Want good programmers? Then pay them.

Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by fishtoaster on Thursday May 03, 2012 @11:57AM (#3924372)

I prefer a system like this. At my current company in fact, it's formalized. We work X hours a week, and if you work any more, it goes to vacation. Actually, you work X - 4 hours a week, every week the entire year with no vacation, such that it you actually work X hours every week, you end up with (52 x 4 =) 208 hours of vacation a year.

So, for example, I'm in crunch mode for the next week working X+3 or X+4 hours a day. And then I'm taking a 2.5 week trip to Nepal a month or so afterwards. Crunch time happens, and we can't afford to thumb our nose at it, but this system means that it can never become the norm.

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Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by Jabbles on Thursday May 03, 2012 @01:16PM (#3924734)

(X/5)+3 I presume?

Your system sounds good. Do you also have the flexibility of working weekends in lieu of weekdays or at home instead of the office?

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Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by fishtoaster on Thursday May 03, 2012 @01:49PM (#3924888)

Yeah, you can work from home whenever, so long as you're generally in the office for core hours on weekdays, or let people know that you're going to be out. Eg, I wanted to go camping Fri-Sun, so I worked a few hours on the previous weekends.

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