-Group of employees eating at the office
-Sign of amazing work-life balance
-Employees who are all interchangeable and mid twenties at most
-I don't see anyone that I'd identify as being 30 or older
-Wall of keyboards
-An actual chalkboard
-Shoe rack at the entrance
-You know it's rank in there
Article also pre-emptively denies the 996 allegations because of "passion". Author also works for Cursor.
SyrupThinker 2 hours ago [-]
Nice knee-jerk reaction, do you always judge things by photos and a marketing copy?
> Group of employees eating at the office [...]
Plenty of employers in a wide variety of industries provide lunch to their employees.
Sure, the general idea is less time-waste and vibes, but this is also done in places and industries with strict work time requirements. Plenty of people also just do not partake in such offers.
- Wall of keyboards
God forbid they have decorations, and I mean look at the gaudy colors in all those spaces. This should all be converted to black and white cubicles.
- An actual chalkboard
That one is not great if it is not recreational. Having a work space in the break-room is poor separation, and would in some legislations even be illegal.
- Show rack at the entrance [...] You know it's rank in there
This reads like living in a bubble. For some regions on this planet this is culturally considered normal, or even expected. And that without suffering from general "rankness" in such closed spaces.
They could use more racks though.
You also forgot to bring up the phone boxes, which imply a loud open space office. So nobody could ever perform actual work there, and your superiors always breathe down your neck.
Maybe you should have just critiqued the 996 practice in general, instead of picking out things that do not necessarily imply such a practice. Verbally barfing on everyone that has some of these in place, but knows they do not actually work a 996.
keeganpoppen 10 hours ago [-]
this is at the very least the pinnacle of idealized startup-corporate culture… i am always skeptical of what these things look like in practice, because these kinds of pieces always seem to be a trailing indicator, but they do seem to have their collective heads in the right places…
throwaway638637 12 hours ago [-]
Wow, tell me you're doing 996 without saying you're doing 996.
cleaning 6 hours ago [-]
My workplace has a very similar culture and nobody works 996.
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-Group of employees eating at the office -Sign of amazing work-life balance
-Employees who are all interchangeable and mid twenties at most
-Wall of keyboards-An actual chalkboard
-Shoe rack at the entrance
Article also pre-emptively denies the 996 allegations because of "passion". Author also works for Cursor.> Group of employees eating at the office [...]
Plenty of employers in a wide variety of industries provide lunch to their employees. Sure, the general idea is less time-waste and vibes, but this is also done in places and industries with strict work time requirements. Plenty of people also just do not partake in such offers.
- Wall of keyboards
God forbid they have decorations, and I mean look at the gaudy colors in all those spaces. This should all be converted to black and white cubicles.
- An actual chalkboard
That one is not great if it is not recreational. Having a work space in the break-room is poor separation, and would in some legislations even be illegal.
- Show rack at the entrance [...] You know it's rank in there
This reads like living in a bubble. For some regions on this planet this is culturally considered normal, or even expected. And that without suffering from general "rankness" in such closed spaces. They could use more racks though.
You also forgot to bring up the phone boxes, which imply a loud open space office. So nobody could ever perform actual work there, and your superiors always breathe down your neck.
Maybe you should have just critiqued the 996 practice in general, instead of picking out things that do not necessarily imply such a practice. Verbally barfing on everyone that has some of these in place, but knows they do not actually work a 996.