Do you guys at least get paid extra for this type of insanity? I honestly can't see myself working for a company that promotes this type of Insanity.
The hackathon was an ideal time to attempt something like this and we knew the scale of the project was huge. Once the project was complete we each got a couple of extra personal days.
It was really cool tackling a project that many thought was impossible and succeeding. We all had the vision that we were doing something that had the potential to significantly improve our satisfaction and productivity on the daily basis for the long term.
This kind of thing is completely voluntary and everyone who participated really wanted to do it. I think we have a really good work-life balance at lucid.
It's awesome having leadership that supports us in moving forward with a project like this.
So I really applaud what you guys pulled off as a technical feat, but you need to realize that leadership disproportionately benefits from all this. From you 6 alone, they gain something like 48 * 6 = 288 free working hours. Rounding down, that's 6 man-weeks packed into a weekend! In cash, that's $15K, which means you've each forgone something like $2,500 in opportunity cost dollars.
> Once the project was complete we each got a couple of extra personal days.
If you all really worked for 48 hours you should get at least an additional week off or get paid $2500 especially given the value of what you all built.
> Do you guys at least get paid extra for this type of insanity?
We were compensated for our weekend time. And we did win a cash prize for 1st in the company hackathon. But we didn't expect to win, and that's not why we did it.
I value my time with my family of five. That's part of the reason I live in Utah with a 20 minute commute.
This would be an issue if it were required, expected, or routine. It was none of the those. It was self-driven,, fun, and a challenge. Much more fun than those 2 hr commutes I hear about from some people :)
They do happen, but if you don't report the company to the authorities, it is your problem then.
Of course, one can do them illegally and be subject to the possible consequences.
