"And from a professional stand point, I would be concerned over the effectiveness and success of any department I'm in if the deliverables were constantly needing people to stay late to get done in time; it's a sign of a broken process and instead of putting up with it being broken, take some initiative to fix it or get a new job. Because any department that operates like that is eventually going to go down in flames and I'm not interested in being part of that drama."
This is why contracting worked out so much better for me. I was in Software, and if you are only working 45 hours a week you are a slacker who is going to get fired. *All* the places I worked (except Cisco) had broken processes and death-march projects were the norm. I decided that if this was the lay of the land, then I was damn well going to get paid for all those hours. It was also easier for me to leave the emotions at home.
And yes, most of those places do not exist anymore.
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Date: 2008-09-18 05:04 pm (UTC)This is why contracting worked out so much better for me. I was in Software, and if you are only working 45 hours a week you are a slacker who is going to get fired. *All* the places I worked (except Cisco) had broken processes and death-march projects were the norm. I decided that if this was the lay of the land, then I was damn well going to get paid for all those hours. It was also easier for me to leave the emotions at home.
And yes, most of those places do not exist anymore.