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#1 Would you work at say Epic?
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:36 am
by Ace Pace
Simple question, on one hand, you have the following benefits:
Epic paid medical and dental insurance
Epic funded health reimbursement account
Epic paid life, accidental death & dismemberment and long term disability insurance
401(k) plan with generous match and profit sharing
12 days paid vacation in the first year, increasing to 15 days thereafter
7 paid holidays
Paid sick leave
Flexible work hours; employees must be present during core hours, which are currently 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
On the other hand, you have crunch time, where people routinely work 7 days a week, 18 hours a day, sleep in the office and eat junk food by the truck load.
I'd do it.
#2
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:37 am
by Cynical Cat
How often is cruch time?
#3
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:39 am
by Ace Pace
Cynical Cat wrote:How often is cruch time?
Depends on the company and dev team, asumming you work in one team, you'd have a crunch time every 2-3 years. If you worked at EA, well...there was the ea_spouse thing, where apprently they live for crunch time.
For example, Epic's Gears of War team probebly finshed a crunch time the past few months getting the title out of the door, but now they have a few months easy living then the next project starts up.
#4
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:41 am
by Cynical Cat
I'm aware of EA's constant crunch, that's why I asked. If crunch time is a distinct minority of my work time, yes, definitely.
#5
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:45 am
by Dark Silver
Depending, if I liked the team I was on, and I liked the project, and with the given benefits.
Hell yes I'd work the crunch time once every year or two, especially if it paid well.
#6
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:24 am
by Destructionator XV
If I was asked to do a crunch time, I'd say "fuck you" and hand in my resignation on the spot. I don't need to deal with that bullshit; if I was able to get that job, it means I have marketable skills that are in demand. I'll set the terms.
Then go apply at Fog Creek or Microsoft.
#7
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:17 am
by Mayabird
If I was a young computer programmer pretty fresh out of school with no family (and that's critical) I'd do it. I'd be getting good benefits, start on retirement funds, be getting work experience, etc. However, once I decided to have kids, I'd have to go somewhere else, because crunch time and little kids just don't mix. So it'd be a job for the first few years, and then I'd move on.
But that's just me.
#8
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:17 am
by elderdan
Destructionator XV wrote:Then go apply at Fog Creek or Microsoft.
...you think there's no crunch time at MSFT?
--The Elder Dan