Hi, zoom employee here. I have been at the company for almost 2 years and have been expected to regularly take 630-7 AM and 10-1030 PM meetings 4 days a week. We regularly work with overseas engineering teams. our engineering team is based in China and more engineering jobs are going to India this year and the culture is making a turn for even worse. My engineering team is expected to regularly take meetings with overseas teams at these odd hours. Im no stranger to long hours and owning my work, but mandatory meetings early morning and late night and not being empowered with a choice to reschedule the meeting on our terms is taking a toll on me and my team. I have worked hard with my manager and done my best to make it work, but my manager and his boss are being crushed as well and its been characterized as “its tough for me too” People joke about TikTok and Bytedance being 996 Chinese owned companies but knowing folks from these companies, Zoom’s mandatory meeting hours and culture are arguably worse. I had no clue before I joined and I don’t think I asked the right questions to dig deep and find these issues. The decision to keep engineering jobs in China and India is from the executives and there isnt much I can do. I am looking to make a change and currently exploring FAANG as well as several other tech companies. Any teams or companies with possibly worse culture that I should avoid? TL;DR: if youre looking to join Zoom as a top talent, its not worth it. You will be milked. Look elsewhere TC: 340k 12 YOE #tech #zoom #hours #wlb #meta #amazon #microsoft #google #netflix #apple
Damn seems like zoom is 996, Chinese founder after all. Anywhere else is probably better. Among FAANG teams I've been on Meta was worst, Amazon and Google about same, YMMV but blind is very negative about 🍌 for some reason
Amazon is trash
I’m expecting a ZP2 offer soon and this is scaring me. Is 180 to 250 tc worth the move? Am I grunted this terrible wlb or could I get lucky with a different team? Lol
I don't disagree with anything you've posted. I hate this shit. I've been lied to.
@OP may I know what team are you part of? Also your timezone?
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