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I've seen this promoted in subtle ways. At Microsoft, I once saw a VP talk about how a team had worked nights and weekends to make something extraordinary happe
by sriramk 13y ago
I've seen this promoted in subtle ways. At Microsoft, I once saw a VP talk about how a team had worked nights and weekends to make something extraordinary happen and how he was surprised to get emails from them in the middle of the night. I had a private chat with him later of how this encourages the wrong behavior - the key is that great work got done, not the fact that teams worked late nights or that they were on late night email.
- NegativeK 13y agoWhat was the VP's immediate response to the chat? More importantly, what was the VP's long-term response?
- sriramk 13y agoImmediate response - he admitted it was a mistake. Long term - I didn't stay to find out. I doubt anything changed, since this is so deeply engraved in company culture.
- rwg 13y agoAt ${PREVIOUS_JOB}, the director of another department tried to recruit me. One of his selling points was that they often worked insanely late nights and slept at their desks. Considering I was already thinking about quitting my job due to long hours and unrealistic expectations, his pitch didn't exactly woo me.