(1) Are you allowed to work from home occasionally? (2) When do you arrive at and leave the office? (3) How often do you work more than 8 hours? (4) Do you ever work on weekends?
Yes, 9 and 4, can’t remember the last time, never
1 and 2 aren’t really big issues in my team. The biggest challenge at FB is that noone ever really disconnects. Constant posts, diff review requests, mesenger messages and work quickly trickles into your home. I’m on the lighter side but I would say for my team and around the averages are 60-70 hours a week. I’ve yet to see a weekend go by without many posts and diffs.
How about during vacations? Is it OK to ignore all the messages and catch up later?
It is, but it’s a pain; I do a little email checking and replying even when I’m on vacation. Not because I’m expected to, but for my own sanity when I’m back. If I ever do take parental leave, I’ll make sure to delegate everything so nothing important comes my way
Wednesday is wfh at Facebook. Most people do except the ones who hate to cook. Haha. 10 to 6 Usually never. Nah.
just shipped 400 lines of code this weekend.
there are some teams with good wlb, but eventually their projects will be taken by teams with bad wlb. we are taking projects over from some team with good wlb.
wlb for first 2 yrs can really bad 60 hrs atleast
One major issue that contributes to bad WLB at Facebook is the traffic around normal business hours. You’ll burn crazy hours trying to get to and from of the campus at a decent hour. You can either arrive early:stay late and get a few more hours of work in or spend the time sitting in traffic.
1- twice a week is ok on my team 2- arrive by 8, leave at 4, work once I'm home 3- often 4-not uncommon
1) yes 2) sure 3) no 4) no
Am I missing something here :( I’m confused. 2 and 3 aren’t really yes or no questions?
Twitter guy responding to a fb wlb post to which a fb guy is confused? Lol wut?