On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Sruthi Krishnan <srukr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Recently, was talking to someone about my experiences managing a team > > in an IT firm. The established culture was to come at around 11 and > > then work late, till past midnight. I showed up at 8.30 am, cajoled, > > argued but nothing worked to change that culture. > > Pretty much the same thing happened to me with one of the teams I > worked with at Yahoo. I would show up at 9am and the only ones in the > office were the ones who hadn't left yet. Some of those folks are on > this list, and a decade later, are probably now also having their own > #oldfartmoments. :) > While you people are having your #oldfartmoments, I just got back from a "old world" coal-fired power plant and everyone shows up at work at 7:30 am (post-breakfast). Then take a 12:30 to 3pm "siesta" lunch and finally wind up work at 5pm. I was there as a vendor so had to follow that schedule for about 2 weeks. Needless to say, the silver lining was that after starting work at 7:30 am, by lunchtime I felt that I had accomplished a full day's work already! Can I say #addicted? Will try this at office, but cannot expect anyone else to show up! - Vinit
