[TriLUG] Positions with Google in NC

[Mike Shaw]

Wow - that sounds great!  I'm an IBM full-time employee and I can't say I
have as rosie of a picture to paint.  I'm not in a bad area now but I was in
another area that was not that great.  It definitely matters who your boss
is.  But I will still stand by my "let's advertise things better than what
they really are" industry.

On 2/19/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Mike Shaw wrote:
> > Hear! Hear!  I love how the IT business in general loves to promote
> itself
> > as family friendly but anyone with a family who has been in IT knows it
> is
> > all just K-rap.
>
> Not necessarily.  I'm currently contracting at IBM and the work-life
> balance here is very real.  If I need to take some time off to take my
> kid to the doctor for some shots, no problem.  I took off 2 weeks for
> paternity leave when baby #3 was born.  No problem.  Telecommuting is
> encouraged.  Unless something goes drastically wrong or I have change
> management planned, I usually work ~40 hour weeks.
>
> I think a lot of this is because of the flexibility given to first line
> managers here... I think that I just lucked out and got a great boss.  I
> know other people are going to have completely different impressions as
> I've seen some taskmaster bosses who will schedule meetings to START at
> or after 5pm, at or before 8am, etc, on a regular basis without thinking
> anything of it.
>
> We do things together as a team outside of the office from time to time
> but it is often during business hours.  We went as a department to see
> Superman Returns at IMAX.  Two weeks ago, it was bowling on friday.
> These team building activities don't infringe on our precious
> after-hours time.
>
> I'd probably renew my contracts here indefinitely if it weren't for my
> contracting agency, who gets in the way of an otherwise good thing.
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