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ryandraketoday at 3:50 PM1 replyview on HN

> I don't have to schedule my life around EMEA and APAC meetings outside of my normal hours.

Oof, this one is a knife to the heart. One of the biggest drawbacks of BigTech (and many other industries) is the goddamn time zones and early / late meetings. It's subtle and creeps up on you. It starts out having to take an occasional late meeting to sync up with someone in India who isn't answering your E-mails... then it moves to "you have a team in India to sync with weekly"... then "we need to work with team XYZ on this bigger project who's in China"... then "we're opening a satellite office in London and will need you on calls to them, too." And one day, you look up and your calendar has daily meetings from 5AM to 11PM. I won't miss this when I retire.


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shimmantoday at 5:08 PM

You realize as a worker you're allowed to demand better working conditions right?

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