When I worked at Bloomberg, if you left after 12 hours in a given day, the other developers would mock you by saying:
"What--another half day?"
Ask HN: Typical work hours
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#52When I was working for Google in MTV, I would get to the office around 6am and leave around 3:30pm. I worked early hours to avoid the chaos of the open office. I had ~3 hours of good concentration until most people arrived & the distractions started. As a bonus, I got to pick up my son from elementary school and spend quality time with him. I would often answer email in the evenings. So I ended up working ~9-10 hours…
I work for Google in MTV now. I typically get in around 9:30-10 and leave around 5 with half an hour of lunch and sometimes a trip to the gym in the middle. I never work or read email in the evenings, so I probably average slightly under 7 hours a day. There's no pressure to work more, and I really value and appreciate that. Still, I feel like admitting to enjoying your free time and working ~35 hour weeks is a scand…
Yes, I honestly think that Google was probably the most laid back workplace I've ever experienced. It was like a vacation after my previous job. More pay for 1/2 the work is always a nice tradeoff.
I had come to Google from a small company where I was in the critical path, with a feeling like if I didn't put in 110% all the time, the company could go under. The transition from that environment to being a tiny cog in a giant machine was very liberating. The main reason I answered email in the evenings was that it was a habit from the previous job.
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#54Mostly 8 hours depending on if I get caught up in code and then stay half the evening to get the damn thing working finally again after breaking something critical even though I was just going to change the stylesheet.
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#55Current client's 'official' hours are 9:30 to 6:30 with an hour break.
In reality, I get in as early as I can (When somebody unlocks at ~8:30ish, has occasionally meant sitting outside waiting), and then go home after about 8.5 hours (not including lunch break).
Most other people get into the office when I do, and then leave sometime after.
They don't pay any more than 40 hours, and pay at the very end of the statutory 30 day payment terms. If they want to be sticklers, I can be too.
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#56Varies, but generally between 8 and 6, with some email checking (~15min)at 6am and 10pm.
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#57Bay area startup with 100+ employees. Expected hours are 10am to 9pm, plus a little less on Sundays.
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#58Bay Area office for a SoCal based company with other offices scattered around the US. I work from home M-Th and go into the office on F.
While WFH, I usually start around 8:30 so I can get emails and stuff out of the way before our standing 9:00 sprint meeting. I have quite a bit of flexibility on when I take lunch (some times I eat at my desk while working, some times I eat in the living room watching tv). I wrap up my day around 6ish. Often I am multi-tasking between work and cooking dinner between 5-6.
On Fridays I usually try to get in before 8 because parking is cheaper if I enter before 8. Group lunch is usually about an hour (give or take... depending on how many people are there). I usually leave around 3-4. My boss understands my commute isn't great (neither is his) so he's cool with me cutting out a little early on Friday. He does too. He also works from home most days. If he isn't going to be in on Friday, then I usually don't go in either.
My boss is big on letting your work product show how much you're working. As long as I'm getting my crap done, he doesn't really care if I take a 3 hour lunch and then work at 9PM. Most of the team I work with is spread out, with only three in our office. So working from home is not much different than working from the office. Even at the office, meetings are online, taken at my desk. (Which is weird some times since my office is right next to my boss's office and I can usually hear him through the wall half a second before I hear him on the call.) But it is nice to get some face time with my boss (and coworkers from other teams I'm not on) once in awhile.
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#59Bay area startup with 100+ employees. Expected hours are 10am to 9pm, plus a little less on Sundays.
You are expected to work 11 hours a day for 6 days a week, and then some more on Sunday? A 100+ employee company shouldn't be setting that expectation. No company should be asking that, regardless of size.
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#60Australia: 38 hours per week, fairly flexible as long as I am around for core hours. Can leave to go to shops for lunch.