Pivotal Software S-1

Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by smellf on Friday March 23, 2018 @03:58PM (#16662102)

What's the significance of 9:06am? These guys sound like the worst kind of narcissists.

The place sounds more like a cult than a company.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by gorbachev on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:07PM (#16662189)

This explains some of it:

http://www.businessinsider.com/pivotal-906-am-breakfast-meet...

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by jgh on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:14PM (#16662259)

"the morning was too short" = "we need butts in seats 9-5 because reasons"

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by raverbashing on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:08PM (#16662642)

TL;DR "So Pivotal decided to employ both a stick and a carrot. The stick is a mandatory morning meeting at 9 a.m., where your absence will likely be noted. The carrot is the breakfast buffet, "sort of a prize to get in,""

I'm glad I read this. Now I'm sure to never apply for this company

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by megaduck on Saturday March 24, 2018 @04:47AM (#16665580)

I run the Pivotal office in Singapore. Breakfast is wonderful, but it's hardly mandatory.

Standup at 9:06 is important, though. In order for pairing to work, you need to have everybody there at the same time.

The iron bargain is that you work a rigid eight hour schedule, but then you go home (or wherever) and don't think about work. No overtime or crunch mode, ever.

It's not for everybody, but many folks really really really like it.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by raverbashing on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:36AM (#16679186)

Thanks for explaining

However having flexible time is a more important asset to me than doing the occasional overtime

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by namelost on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:55PM (#16662921)

If you're not there for the 9am meeting do they give you a detention?

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by whatshisface on Friday March 23, 2018 @07:25PM (#16663540)

Everyone has different levels of self-control. Maybe in an ideal society the consultants with a great deal of it would work from home/for themselves while the consultants with less would get the breakfast buffet and the gong.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by perseusprime11 on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:25PM (#16662750)

Are you sure? Imagine the obesity that is waiting for you at the breakfast buffet filled with jerky and puff pastries.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by justherefortart on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:05PM (#16662167)

That's most of SF in my experience. Well either that or staffed 90%+ by H1b. Interesting place.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by toomuchtodo on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:47PM (#16662507)

> Well either that or staffed 90%+ by H1b.

I didn't believe you for a moment, but wow:

http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Pivotal+Software+Inc&job=&c...

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by sumedh on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:55PM (#16664762)

I keep reading that US companies complain that they dont get skilled people and I always think its because they are not ready to pay a good salary but looking at the list the salaries look good. So is there really a skills shortage?

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by justherefortart on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:01AM (#16666613)

The skills shortage in my experience is at the management level and above. The number of people that aren't remotely qualified to even be an "IT Guy" that are in management roles are astounding.

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by justherefortart on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:12AM (#16666662)

http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Bank+Of+The+West&job=&city=...

http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=visa&job=&city=&year=All+Ye...

http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Adp+Technology+Services+Inc...

I could find you 100s like this just in the Bay Area.

The joke was always, "You're white, why aren't you the manager?"

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Re:Pivotal Software S-1 by jgh on Saturday March 24, 2018 @11:44AM (#16667146)

oh boy they have 132 H1-B employees...out of 2300+ (2017 number)

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