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How about leaving your employees alone on Friday nights and weekends.

• borski 14y ago
  We don't force any of our employees to hang out with us (or work) on Friday nights and weekends. Often, I want to hang out with the team, because they'are awesome, but none of it is forced. We don't work weekends except in (rare) major pushes.
  • tptacek 14y ago
    I love hanging out with my team. But I'm more proud of the fact that you don't have to hang out with us for us to spot your ability and extend an offer. And so we have some people in the office who hang out together, and some people who get in early and leave at 4.30. I'm very proud to have a culture that works for both kinds of people. It's one of the nicest things Patrick McKenzie ever said about us: they're friendly, happy people who get social license to join the Dark Side, do smart stuff all day, and then go home while it is still light out.
  • peacewise 14y ago
    In that case, I don't think it is super effective to focus on cases that rarely happen. Interesting read: http://blog.prettylittlestatemachine.com/blog/2013/02/20/what-your-culture-really-says http://blog.prettylittlestatemachine.com/blog/2013/02/20/wha...
    • borski 14y ago
      The metaphor is not meant to be taken literally. It's a way of checking whether the person excites you and is someone you look forward to working with / being around.