| > And realized how bad it looked when I would schlep in at post-930 (not just for me, but for my boss and our team.
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> Problem solved. I was in this sort of situation too. I know it sounds bad to say "I solved my personal problem by quitting", but I think in my case it was justified, and that sometimes it's a very good idea. I never came in after 10:30, which is not all that late, especially considering I left at around 7 and did plenty of work at home. I added a ton of modern infrastructure to their application. I wrote documentation on everything. I introduced unit testing. I did weekly training classes for the other developers. I helped anyone that had any problem. (I also wrote code!) I never even got a "thanks" for this. Instead, I got lectures about not being a "team player". (Apparently a "team player" is someone who warms their chair early in the morning, not someone who goes out of his way to help the other team members.) Anyway, I just wanted to provide some contrast here. Sometimes it's in your best interest to be a good little employee and do whatever your superiors tell you. Other times, it's best to tell them to fuck off and die. (And for the record, the job I got after that one is my current job. Nobody has had this conversation with me, and I love them as a result :) |