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>>> Hi there - I just recently graduated from college with a BSEE and have
>>> been working at a new job since then. My employers is incredibly
>>> flexible about my hours - as long as I put in an average of 8 hours
>>> per day and am there by 10 or 11 they're happy. Also, there is no
>>> dress code and most people just wear shorts and t-shirts.
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>>> My question is this: Is this a typical working environment for EEs?
>>> When I interviewed with other companies, they all seemed much more
>>> formal, so maybe I'm just lucky? Or maybe companies just try to be
>>> really serious during the interview process?
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> It depends.
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> 1. From the business standpoint, it is obviously more convenient for the
> company to have you at work from 7 till 5 and wearing the appropriate dress.
> Thus you should consider the casual dress and flexible hours as a form of a
> benefit. But nobody gives benefits for free. So, if they allow you something
> like that, they are planning to make you work hard for it, and the other
> benefits and rewards are likely to be smaller.
You are cynic to think everything has a tradeoff, and that the company is "out to get you."
> 2. There are formal rules, and there are the informal rules also. What is
> allowed to the senior engineer is not tolerable from the freshman right from
> the college.
We all have our limits. I never wanted to see more than one guy clipping his toenails with his feet on his desk. But there was always room for other people's unique behavior.
> 3. The important thing for making the career is the old good ass licking.
> That means you have to be at work earlier then the boss, and you can go home
> only after the boss. It doesn't matter if John Larkin is walking around the
> office naked wearing only socks, your dress should be always neat and clean.
Any manager that enjoys having his ass kissed should be fired. When I first encountered that situation, at quitting time I'd leave the building and take a short walk, allowing time for the idiot to leave. In later years, to ease the burden on myself, I resorted to telling whoever needed it that the behavior would have a detrimental affect on their performance appraisals. I still don't understand how any intelligent person can tolerate having subordinates who speak anything but the truth or who do less than their best.
Having said that, I have to admit there are companies who's employees do NOTHING without first thinking about what their peers and boss would think. Getting into the company culture comfort zone is mandatory. IMHO they are a shameful lot.
> Vladimir Vassilevsky
> DSP and Mixed signal Consultant
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