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Reading all of these comments with personal hours is kind of blowing my mind. I always thought people in tech had easy cushy jobs? Personally, I am at the offic

Reading all of these comments with personal hours is kind of blowing my mind. I always thought people in tech had easy cushy jobs? Personally, I am at the office 5-6 hours a day (at a major company). Sure there are some rough weeks, but even then, 50 hours at most. Just today I was at the office from 1030 and left at 3, spending a half hour at lunch. On average, probably 35-40 hours at the office, with an hour spent playing games during lunch most days. On Fridays we might spend 2 hours at lunch and always, always ends at least 2 hours early (I might hang out at the office during this time, but never doing work). Many of the employees with kids might be at the office 3.5 days a week on average. This is at a big company in the US.

heuan 12y ago
Thanks for the comment - I wanted a little more information about your work - did you have to search extensively/move a far away for this type of employer? Also what kind of words would the employer use to describe these working conditions (looks like its beyond normal "flexitime" arrangements) so that others might find them too?
- laxatives 12y ago
  This is my first fulltime job, having just graduated in December and spending most of January traveling. It was actually the only job I got an offer -- it was near the top of my list of choices but I was still pretty disappointed. I probably applied to maybe 300 places over the course of a year, but after getting an offer (following an internship over the summer) I probably only applied to 3-5 places I was serious about. The employer doesn't use any words to describe it, its just part of the culture I guess. Just get your work done, no one cares when you're in the office. We have a scrum meeting we're expected to attend and a few sprints meetings/allhands, but everything else we are free to schedule whatever suits us best. Initially I was a little disappointed about how little vacation time I was getting, but I've taken a few days off and have never been docked days from my balance.

heuan 12y ago

Thanks for the comment - I wanted a little more information about your work - did you have to search extensively/move a far away for this type of employer? Also what kind of words would the employer use to describe these working conditions (looks like its beyond normal "flexitime" arrangements) so that others might find them too?

laxatives 12y ago
This is my first fulltime job, having just graduated in December and spending most of January traveling. It was actually the only job I got an offer -- it was near the top of my list of choices but I was still pretty disappointed. I probably applied to maybe 300 places over the course of a year, but after getting an offer (following an internship over the summer) I probably only applied to 3-5 places I was serious about. The employer doesn't use any words to describe it, its just part of the culture I guess. Just get your work done, no one cares when you're in the office. We have a scrum meeting we're expected to attend and a few sprints meetings/allhands, but everything else we are free to schedule whatever suits us best. Initially I was a little disappointed about how little vacation time I was getting, but I've taken a few days off and have never been docked days from my balance.