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Ava Cassidy wrote:
> In my company, our Engineering VP recently announced to our department
> (which includes about 35 people, including doc and QA), that if we are not
> working 55 hours a week, we are not doing our jobs. This came a few months
> after this same exec got rid of 75% of our writing staff, leaving only me.
>
> My direct manager, meanwhile, who has never been seen in the office later
> than 5:30, says, "Oh, disregard what the VP says; just work whatever you
> think is a normal week."
what color is your parachute?
cheers
Jay
(back in the hunt again)
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