Hacker News with Generative AI: Work Culture

Job seekers call BS on the workplace AI revolution (theregister.com)
Despite all the top-down buzz around enterprise AI, most job seekers are unconvinced that it is making their work lives easier.
Artificial Intelligence, Employment, Work Culture
4 points by rntn 14 hours ago | 1 comments
Did my coding lead to colleague's death? (ycombinator.com)
Throwaway account because I don’t want this tied to me.<p>About eight years ago, I worked at a mid-sized tech company with a senior colleague—let’s call him “Dave.” He was in his early 60s, had decades of experience, and preferred “boring tech” and object-oriented programming. I was more into modern, cloud-native solutions and functional programming, which led to frequent disagreements.
Software Development, Ethics, Work Culture
21 points by cowdingx 4 days ago | 29 comments
Too Much Therapy at Work (world.hey.com)
Many years ago, Jason and I hired a COO at 37signals, but ended up letting them go after just a year (many reasons, another story).
Business, Leadership, Work Culture
12 points by Tomte 10 days ago | 2 comments
Don't Act Differently After You Give Notice (staysaasy.com)
Sometimes when people give notice that they are quitting they start acting differently:
Work Culture, Professionalism
6 points by thisismytest 11 days ago | 2 comments
Job leaving rituals in the WFH era (shkspr.mobi)
One Friday last year, I posted some farewell messages in Slack. Removed myself from a bunch of Trello cards. Had a quick video call with the team. And then logged out of my laptop. I walked out of my home office and sat in my garden with a beer.
Remote Work, Work Culture, Farewell Rituals
20 points by edent 14 days ago | 0 comments
Google CEO forbids political talk after firing 28 over Israeli contract protest (yahoo.com)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has weighed in on the debate over the relative values of political expression and workplace coexistence by ordering employees to leave their political opinions at home.
Google, Politics, Work Culture, Censorship, Technology
27 points by basilgohar 15 days ago | 12 comments
Why sprints are taking the joy out of building software (zaidesanton.substack.com)
To sprint is to run as fast as you can over a short distance. And what happens after you finish a sprint? You need to catch your breath and rest (maybe even vomit a little if you are out of shape).
Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Work Culture
54 points by hckrofalltrades 19 days ago | 23 comments
Over 500 Amazon workers decry "non-data-driven" logic for 5-day RTO policy (arstechnica.com)
More than 500 Amazon workers reportedly signed a letter to Amazon Web Services' (AWS) CEO this week, sharing their outrage over Amazon's upcoming return-to-office (RTO) policy that will force workers into offices five days per week.
Amazon, Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Policy
10 points by jaimebuelta 21 days ago | 12 comments
Starbucks tells corporate workers to return to office or risk being fired (theguardian.com)
Starbucks office workers will risk losing their jobs if they fail to comply with the company’s hybrid work requirement that employees are in the office three times a week.
Starbucks, Work Culture, Remote Work, Employment, Hybrid Work
5 points by frans 22 days ago | 0 comments
'Americans just work harder' than Europeans, says CEO of Norway's $1.6T oil fund (fortune.com)
Norway’s “trillion-dollar man” believes America’s attitude toward failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but aren’t as ambitious.
Work Culture, Economy, International Relations, Business
7 points by wmstack 25 days ago | 7 comments
Why that one coworker got fired for no reason (wordpress.com)
Your manager calls you into a virtual meeting and, after wading through the requisite bullshit small talk, asks what you’ve been working on for the last month.
Work Culture, Management, Workplace Dynamics
64 points by andyg_blog 28 days ago | 92 comments
Ask HN: Is it wrong to use my personal laptop for work? (ycombinator.com)
At the company I just started working at, the computer has a company profile as well as Sophos antivirus, which, from what I can see, filters all traffic. However, I have another MacBook, and there are no requirements to use a VPN. We use GitHub, which means I can work on my personal MacBook.
Work Culture, Laptops, Cybersecurity, Remote Work
46 points by throw142345888 29 days ago | 109 comments
Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely (2023) (techtarget.com)
Many software engineers will only take a job if remote work is an option and will likely quit if their employer mandates a return to the office, according to Hired's annual software engineering study. Its finding suggests that employers requiring a full-time or hybrid return to office will hurt recruiting efforts.
Software Development, Remote Work, Work Culture
80 points by jakey_bakey 30 days ago | 131 comments
'They refused to let me go': Japanese turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs (theguardian.com)
One in six workers has engaged a firm to hand in notice for them, as younger workers reject traditional work ethic
Japan, Resignation, Employment, Work Culture, Labor
73 points by orf 33 days ago | 101 comments
Quit if you don't like our office-working policy, Amazon executive suggests (theguardian.com)
A senior Amazon executive has suggested that staff who do not like the company’s new five-days-a-week office-working policy should quit.
Amazon, Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Work
5 points by mykowebhn 34 days ago | 2 comments
Amazon indicates employees can quit if they don't like its RTO mandate (techcrunch.com)
AWS CEO Matt Garman has harsh words for remote workers: return to the office or quit. The Amazon executive recently told employees who don’t like the new five-day in-person work policy that, “there are other companies around,” presumably companies they can work for remotely, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Remote Work, Amazon, Work Culture
11 points by jayantbhawal 34 days ago | 4 comments
I quit Amazon after being assigned 21 direct reports (businessinsider.com)
Yvonne Lee-Hawkins says she felt disappointed she couldn't give her direct reports more individual support.
Management, Amazon, Work Culture, Burnout
19 points by miles 37 days ago | 21 comments
Five days a week in the office? Forget it (computerworld.com)
A few weeks ago, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that all corporate employees, including AWS staffers, will be expected to work in the office five days a week beginning in January. I don’t work for Amazon, but if I did, I’d quit. Period. End of statement.
Remote Work, Work Culture, Amazon, Technology, Workplace
60 points by CrankyBear 42 days ago | 99 comments
The lengthy story of how I left the Tech industry and started washing miso jars (write.as)
Workers these days are quitting the Tech industry in droves. They are quitting their programmer or sysadmin job, or maybe just the startup world and its craziness. Some are quitting because of market conditions. Others because they are exhausted. Many more feel disillusioned by the empty promises of the Tech oligarchs, blasting their propaganda on Twitter and LinkedIn. Each one of us has different motivations and each story is different, so I wanted to add mine to the pile.
Tech Industry, Career Change, Personal Stories, Work Culture
20 points by chobeat 43 days ago | 25 comments
Home Depot software devs to spend 1 day per quarter working in a retail store (reddit.com)
Software Development, Retail, Work Culture, Home Depot
4 points by Doches 44 days ago | 4 comments
Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (shenisha.substack.com)
It’s a common occurrence: You’re sitting at your desk, lost in thought, trying to solve a problem that’s been blocking your work all week.
Programming, Productivity, Work Culture
6 points by jamarna 48 days ago | 4 comments
Tesla union calls out a 'culture of fear' at a plant (qz.com)
Tesla, Unions, Labor Relations, Work Culture
7 points by jerrygenser 52 days ago | 1 comments
Return to Work and Dying on the Job (pluralistic.net)
Denise Prudhomme's bosses at Wells Fargo insisted that the in-person camaraderie of their offices warranted a mandatory return-to-office policy, but when she died at her desk in her Tempe, AZ office, no one noticed for four days.
Work Culture, Office Safety, Remote Work
69 points by mpweiher 53 days ago | 18 comments
Ask HN: What are engineering meetings with Elon Musk like? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What are engineering meetings with Elon Musk like?
Engineering, Elon Musk, Work Culture, Interviews
10 points by Cold_Brew 53 days ago | 0 comments
In their call for a return to the office, CEOs reveal how little they are needed (theguardian.com)
In their plaintive call for a return there, CEOs are like declining deities who see their votaries deserting them.
Business, Work Culture, Remote Work, Leadership
9 points by mpweiher 54 days ago | 0 comments
Amazon employees plead for reversal of 5-day RTO mandate in anonymous survey (fortune.com)
Some Amazon workers are refusing to “disagree and commit,” as one of the company’s famed leadership principles requires of those who aren’t on board with a decision.
Amazon, Remote Work, Work Culture, Employee Relations
7 points by belter 56 days ago | 2 comments
Backlash over Amazon's return to office comes as workers demand higher wages (arstechnica.com)
Amazon currently faces disgruntled workers in every direction.
Amazon, Labor Relations, Work Culture, Remote Work, Wages
74 points by rntn 64 days ago | 107 comments
Amazon ordered a return to the office – but research says they'll backtrack (fortune.com)
Amazon is making its employees go back to the office five days a week from January—sparking global panic among professionals that their employer may do the same. But really, research suggests that the tech giant’s CEO Andy Jassy could backtrack on the toughened stance soon.
Amazon, Remote Work, Work Culture, Office Policies, Technology
57 points by Melchizedek 64 days ago | 77 comments
Prof who coined term presenteeism: employers who force staff back are dinosaurs (theguardian.com)
Employers who force staff to return to the office five days a week have been called the “dinosaurs of our age” by one of the world’s leading experts who coined the term “presenteeism”.
Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Culture, Management
10 points by nickcotter 64 days ago | 0 comments
26-Year-Old EY Employee Succumbs to 'Work Stress' Four Months After Joining (reddit.com)
EY employee died of work pressure, her mother wrote letter to the director of EY. Thoughts ?
Work Culture, Stress, Mental Health, Employment
196 points by shscs911 64 days ago | 119 comments