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by boopboop
5292 days ago
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I'm disappointed to see such harsh, judgmental attitudes with regards to this close-knit and supportive company culture. With the countless stories of poor management and toxic work environments, we should applaud and encourage companies that do their best to respect employees. Why such hostility? |
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In my opinion, 2 of the most prevalent contributors to a toxic work environment in tech are micromanagement and long hours. Now in regards to this ad...
Micromanagement - To me this reeks of micromanagement. Firstly they depict an environment where you seemingly have a step by step plan as to how you need to go about your day. They even have a culture to manage and work you during your lunch break... "we all eat together; this is another opportunity to keep up to date on what is happening outside your team". Also, the "talking to a pre-schooler" tone of the ad doesn't help either - saying thing like "grab your buddy" are not how you address a professional.
Long hours - So at lunch you essentially are at a work meeting with food and then at 7 you have dinner which based upon how lunch goes is probably also a work meeting. And not only that when a company serves you dinner it usually is because they are expecting that you are staying to do some work later. So just by the ad you have no real breaks and are working 9-8 (11 hours) and probably more after dinner.
Now I'm not trying to say you are wrong - just the way that I personally interpret this, it epitomizes many of the things wrong with many tech companies. I'm glad that they are upfront though - most employers mention this kind of stuff after you've taken the offer.