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If getting home by 5.30 is important, you should look into moving to Sweden, 6 hour work day ? Also free health care and blondes!

by panon 12y ago

seivan 12y ago
Not for Software Engineers. Never for software engineers.
- ido 12y ago
  In Austria and Germany ~40h/week work weeks are common even for developers (lived more than 8 years in both combined and worked as a programmer in several companies almost this entire time). Usually If you work more than 40h in one week you can compensate by working fewer hours in the next one. I think this is common to all EU countries, save for maybe the UK (don't know, but they seem to be a bit less socialist than continental western europe).
  - Xophmeister 12y ago
    The EU's Working Time Directive provides a right to work no more than 48hrs per week. In my experience, while I agree that here in the UK it's a little less socialist, I believe it's rare to see excessive hours. Most (anecdotally) office workers work around 40hrs/week; including developers and engineers.
    - wastedhours 12y ago
      I'm in the UK, do 37 hours, home by 4.45 each day, don't let anyone tell you you need to work every hour in the day to succeed.
      - GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
        Same here, apart from I'm home by 6pm, but I cruise in at 10am
        hobo_mark 12y ago
        A hearty fuck you on behalf of all European engineers doing unpaid overtime :)
        wastedhours 12y ago
        And a hearty fuck you you should give to those making you do unpaid overtime :)
- LaurensBER 12y ago
  Most European software teams have a strict "no over time" policy that's both respected and enforced. Some company's even turn off the Astrix and e-mail servers at night. We all know what kind of shit code you produce after working to long, it's not helping anyone if you do that every week. Engineering should be striving towards excellence, not creating more shit and more work for everyone.
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- fatihdonmez 12y ago
  blondes?
- panon 12y ago
  Nah, we never get the blondes :(

If getting home by 5.30 is important, you should look into moving to Sweden, 6 hour work day ? Also free health care and blondes!

by panon 12y ago

If getting home by 5.30 is important, you should look into moving to Sweden, 6 hour work day ? Also free health care and blondes!

seivan 12y ago

Not for Software Engineers. Never for software engineers.

ido 12y ago
In Austria and Germany ~40h/week work weeks are common even for developers (lived more than 8 years in both combined and worked as a programmer in several companies almost this entire time). Usually If you work more than 40h in one week you can compensate by working fewer hours in the next one. I think this is common to all EU countries, save for maybe the UK (don't know, but they seem to be a bit less socialist than continental western europe).
- Xophmeister 12y ago
  The EU's Working Time Directive provides a right to work no more than 48hrs per week. In my experience, while I agree that here in the UK it's a little less socialist, I believe it's rare to see excessive hours. Most (anecdotally) office workers work around 40hrs/week; including developers and engineers.
  - wastedhours 12y ago
    I'm in the UK, do 37 hours, home by 4.45 each day, don't let anyone tell you you need to work every hour in the day to succeed.
    - GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
      Same here, apart from I'm home by 6pm, but I cruise in at 10am
      - hobo_mark 12y ago
        A hearty fuck you on behalf of all European engineers doing unpaid overtime :)
        wastedhours 12y ago
        And a hearty fuck you you should give to those making you do unpaid overtime :)
LaurensBER 12y ago
Most European software teams have a strict "no over time" policy that's both respected and enforced. Some company's even turn off the Astrix and e-mail servers at night. We all know what kind of shit code you produce after working to long, it's not helping anyone if you do that every week. Engineering should be striving towards excellence, not creating more shit and more work for everyone.
- deleted 12y ago
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fatihdonmez 12y ago
blondes?
panon 12y ago
Nah, we never get the blondes :(