Very much no. I log in around 8:00am, and log off around 4:00pm. On Wednesday's we have a team meeting at 4:30pm that I will join via my phone with airpods while I'm away from my home office, typically playing a game with my kids, and I bill for that extra half hour.
Negative. Almost twenty years in the software industry, and I clock in at 9 and clock out at 5. Let's be honest, earlier on Fridays. It wasn't always that way, but now I prioritize time over more money, and for me it's worth the trade.
No, but taking a few hours off is annoying if it means you have to reschedule a bunch of things. I would much rather run “errand” type things like this in the early morning before work.
Yes, I usually leave at 9:15 arrive around 10 and leave around 5 or 6. As a software engineer my deadlines etc don’t lend themselves to a strict 9-5 approach.
My office is normally 9am but over the summer we were given the option of going in at 8am to leave an hour earlier. Surprisingly the majority of our dev team took them up on this, only one held out. I'm usually in around 7:30 though.
I have not noticed this. On my team, people start showing up at 10. By 7, nearly everyone is gone. (Dinner starts at 6, so most people stay for that.) I'm at work later than that, but mostly because I only have a temporary apartment and have better food / coffee / computing equipment at work.
Ultimately, nobody monitors when you are in the office. All that matters is what you get done.
In my anecdotal experience, seemingly not noticed, as people assume that you came in just a few minutes before.
For a couple of reasons, I spent a period of time going into work at 6AM. Most came at 8 or 9. Far more people commented when I stayed until 6PM one day.
A former co-worker of mine used to do this as well. I didn’t notice for weeks and only because I logged in very early one day.
Many professional / salaried roles would be fine with that.
I get in early, only take 10 minutes at lunch but then I head home at 3-4PM to miss rush. Sometimes I log back in from home and do more hours (especially if there is a problem), sometimes I leave even earlier and don't, sometimes I WFH on a Friday and spend 3 hours in the middle of the day getting the train out to my parents for a long weekend then the afternoon is half heartedly watching emails while drinking coffee with my parents.
At the end of the day as long as I'm not inconveniencing colleagues then it comes down to does my output make me worth my salary.
Up to around 4:30 or 5pm. I'll rarely if ever stay online after that unless I'm actively pairing or trying to help someone.
I get what you're saying, though I don't mind being around and reachable. The company expects my time around similar hours to other engineers, so I'm not changing that deal. For me personally, extra hours starting at the buttcrack of dawn is worth it in terms of stress relief and feeling accomplishment. Everyone's different, and that's a good thing because if everyone did what I do then the positive effects would be totally nullified.
Granted, yes, I would be glad to always sign off around 2pm. Maybe this is something I should negotiate with my next company someday.
This. I come in at 6 AM when possible. Some leave at midnight.
We do acknowledge that the office can be a distracting time, so there's no mandate that you need to be engineering during office hours. Some just hang around for the meetings, and it's easier to interrupt a bunch of people who aren't doing anything to ask questions.
If I'm working an early shift, then chances are I won't have time before I have to leave, but if I'm starting later then I can waste a good hour or two just clicking about while I wake up. I don't spend much time using a computer once I'm at work but that's definitely for the best considering how little work I get done at home when I'm sat in front of one.
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