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Yeah this part was laughable. Fresh-out-of-school lawyers, accountant, and business-types are routinely expected to work 80-100 hour weeks at large firms. I ha
by rqebmm 12y ago
Yeah this part was laughable. Fresh-out-of-school lawyers, accountant, and business-types are routinely expected to work 80-100 hour weeks at large firms.
I have a friend who worked at Goldman Sachs up until their manager called them on Christmas Eve and demanded they drop everything and get to the airport ASAP for a big meeting. There was no meeting and upon reaching the airport they were told their job was safe and to go home and enjoy their Christmas. Those who did not report were fired upon returning from vacation.
Do we hear about that kind of stuff ever happening to devs? (Well, outside the gaming industry)
- jiggy2011 12y agoThat sounds shitty, but I assume Goldman Sachs employees are at least well compensated for it.
- kooshball 12y agoNot really. Fresh grad Wall Street analysts are paid probably comparable or worse than first year google engineers. You don't start making good money until much later on from bonuses. And at that point no one will call you in for a Christmas Day meeting...
- jiggy2011 12y agoSure, but then aren't those first few years of pain the price of admission to a cushy bonus and a free Christmas?
- steanne 12y agoif they live. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/22/moritz-erhardt-merrill-lynch-intern-dead-inquest http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/22/moritz-erhar...
- ForHackernews 12y ago> Fresh grad Wall Street analysts are paid probably comparable or worse than first year google engineers. Maybe in terms of base salary, but Wall Street jobs frequently pay out an additional 50-100% of that base salary in bonus. It might be a case of $110,000 salary at Google vs. $100,000 salary + $100,000 bonus at JP Morgan.
- hartator 12y agoI would say that's maybe one of the reasons this company had crashed.