10-17-2013, 10:16 PM
One thing about the culture here is that most people are actually pretty nice. I've been in much harder cultures. That said, I think they're too nice to some degree - keeping people in roles that are way beyond them. I hear there's changes to that, but they haven't happened yet.
They understand people want to spend time with their families. Amazon, for example, wanted me to commit to 60hr work weeks. No way. That sort of mentality is not uncommon in tech. I had a friend at MS and his manager was family-friendly. Then he got a new manager, and he was the complete opposite.
They say there's changes coming, which would give me a path to progress. But I still just don't see anything happening. For example, two weeks ago I was told some major changes would happen in the next 3-4 days. Not only have no changes occurred, but I asked about them and was told they're for sure going to happen, but not sure when.
They understand people want to spend time with their families. Amazon, for example, wanted me to commit to 60hr work weeks. No way. That sort of mentality is not uncommon in tech. I had a friend at MS and his manager was family-friendly. Then he got a new manager, and he was the complete opposite.
They say there's changes coming, which would give me a path to progress. But I still just don't see anything happening. For example, two weeks ago I was told some major changes would happen in the next 3-4 days. Not only have no changes occurred, but I asked about them and was told they're for sure going to happen, but not sure when.