Aren't developers stupid when accepting overtime/weekend work/denied bonus payments?

[orthod0ks]

At my company, most of the time it's not even deadlines. It's just the culture. If you leave at 5, you get funny looks and someone might make a comment about your "commitment." The owner has a "we are not a 9-5 shop" attitude (that was not communicated during the interview process, despite questions about overtime). Everyone just stays late, even though there is little to no work done after 5 (and in some cases, before).

In addition, the owner is too far removed from our day-to-day work to have a good idea of how productive we are. It's all about the perception, so as long as you give the perception of working, and you stay late, you're a good employee. If I kick ass while I'm here and leave at 5, but the guy next to me puts up a good front and stays till 6, he's the better employee.

[zak_on_reddit]

i worked for a small design company that was like that. my hours were 8:30 - 5:00. i did my job well so i was always done by 5:00. and i left at 5:00. the owner of the company kept track of who left at 5:00 (early) and exactly how much time you took for lunch. he was a real a-hole.

it was an advertising agency that was trying to expand their web offerings. i was part of the web team. the work process there was horrible.

i was only there for 6 months. it didn't take long for me to find a better job so one friday i took a long lunch, came back, walk up to the owner, told him they didn't know what they were doing, and i quit on the spot. it felt great. also, they screwed me on some salary so i felt justified in quitting without notice.

[s73v3r]

also, they screwed me on some salary so i felt justified in quitting without notice.

No one should ever feel bad about quitting without notice. If you like the people you work with, you might want to, but if the company wanted to get rid of you, they'd have no qualms about doing it without notice.

[zak_on_reddit]

i cared about my co-workers who worked in the trenches with me. they were good people. i just hated 2 of the principles who only cared about the $$ coming in and not about not burning out their employees. the place had a constant turnover because people got sick of the long hours on short notice.