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Better pay gets confiscated in taxes for the most part, also outside Silicon Valley you can have tremendous wage insecurity, on top of that you can be owned, mo
by shams93 11y ago
Better pay gets confiscated in taxes for the most part, also outside Silicon Valley you can have tremendous wage insecurity, on top of that you can be owned, most employers expected literally 20 hours a day, 7 days a week work down here for 40 hours pay, when you are doing more than double overtime it starts to look more like slavery than employment.
- mattlutze 11y agoI'm curious, where is this that it was seen acceptable to demand 140 hours a week?
- mikerichards 11y agoNowhere. I would say he was using hyperbole, but since he said "literally", he's straight out lying.
- markc 11y ago>also outside Silicon Valley you can have tremendous wage insecurity Oh, puleeez. I doubt you meant it so broadly, but this comes across as having a very insular view of the tech landscape. There's really no "wage insecurity" for a decent engineer in NYC, DC area, Seattle, Boston, Raleigh-Durham, etc. etc. either (sorry if I left your awesome tech hub out..). If anyone finds themselves in a 20h/day situation and can't find a local alternative, then you'll need to move or find a remote gig. 140h/week might happen for short sprints, but if it's sustained then you're a fool for staying.