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Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo (www.cnbc.com)

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Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo::Employees said they were eager to share the HR representative's response with their relatives.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (18 children)

This is true for most technology always-on businesses... Also why they get paid a ton in most cases

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (16 children)

But should it be true? Why should businesses people work for expect or require them to use more than the minimum amount of time required for a full-time job, which should be lower anyway?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

As an almost FAANG sized company engineer, I stay because I have work to do.

They ask me: Hey RedditWanderer, how much money /people and how long will it take to do this? I'm free to say whatever number, but I need to hit it. And when I don't, I often feel personally responsible that I wasn't able to foresee delays. They pay me a lot to get it right so I work a lot to look like I'm right.

On top of that the studio is like a 4 star hotel. Running late and would like to finish this one thing? That's cool they'll cook me food and pay my cab home. Got this project right? Here's $80,000 worth of stock as bonus. Don't feel like working today? Then just don't come to work. It's all about the social contract that they'll let me do whatever I want because they'll know I'll do as much as I can.

I'm not saying it's the proper way to do anything, and I definitely don't expect my teams to stay late. Ideally I do my job well and nobody (aside maybe for me) needs to feel like they should work later.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Your talk of providing estimates just reminds me of this scene from Star Trek TNG.

Geordi La Forge: I told the Captain I'd have this analysis done in an hour.

Scotty: How long will it really take?

Geordi La Forge: An hour!

Scotty: Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would 'really' take, did ya?

Geordi La Forge: Well, of course I did.

Scotty: Oh, laddie. You've got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker.

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