- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Read a bit lower, and there are promises of perks galore: competitive compensation, free meals, free gym membership, free health and dental care and so on. But then comes the catch.
Each job ad contains a warning: “Please don’t join if you’re not excited about… working ~70 hrs/week in person with some of the most ambitious people in NYC.”
The website belongs to Rilla, a New York-based tech business which sells AI-based systems that allow employers to monitor sales representatives when they are out and about, interacting with clients.
The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore.
In simple terms, it puts a premium on long working hours, typically 9am to 9pm, six days a week (hence “996”).
No.
You see? The work-week is 40 hour. Anything after that is a no go for me unless extreme cases happen. In fact, we have laws here limiting the number of extra hours that can be done a year to 200-something. I’d run out of extra hours for the year in a month.
In fact, the correct approach is to ask your employees why are they doing overtime. My boss will ask why I stayed for later than my shift if I do overtime. Not because it’s a bad thing, but because, if I do on a regular basis, it means we are understaffed and he needs to hire someone else.
But I realize I live in a developed country, with rights and all that socialist stuff.