done, but often it feels like there is couple people who do all of the work and then bunch of free loaders who struggle with any task for weeks just because they know they can get away with it
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoYou shouldn’t envy people who are slacking. If it’s causing you trouble then it sounds like a management issue. Or maybe you just want to slack off, in which case you should.
- nextlevelwizard 3y agoJust more that when you get replaced by AI it should not come as a surprise
- echelon 3y agoI really got this sense at my last job. Folks became emboldened to do way less work. Or take on busy work and proclaim it as important. Previously you'd see lots of people hanging around at the office at 8 and 9 PM still working, often even white boarding solutions and having meetings. In WFH, you'd never see folks online and responses would take time. Sprint productivity definitely dropped. I think WFH == work 20 hours or less for a whole lot of people. We had hundreds of people tenured 6 - 10 years at the place, and they immediately started dropping and finding other work. I'm now at a startup and we're working nights and weekends. It's a much better environment. WFH is going to calcify and sink a lot of companies.
- nextlevelwizard 3y agoSince I am European we don’t have that kind of work culture. No one did overtime unless they wanted to take some extra time off. But effectively yes it feels like most people are doing around 4 hours of work per day. In the beginning it was funny to see people literally playing WoW in the middle of the day
- rangestransform 3y agoIt’s good that people are emboldened to work less hours, so that those of us working normal hours don’t feel the need or pressure to work nights and weekends
- echelon 3y agoI was making over $400k doing critical five nines engineering on billion dollar payment flows. We had excellent engineering culture and the stock was going up too, so all told I was fine with it. I'd understand if it was doing plumbing at a departmental business cost center, though.
- shrimp_emoji 3y agoI feel seen and attacked.