6 day work week normal at Startups?
hey guys, I'm interviewing at a startup currently and they are asking me if I can work 6 days a week for a couple of months initially till the Product goes live. how do I respond to this? I want to take the offer but the 6 day work week is what pulling me back from accepting the offer.
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There are companies like that. Not just startups.
I wouldn't join tbh 6 days is too much. I'd rather work a few hours more on the remaining 5 then work on a Saturday.
Nah I spoke about that, no matter how we manage. We Wil have to visit office every Saturday, atleast for first 2 months as they have told.
Don't take it up, I was also stuck with a promise like this and they never went to 5 days, the condition kept changing
6 days a week in a startup is pretty normal but yeah it would never be for a "couple of months".
If the offer and the role is worth the time you give, sure just take it but you can't have a life outside of your job.
Been doing the same past 13 months and i try to keep a life outside of it but sometimes i work on Sundays and we get a cool "Go Getter appreciation" and a pizza.
Makes sense and tbh the compensation is not the greatest, it's decent. Have asked if they can revise it, if they revise then probably will think more and take a final call else will just drop it.
Personally i got in with my current startup because i didn't had much choice, but still it's not worth the time and effort they force you to do it.
Anyways best of luck for everything and i hope you and everyone finds whatever makes your heart happy 😊
There are many small companies in India who take advantage of employees' situation and make them work even without salaries for months. Poor guys work without salary to gain experience and get into better organisations.
Don't fall for such gimmick. It always starts with a few months and never ends. They don't follow any ethics.
Yeah man. I mean I'm OK to work extra hours as and when required but having that as a norm is what pulled me off
Yes, you are an experienced professional. They can not get your agreement on any unlawful request. If they can formally ask you to undertake such things then just think of their level of unethical ness.
Try and talk them into your terms.
What is the CTC offered, since it’s a startup only concentrate on Fixed pay, that is what you will only get. If the CTC is good enough then maybe you can do it for a year or so and then switch with a Ok-ish hike in a MNC where work is not much and culture is better.
Ctc offered isn't great, Just a normal hike on my current ctc and w/o esops or anything. I had asked to revise the offer but no response as of now.
So thought good riddance.
Then there is no point, if you are okay staying at current place then continue. You will get better offers going ahead, it’s not the last company.
@EvilCemetery no one here knows what’s the offer you have. They neither have the same hunger as you. But most of them want extraordinary success (even overnight success). If you want an ordinary life balance then do not join with an expectation of extraordinary success.
this startup wants extraordinary success and is trying to get closer to PMF sooner than ever. You must think why you want to work harder in the next job. Please ensure you have at least 25% of your CTC in ESOPs so that you enjoy the upsides of hard work. But don’t take any cut in CTC for ESOPs. Stock Options are never part of salary.
Thanks so much for detailed answer.
Exactly I was somewhat okay to join if they had offered equity. But Sadly that's not offered as of now. Only salary. I don't think they would revise and add equity component. Hence I was skeptical.
Oh! That’s a red flag.
i work almost 2 days for corporate, rest are for me and my goals
Damn, that sounds like a dream job tbh.
Good for you man, I know for sure you would have worked really hard to be where you are now.
Just curious - what domain you working at?
I know linux internals and deep networking protocols, I choose golang as a language and rest depends on the project problem statement