Which locations have better work life balance? I heard that in East coast work life is better as compared to west coast where there is heavy slugging with long hours. Is that true? Are there more comp differences? Is working in NY, DC, Virginia better than in SF bay area and Seattle and Austin? #tech #faang
Total opposite IME. West coast is king. And I don’t even work at a company with many west coast employees. The key is expectations. Staying up late beats getting up early almost every time. Nobody expects anyone to get up at 5am for a meeting. But they will expect you to stay online until 8pm.
I feel like this depends on your team location and yours, as well as the hours you like to work. If you’re in the Bay Area but work with a team in NYC maybe you can work early (for you) and not work later into the evening. In general I do feel like central and eastern teams have better WLB.
^ this I start working at 6:30 or 7am and I'm off at ~3pm, leaving a good part of the afternoon open (Not Amazon)