Hacker News with Generative AI: Work Culture

A demanding work culture could be undermining efforts to raise birth rates (psypost.org)
China’s falling birth rate has become a major national concern, and a new study published in Biodemography and Social Biology suggests that the country’s demanding work culture may be partly to blame.
Demographics, Work Culture, China, Social Science, Parenting
8 points by ivewonyoung 18 hours ago | 8 comments
Indian Programmers Work the Longest Hours (reddit.com)
India, Programming, Work Culture
3 points by thisislife2 6 days ago | 0 comments
The Burnout Machine (unionize.fyi)
Let’s get real for a minute: the tech industry loves to sell us on the myth of the "dream job."
Tech Industry, Work Culture, Burnout
853 points by flxfxp 13 days ago | 663 comments
Forcing people back to the office was a choice. I'm making mine (werd.io)
Remote Work, Work Culture, Opinion
8 points by benwerd 14 days ago | 2 comments
The Document Culture of Amazon (2021) (justingarrison.com)
In my time at Amazon, I’ve observed the way we use documents is incredibly unique.
Amazon, Company Culture, Work Culture, Documentation
23 points by Tomte 14 days ago | 15 comments
Synchronous Work, Asynchronous Work (newardassociates.com)
Over the last two years, we've seen a dramatic policy debate playing out on the feeds of LinkedIn: "WFH (Work From Home) vs RTO (Return to Office)".
Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Culture
4 points by zdw 17 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Those who still work for Tesla, why are you still with that company? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Those who still work for Tesla, why are you still with that company?
Tesla, Employment, Work Culture, Tech Industry
27 points by franze 18 days ago | 17 comments
Ask HN: Advice for tolerating the "corporate" aspect of software jobs? (ycombinator.com)
Software Engineering, Work Culture, Career Advice
30 points by superarch 22 days ago | 18 comments
Executive wealth as a factor in return-to-office (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Business, Work Culture, Economics
622 points by kappi 31 days ago | 490 comments
In memo to Google's AI team, Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is 'sweet spot' (yahoo.com)
In an internal memo to employees who work on Gemini, Sergey Brin recommended being in the office at least every weekday and said 60 hours is the "sweet spot" for productivity, according to the New York Times.
Google, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, Work Culture
13 points by KoftaBob 32 days ago | 7 comments
Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks (arstechnica.com)
Sergey Brin co-founded Google in the 1990s along with Larry Page, but both stepped away from the day to day at Google in 2019. However, the AI boom tempted Brin to return to the office, and he thinks everyone should follow his example. In a new internal memo, Brin has advised employees to be in the office every weekday so Google can win the AI race.
Artificial Intelligence, Google, Work Culture, Leadership
19 points by malfist 33 days ago | 9 comments
Return to office: CEOs are ignoring the math (salon.com)
Last October, Dan quit his job at Amazon. He’d been looking to leave for a while; he was bored and unsatisfied. But then one morning in mid-September, a memo from the very top tipped him over the metaphorical edge.
Work Culture, Business, Remote Work
11 points by zuhayeer 34 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: If you work for Elon Musk, what keeps you motivated? (ycombinator.com)
Many brilliant people work for Musk at companies like Tesla and SpaceX. Given the recent controversies surrounding him, I'm genuinely curious—how do they stay motivated to do their best work?
Motivation, Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, Work Culture
29 points by hedayet 34 days ago | 54 comments
The Hollow Core of Elon Musk's Productivity Dogma (newyorker.com)
On Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk posted on X that “all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.”
Elon Musk, Productivity, Management, Work Culture
7 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 0 comments
Navigating a Broken Dev Culture (ycombinator.com)
My Current Job is a Mess—But I Won’t Let It Define Me
Work Culture, Professional Development, Personal Growth
60 points by lightserver 38 days ago | 46 comments
Software engineers would rather quit than return to the office [video] (youtube.com)
Software Engineering, Remote Work, Work Culture
45 points by saltysalt 42 days ago | 38 comments
Small Tech (2020) (scattered-thoughts.net)
I frequently see debates about whether it's better to be a cog at a giant semi-monopoly, or to take investment money in the hopes of one day growing to be head cog at a giant semi-monopoly.
Technology, Startups, Work Culture
156 points by codeAligned 44 days ago | 16 comments
Open source maintainers are feeling the squeeze (theregister.com)
Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?
Open Source, Software Development, Community, Burnout, Work Culture
5 points by rntn 45 days ago | 0 comments
Bosses are fed up with remote work (yahoo.com)
The golden age of remote work seems to be ending. The Trump administration is seeking to end remote work for federal employees, with Trump saying, “Nobody’s going to work from home, they’re going to be going out, they’re gonna play tennis, they’re gonna play golf.  They’re gonna do a lot of things—they’re not working.”
Remote Work, Politics, Work Culture
12 points by iugtmkbdfil834 48 days ago | 20 comments
Ask HN: Finding interesting work if disenchanted with "big tech" & "VC-backed" (ycombinator.com)
For a long time i opted out of big tech and worked at startups because i liked being on small collaborative teams building cool impactful things.
Career Advice, Startups, Technology, Work Culture
50 points by AbstractH24 53 days ago | 42 comments
Return-to-office policies are leading to increased brain drain in the U.S. (venturebeat.com)
Return-to-office mandates are emerging as one of the most contentious of the post-pandemic work trends that U.S. employees have faced.
Work Culture, Labor Market, United States, Technology
46 points by this_weekend 57 days ago | 13 comments
Ask vs. Guess Culture (jeanhsu.substack.com)
When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work.
Communication, Work Culture, Relationships
15 points by paulpauper 58 days ago | 0 comments
Dell is making everyone return to office, too (theverge.com)
Dell is the latest tech company to announce it’s ending its hybrid and remote work policy.
Work Culture, Tech Industry, Remote Work, Hybrid Work
11 points by stalfosknight 61 days ago | 2 comments
A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work (mertbulan.com)
It happened on the afternoon of May 4th. A message from a colleague—who has since become a good friend—popped up on my screen, urging me to check my emails. When I opened my inbox, there it was: an email from the COO. The email announced an impending company-wide layoff and mentioned that, within a few minutes, I’d receive another email letting me know whether I was impacted. A short while later, the second email arrived.
Layoffs, Work Culture, Personal Experience, Technology Industry
1041 points by mertbio 65 days ago | 960 comments
Pros and cons of greater pay transparency (economist.com)
How much do your colleagues get paid? In a few countries, such as Norway, you can take a good guess by looking at public records on individuals’ overall tax payments and income. But in most places, finding out people’s salaries means asking them what they earn. And that is about as socially acceptable as saying “What an ugly baby.”
Salary, Work Culture, Transparency, Economics
8 points by pseudolus 67 days ago | 2 comments
Working from home 'not proper work' – ex-Asda boss (bbc.com)
Working from home is creating a generation who are "not doing proper work", the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has warned.
Work Culture, Remote Work, Generation Gap
5 points by nikole9696 72 days ago | 2 comments
Staffers unload on Amazon 'leadership' after return-to-office for desk shortage (msn.com)
Amazon, Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Space
95 points by belter 73 days ago | 74 comments
Observation: HN turns into infomercials around when Californians start working (ycombinator.com)
Observation: HN turns into infomercials around when Californians start working
Hacker News, California, Work Culture, Social Commentary
15 points by lysace 76 days ago | 14 comments
Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home (theregister.com)
Years after the pandemic reshaped working practices across the world, many staff are still resisting corporate efforts to get them to return to the office preferring instead to quit in favor of a more flexible employer.
Remote Work, Work Culture, Labor Market, Workplace Trends, COVID-19
62 points by rntn 77 days ago | 80 comments
Document Your Progress at Work (shivamrana.me)
How can you ensure that your contributions are also recognized?
Productivity, Career Advice, Work Culture
57 points by tminima 79 days ago | 3 comments