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by ipaddr 1494 days ago
How do you filter for that in your job search? Questions during the interview help but it's easy to misunderstand.
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I put together these questions for my job search and they have worked ok for me.

"What has turnover looked like in the past year?"

Sweat shops have high turnover, press for a number for this question.

"What are your on call expectations? How do you manage incidents out of hours? How frequently do incidents like that happen?"

If they don't mention comp time or anything like that during those three questions they probably don't offer it, and if incidents happen with any frequency you can assume you will work a good bit of unplanned overtime.

"How is my work evaluated?"

The harder the criteria here the less likely they use butts in seats management. If it's someone vauge about "how well you collaborate with the team" or similar it's probably a subjective measure probably related to if your butt is where they expect it to be when they look.

Yeah, fair point. I think the best way is using your connections -- i.e. going to work with people you already know and whose opinion you trust.