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Recruiter Email:

We have reached out to you in the past and wanted to make sure you didn't miss this opportunity with [REDACTED]. We take pride in building a strong culture and making work a place you love to be every day, especially since we spend so much of our lives doing it!

At [REDACTED] we are committed to providing you with a job you love doing everyday and take pride in making sure you are home for dinner. We ask that you come on-site 2 days a week and you can work remotely the rest of the time. However, you might want to come in anyways! Every new team member gets a $500 slush fund towards enhancing the office/workspace (we have 3D printers!), game nights, and team trips. For example, the team is heading to Amsterdam this year!

I would love to tell you more about what we can offer you. When do you have 10-15 minutes to talk?

My Response:

Let me stop you right here:

"making work a place you love to be every day, especially since we spend so much of our lives doing it!"

This glamorization of "grinding it out" and "having fun at work" is completely backwards to how a modern workplace could be. I love the work I do. Truly.

That doesn't mean I need to or want to work long hours passionately toiling away to get stuff done. I don't need to physically be anywhere to work effectively with a global, distributed team. I never worry about "being home for dinner" because my commute is a 20 second walk down the stairs from my home office.

I like my coworkers. They're great people. The last thing I want to do with my free time is game nights and team trips with them.

I don't mean to be a curmudgeon, but that kind of talk is for young people without families who don't realize that work doesn't have to consume their whole life.

Best of luck with your search, but this id definitely not a good fit for me.

@codextremist
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"I don't mean to be a curmudgeon, but that kind of talk is for young people without families who don't realize that work doesn't have to consume their whole life."
Couldn't agree more! This is specially true when you are 30+

@kipkitur
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Totally agree too! Priorities change when you have a family.

@mayorityz
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interesting stuff!

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