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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by creamytaco on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:13PM (#26731389)
At least as far as Google is concerned, this hasn't been my experience. I spent ~6.5 years there working an hour a day at the most (cue Office Space, meeting with the Bobs) and AFAIK didn't raise any alarms. In fact, when I left, my colleagues complimented me on my "work ethic".

It wasn't just me doing that either. Most ppl are too busy focusing on whatever life goals and illusions they've crafted for themselves to really scrutinize what others are doing and even if they realize what's happening, why would they care?

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by lucideer on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:14PM (#26733361)
Good to know. I haven't worked in Google myself so I can't comment from first-hand experience, but I've heard from other Googlers I know that this is very much not the case for them. Could be office location/team dependent I'm sure.

I guess in any large enough org you're likely to be able to find this in some areas.

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