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nineplay on Nov 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: What I learned getting acquired by Google

I went from full time employee to contractor at the same company once and it was honestly a huge relief.

No awkward team lunches

No useless tchotchkes

No boring all hands

No forced participation events like 'hackathons'.

I just worked. It was great

foota on Nov 9, 2023 [–]

It was Microsoft, wasn't it? :)

sgerenser on Nov 10, 2023 | [–]

Microsoft never had forced participation in hackathons. It was generally encouraged but at most maybe 25% of FT engineers participated.

cdchn on Nov 10, 2023 | | [–]

Your lack of participation at extracurricular activities will be recordlessly considered in your next compensation refresh.

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